LSU Alumni Magazine - Winter 2010 by LSU Alumni Association

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Winter 2010, Volume 86, Number 4

A Message From the

Chancellor

Keep the Gold Shining Brightly LSU recently revamped its undergraduate recruiting campaign to center around the theme “Love Purple, Live Gold: Where Passion Becomes Genius.” The campaign is designed to attract the best and brightest students to LSU by promoting the overall excellence of Louisiana’s flagship university. (See story on page 50.)

“Love Purple, Live Gold: Where Passion Becomes Genius”

The crux of the campaign is that purple signifies the collective school spirit and Louisiana culture infusing all students, alumni, faculty, and staff wherever they are from. Purple is best exemplified by the undying passion and loyalty of the LSU community. Gold represents LSU’s unyielding dedication to greatness at all levels. It means quality and prestige in all we do. Through the perfect balance of passion and achievement, purple and gold embody an unconditional love for the University and a way of life that will ensure continued excellence for generations to come. At LSU, we Love Purple and Live Gold. In short, we hope to leverage those things for which LSU is already best known – passion and spirit – to create exposure for the academic excellence and commitment to achievement that have been built here over the last 150 years. You will see “Love Purple, Live Gold” in magazines, on billboards, on television and radio commercials, and many other places as we build more awareness of LSU’s passion and greatness. To learn more about all that is “Gold” about LSU, I encourage you to go to www.lsu.edu/gold. But even as we promote all that is great about LSU we are facing troubling financial times that threaten the very core of that greatness. LSU has already been cut $42 million in state funding over the last two years and even more significant cuts are looming in the coming fiscal year. It is critical that our alumni make themselves familiar with the impact these budget cuts could have on their alma mater. If the cuts are of the magnitude that experts are projecting, numerous programs will be cut or consolidated, hundreds of faculty and staff will be out of jobs, and thousands of students will seek their educations elsewhere. The cuts will undo all of the progress the University has made over the last decade, and the changes we will be forced to make will be of such proportions that LSU will not recover for a generation. We have just welcomed the largest, most accomplished, and most diverse freshman class in the history of LSU. We owe it to them – and those who come after them – to deliver a high quality education, an excellent student experience, and future successes in their chosen fields of study. Let’s keep giving our young people the great education they deserve and continue to earn the faith they placed in us by choosing our university over our peers. To learn more about LSU’s budget situation and get facts that can help you talk to others about this issue, I invite you to visit www.lsu.edu/budget. At LSU, we Love our Purple and we Live for the Gold. Help us keep the Gold shining brightly.

Michael V. Martin Chancellor

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Publisher Charlie W. Roberts

Contents

Editor Jackie Bartkiewicz Editorial Assistants Amanda Haynes, Lana Hunt, Lindsey Meaux Advertising Kay Heath

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Features 34 Common Thread From cadet uniforms to hot pants to flip-flops, generations of LSU students have shared similar experiences and traditions, forming a “common thread” connecting one class to the next and the first class to the most recent one. Reminisce about what you wore during your LSU years.

42 LSU Press Turns 75 Top-notch leadership, exceptional staff, and amazingly talented authors make the LSU Press one of the University’s most prestigious affiliate units. Born in the Great Depression, the Press has built and maintains a reputation for excellence and is one of the foremost publishers in the South.

Departments 1 A Message from the Chancellor

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4 President’s Message 6 Forever LSU 8 LSU Alumni Association News 48 Around Campus 60 Locker Room 62 Tiger Nation

