the same year he received an honorary doctorate from the New England Conservatory. Personal life Jenkins and his wife, the former Linda Sands, have two children, Linda Leonie Jenkins and Speight Jenkins III. References Notes Other sources Melinda Bargreen (2 August 2014), "Speight Jenkins: Gracefully bowing out of Seattle Opera", The Seattle Times at seattletimes.com Opera managers 1937 births Living people Classical musicians from Texas University of Texas at Austin alumni Columbia Law School alumni New York Post people Classical music radio people People from Dallas Journalists from Texas