Art Director Chuck Sanchez STUN Design & Advertising Contributors Sara Crow, Matt Deville, Ginger Guttner, Bud Johnson, Kent Lowe, Brenda Macon, Todd Miller, Lindsay Newport, Stephanie Riegel, Dottie Smith, Randy Smith, Pamela P. Vinci Photography Matt Deville, Steve Franz, Larry Hubbard, Scott Madere, Robin McCarley, Alice G. Patterson, Eddy Perez Printing Baton Rouge Printing Editorial and Advertising Office LSU Alumni Association 3838 West Lakeshore Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70808-4686 225-578-3838 • 888-RINGLSU www.lsualumni.org / e-mail: jackie@lsualumni.org LSU ALUMNI MAGAZINE is published quarterly in March, June, September and December by the LSU Alumni Association. A contribution of $50 or more for an annual subscription includes membership in the Alumni Association. Letters to the editor are encouraged. Please write to the address listed above. LSU ALUMNI MAGAZINE reserves the right to edit all material accepted for publication. Publication of material does not indicate endorsement of the author’s viewpoint by the magazine, the LSUAA or LSU. © 2010 by LSU ALUMNI MAGAZINE. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to LSU ALUMNI MAGAZINE, 3838 West Lakeshore Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808-4686 The mission of the LSU Alumni Association is to protect, promote, and foster the welfare of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and to create and nurture mutually beneficial relationships between the University and its alumni and friends. The Association, using the talents and resources of alumni and friends of Louisiana State University, supports the University in pursuit of excellence in teaching, research and public service to future and current alumni. NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gregory J. “Gregg” Cordaro Chair, Baton Rouge, La. Guy Campbell III Chair-Elect, Monroe, La. Patricia C. “Pat” Hewlett Bodin Past Chair, Houston, Texas

Cover: Track letter sweater awarded to Sam J. Lambert, Jr., Class of 1930, part of the LSU Textile & Costume Museum collection. Photo by Larry Hubbard Design by Chuck Sanchez/STUN Design

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Scott L. Anderson, Monroe, La. Jan K. Liuzza, Kenner, La. Jack A. Andonie, Metairie, La. Ted A Martin, Baton Rouge, La. Mary Lou Applewhite, New Orleans, La. Louis R. Minksy, Baton Rouge, La. Jon D. “Jay” Babb, Baton Rouge, La. Charles H. Moniotte, Baton Rouge, La. J. Hals Benhard, Palmetto, La. Richard C. “Ricky” Oustalet, Jennings, La. C. A. “Buddy” Brice III, Biloxi, Miss. John T. Shelton, Jr., Houston, Texas John S. “Johnny” Butler, Austin, Texas Carl J. Streva, Morgan City, La. Robert W. Dugas, Baton Rouge, La. Susan K. Whitelaw, Shreveport, La. Theresa M. Gallion, Tampa, Fla. Michael H. Woods, Shreveport, La. Ronald M. Johnson, Baton Rouge, La. Lodwrick M. Cook, Director Emeritus Sherman Oaks, Calif.

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President/CEO’s

MESSAGE

Year End Brings Whirlwind of Activity Fall 2010 activities are coming to a close, and the Association is one month from closing another year, its 105th.

P.S. Select University donors who are not members of the LSU Alumni Association are receiving this issue of LSU Alumni Magazine, the last in this year’s series celebrating LSU’s 150th anniversary. We hope you will consider a membership gift of $50 to the Association to continue receiving the magazine. Join by December 31 and receive past issues in the sesquicentennial series (limited copies available). Indicate 2010-M with your payment.

The twenty-fifth LSU Tiger Band Alumni Reunion was a great success, with attendance near 450. Again, this is one of the most exciting and rewarding events of the year – with band alums representing the classes of 1936 to 2009 traveling to campus from all over the country. As this issue goes into production, we are making preparations for Homecoming and LSU Day, both of which take place on Nov. 13. And, of course, we hope the upcoming holiday season includes a post-season football game! It’s a hectic but exciting time, and we’ll share our stories and pictures with you in the next issue of the magazine. The final month of the year is a busy time on the fiscal front, too. And on that note, I take this opportunity to thank you for another successful year. Your support is what drives the organization, and your commitment has made the LSU Alumni Association what it is today. We know you have a choice when it comes to making contributions, and we thank you for choosing the LSU Alumni Association. Thanks also to our advertisers who support the production of the LSU Alumni Magazine, as well as the Association. Even during difficult economic times, our business associates have stayed with us and provided valuable support. Once again, guests of The Cook Hotel have made it successful. We appreciate your choosing The Cook Hotel for your travel needs. Finally, thanks to our strongest affinity partner, Bank of America – the bank that provides the Association’s credit card program. Through the efforts of Bank of America, revenue was generated for the construction of both the Lod Cook Alumni Center and The Cook Hotel and Conference Center. We have developed a financially beneficial partnership for the Association while providing a valuable financial service to our alumni and friends (Bank of America does not market this program to students), and we look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with our Affinity Program Partner. We encourage you to continue using your LSU Alumni Association Platinum Plus MasterCard credit card for your many and varied purchases and enjoy your WorldPoints rewards while supporting Association programs. If you do not have an alumni credit card, apply for one today! (See ad on opposite page.) As mentioned earlier, we are entering the final month of the year. If you have not made your annual gift, now is the time. As you remember, we made budget adjustments in March to meet the expected results of a weak economy. The staff has maintained close scrutiny of the budget, and we will end the year on target. Again, thanks to our donors who made all of this possible. Without you, the work could not be done. On another matter of great concern for the University, it is time for the LSU faithful to join together and fight the proposed state budget cuts. Make your voice heard about LSU’s importance to you and to our state’s future by visiting www.flagshipfriends.org. Best wishes to you and yours for a happy holiday season.

Charlie W. Roberts President/CEO LSU Alumni Association

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Leaving a Legacy at LSU… Starting Now! By Sara Crow

“LSU just runs in your blood.”

LSU Alumni Association – and the University’s “Alumni-by-Choice” – share a passion for LSU that feels unmatched by the alumni of any other university. Tiger fans proudly boast their love for LSU in countless ways, and many Tigers are choosing to ensure that their support continues even beyond their lives. The 1860 Society recognizes LSU alumni and friends whose gifts, when realized, will provide financial support to areas such as scholarships, programs, professorships, faculty chairs, and excellence funds. Membership is awarded to anyone who submits documentation – through a letter of intent

or a copy of the relevant portion of one’s will – naming the LSU Foundation as a beneficiary of his or her estate. Estate gifts can include trusts, insurance policies, retirement plans and annuities, among others. One way to make a planned gift to LSU is through a charitable gift annuity of $25,000 or more. Also possible are two-life annuities, for an individual and a spouse or other designee. CGAs, which are backed by all of a charity’s assets, eliminate the impacts of stock market fluctuations and may be funded through cash, appreciated stocks, or certificates of deposit. This type of gift provides an opportunity for income, capital

1860 Society Members Bill and Karen Brack

San Diego, Calif., residents Karen and Bill Brack have made an estate commitment to the LSU Alumni Association and the LSU Foundation to benefit the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. Karen is an LSU electrical engineering alumna, and Bill is a finance alumnus of San Diego State University. They have established legacy gifts for both LSU and SDSU. Through the establishment of their legacy gift, the Bracks will be inducted into the College of Engineering Society for Engineering Excellence. “We wanted to give back to our alma maters. Our extended families are well provided for, so we wanted to create the opportunity for deserving students to have the same opportunity for a college education that we were afforded,” the Bracks explain.

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Sit and Anne Wong

Anne Hendershot Wong’s parents established the Paul T. and Theresa Lacy Hendershot Scholarship in Marketing in 1987 by donating $20,000 of Paul’s LSU salary as an economics professor. Wong, who is not a graduate of LSU, has committed to bolster the scholarship through a portion of her estate. She and siblings Ellen Hendershot Adams and David and John Hendershot will soon strengthen the fund even further by donating oil lease royalties that have been passed on through the family. “I love my parents. I believe in education. I guess I just absorbed from them their deep respect for LSU, the fun they had here. LSU just runs in your blood. Mother always said she bled purple,” Wong says.

Forever LSU:

The Campaign for Louisiana State University is the most ambitious fundraising campaign in LSU's history with a goal of raising $750 million by 2010. World-class institutions like LSU need world-class endowments to position them among leading public institutions in higher education. Please visit www.foreverlsu.org today because now, more than ever, FOREVER depends on YOU.

gains, and estate tax benefits and prevents possible capital gains. Upon a donor’s passing, the remainder of the annuity goes to the LSU college or program of his or her choice. This allows for future support in the area at LSU that is dearest to the donor. Charitable gift annuity rates rose July 1, which will yield greater payouts for annuitants. The LSU Foundation’s planned giving team can provide personalized rate quotes on deferred and two-life charitable annuities. However, anyone considering a CGA is encouraged to consult a tax or financial adviser.

LSU’s future success depends on the legacy left by alumni and friends. Members of the 1860 Society are living testimonials to the importance of caring about the future now. Their support advances the goals of the Forever LSU campaign, a historic effort by the LSU community to attain more than $750 million in support for LSU by the end of 2010.

Bill and Karen Brack

Sit and Anne Wong

Sara Crow is director of communications for the LSU Foundation. ON THE WEB: www.foreverlsu.org and www.lsufoundation.org/plannedgiving

Lillian Hoover

Lillian Hoover, a charter member of the 1860 Society, established the Jimmie L. Hoover Memorial Scholarship in the School of Library & Information Science to honor her late husband, who was a revered member of the LSU Libraries staff for several decades. Because Hoover’s first husband was an ExxonMobil employee at the time of his death, her scholarship donations are generously matched three to one by ExxonMobil. Hoover says she established the scholarship honoring her second husband to pay tribute to his love for knowledge and his willingness to serve others. She intends to donate her entire estate to the LSU Foundation to one day expand and enhance the scholarship program named for Jimmie. “He would like that if it helped a student. Two of the scholarship’s recipients have told me that they would not have been able to come to LSU without the scholarship,” says Hoover.

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LSU Alumni Association

From Start to Finish

news

Photos by Larry Hubbard

Freshman gather for a group photo.

The LSU Alumni Association welcomed the freshman class to campus at Fresh Fest, held at the Lod Cook Alumni Center on Oct. 14. Students were treated to pizza, soft drinks, and cookies, and a number of lucky guys and gals walked away with prizes for winning at Tiger Putt, Balloon Toss, Lucky Buckets, and Purple Pong. Just a few weeks before Fresh Fest, the Association hosted Senior Celebration, a “onestop-shopping extravaganza” for seniors and their families. The event, held in the fall and spring semesters, takes the hassle out of preparing for graduation by putting everything – invitations, rings, photos, and more—in one place. Making new friends at Fresh Fest.

Choosing a ring.

Getting ready for a graduation photo.

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Students and Mike VI mascot pose for a photo alongside the Fire & Emergency Training Institute’s new fire truck, which is – appropriately – decked out in purple and gold. The truck was parked at the entrance to the Lod Cook Alumni Center for Fresh Fest.

Past Leaders Recognized at Annual Meeting

Photos by Larry Hubbard

Past leaders of the 105-year-old LSU Alumni Association were honored at the Past Presidents & Chairs Luncheon, which followed the 2010 annual meeting on Sept. 17. The event took place at the Lod Cook Alumni Center. National Board of Directors Chair Greg Cordaro presided over the business meeting, with Finance Committee Chair Guy Campbell presenting the financial report (see page 31) and Nominating Committee Chair J. Hals Benhard presenting that committee’s report. Unanimously approved for officer spots on the board were Campbell, of Monroe, La., as chair and Michael Woods, of Shreveport, La., vice chair. Directors re-elected were Cordaro, of Baton Rouge, immediate past chair; Ted Martin, of Baton Rouge, District 1; Dr. Jack Andonie, of New Orleans, At-Large; Pat Hewlett Bodin, of Houston, At-Large; and Theresa M. Gallion, of Tampa, Fla., At-Large. All appointments take effect Jan. 1, 2011. Left: LSU Alumni Association past presidents and chairs attending the Sept. 17 luncheon were, seated, J. Huntington “Hunt” Odom; first row, left to right, J. Hals Benhard, Pat Hewlett Bodin, Dr. Jack Andonie, I. Kent Anderson, Dr. James R. “Jimmy” Peltier, and Veil “Sonny” Devillier; second row, Lucien Laborde, Dr. Louis R. Minsky, and John P. Laborde; top row, Jon D. “Jay” Babb, Jerry E. Shea, Jr., and Scott Anderson. Middle: LSU Alumni Association President Charlie Roberts visits with past presidents Lucien Laborde, Dr. Mary Lou Applewhite, and John Laborde at the 2010 annual meeting. Bottom: Barbara and Ken Tipton and Lucien and Peggy Laborde were among the more than 150 guests at the Past Presidents & Chairs Luncheon held at the Lod Cook Alumni Center on Sept. 17.

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Touchdown at The Cook Hotel Inaugural Event Attracts Hundreds The 2010 LSU Tiger football season didn’t officially kicks off until the September 4 game against North Carolina in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome.

By Matt Deville Photos by J. Sam Frake and Larry Hubbard

Top Left: Tiger Rag editor Ben Love, left, visits with Dale and Dawn Dicharry and Keith Kahao during the cocktail hour in the Shaquille O’Neal Lodge at The Cook Hotel preceding the Touchdown event. Top Right: Members of the media panel, from left, Tiger Rag editor Ben Love, Lyn Scarbrough of Lindy’s Sports magazine, Matt Moscona of ESPN 104.5 and Dan Borne’, the Voice of Tiger Stadium, enjoy a dinner of surf and turf at Touchdown at The Cook Hotel. Right: Louisiana Radio Network CEO Jim Engster, center, visits with Baton Rouge Advocate columnist Smiley Anders and attorney Julie Baxter in the lobby of The Cook Hotel.

But football was definitely in the air the night of Aug. 26 at the Lod Cook Alumni Center for the inaugural Touchdown at The Cook Hotel event. More than 150 football fans turned out for the special event, which was used to promote The Cook Hotel with a gridiron theme. Dan Borné, the Voice of Tiger Stadium, served as emcee for the action-packed evening of football discussion and debate. Borné moderated a media panel consisting of a half-dozen local sports journalists, who broke down the upcoming college football season from an array of perspectives. The evening began with a cocktail social at the Shaquille O’Neal Lodge in the lobby of The Cook Hotel. Patrons were then escorted across the way to the Lod Cook Alumni Center for dinner and the main event. Borné introduced the media panel in true “Saturday Night in Tiger Stadium” style. The panel consisted of sports talk radio host Matt Moscona of ESPN 104.5, Tiger Rag editor Ben Love, Glenn Guilbeau of the Gannett News Service, Baton Rouge sports writer and television personality Lee Feinswog, Charles Hanagriff of the LSU Sports Network, and Lyn Scarbrough of Lindy’s Sports magazine. With representatives of the Tiger Band in attendance to add a little musical flair to the introductions, the panel walked the “green turf ” carpet, complete with hash marks, pylons, and an end zone. During the dinner hour, Moscona previewed the LSU vs. North Carolina season opener then joined the rest of the panel for the media discussion to conclude the evening. The panel discussion ended with predictions for the upcoming season. Matt Deville is director of communications and marketing for the LSU Alumni Association.

Matt Cronin, Charlie Spedale, Huey Ross, and Keith Arceneaux were just a few of the some 150 football fans who turned out for Touchdown at The Cook Hotel.

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Members of the Offense, Defense, and Special teams are recognized by the Voice of Tiger Stadium Dan Borne’ during the introduction of starting lineups at the inaugural Touchdown at The Cook Hotel.

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LSU Alumni Association News By Jackie Bartkiewicz Photo by Larry Hubbard

Dr. Charles Ochello, founder and CEO of Speakeasy Sportswear, assists LSU Alumni Association President Charlie Roberts as he tries on a new LSU GameDay Blazer. Looking on, left to right, are Tracy Jones, director of direct mail, affinity programs, and Touring Tigers; Jason Ramezan, vice president for alumni relations; and Matt Deville, director of communications and marketing.

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Tradition Reborn in New LSU Blazer LSU Alumni Association staffers will soon be sporting classy new purple – official LSU purple, that is – blazers, thanks to a young doctor with a dream and a lot of business savvy. Dr. Charles T. Ochello, Jr. (2003 BACH SCI, 2007 MD), founder and CEO of Speakeasy Sportswear, unveiled the company’s signature product and first-of-its-kind LSU GameDay Blazer at a launch party at Walk-Ons Bistreaux and Bar on Sept. 18, just a year after he decided he had to make a longtime dream come true. The dream began at LSU. “My roommate and best friend in college, Jeremy Shealy, had a purple blazer with the letters LSU hand-stitched on it that was passed down as a family heirloom from his grandfather,” Ochello explains. “It reminded me of past styles and embodied the spirit of LSU, and I fell in love with it.” Twenty-nine-year-old Ochello earned his undergraduate degree at LSU and his medical degree at the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, going on to complete his residency in Emergency Medicine at Duke University Medical Center earlier this year. Today he is an emergency room physician at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans and is also a member of the New Orleans Saints medical staff. Through those hectic years of medical training, his thoughts often returned to that special purple blazer. In the fall of 2009, he knew he had to create a signature LSU GameDay Blazer. “On the way home from the Washington game in Seattle, I decided it was time to start making that dream come true,” Ochello says. From January to May of this year, I worked

with designers, licensing officials, marketers, and many others, to create Speakeasy Sportswear and the GameDay Blazer. The response since our launch in September has been amazing.” Among those involved in the effort are Ochello’s sister, Lorien Owens, of Columbia, S.C., who helped him with graphic design, and his father, Charles T. Ochello, Sr. (1977 BACH EDUC), of New Orleans, who serves as Speakeasy Sportswear’s director of operations. “We wanted to create a brand and a product that breathed new life into the throwback, upscale styles of sports fans of the early twentieth century,” Ochello says of choosing the name Speakeasy Sportswear for his company. Design and detail are the hallmarks of the single-breasted, two-button blazer, which is crafted of a Dacron polyester and Australian worsted wool blend for all-season wear. Constructed with a relaxed American fit, the blazer features custom piping and die-cut and struck custom-designed antique front and cuff logo buttons. “It’s tradition . . . reborn,” Ochello says proudly, obviously pleased that the first blazer is being used at his alma mater. And the dream continues. Having a “national, even global vision” for his company – the physician/entrepreneur/business executive Tiger is already creating GameDay Blazers for other universities. GameDay Blazers are available in Baton Rouge exclusively at the Shelton Gift Shop in The Cook Hotel. ON THE WEB: www.speakeasysportswear.com

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Snapshots Illustrious Tributes – Lod Cook and John Butler were recognized as part of the Peoples Health Illustrious Alumnus program at home football games in October. The award is presented to LSU graduates who have demonstrated the value of their educations by a history of achievement through their careers. Peoples Health Executive Director George Bucher presented the awards to Cook, photo at right, at the LSU vs. Tennessee game on Oct. 2 and to Butler, photo at left, at the LSU vs. McNeese State game on Oct. 16. Photos by Tim Little (Cook) and Matt Deville (Butler)

First row left; Ruby Gregg, Bud Johnson, Susan Quinn, and Espe Moran. Middle: Cliff Vannoy with Maggie and Lance Olinde. Right: Gil Rew and Charlie Roberts. Second row left: Bill Smith and Billy Cannon. Right: Pauline Gallien Moore, Larry Jones, and Theresa Gallion. Bottom: Cliff Vannoy visits with 1958 National Championship team members Dave McCarty, left, and Mike Stupka.

Friday Night Tastings – The first in a series of home-game weekend wine tastings held for Cook Hotel donors took place on the Friday evening before the Mississippi State game in the Clemons Room at the hotel. On the evening before the West Virginia game, Bud Johnson, director of the Jack & Priscilla Andonie Museum, hosted the event at the museum, with former Tiger great and LSU 2010 Alumnus of the Year Billy Cannon as a special guest. Wines were provided by Mockler Beverage Co. Photos by Larry Hubbard and Matt Deville.

Left to right: Johnny Robinson, A.J. Duhe, and George Bevan.

Saturday Signings – Former football Tigers A.J. Duhe, George Bevan, and Johnny Robinson were on hand to greet fans and sign autographs before the Mississippi State, West Virginia, and Tennessee games, respectively. The sessions, held in the lobby of The Cook Hotel and Conference Center, were the first of a series scheduled during the 2010 football season.

Photos by Larry Hubbard.

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you r Alu m n i Dol l a r s at Work

Ben Wallace Sophomore Mass Communications - Broadcast Journalism

When I first arrived on LSU’s campus as a wide-eyed eight-year-old, purple and gold tailgates blanketing campus on game day stole all of my attention, of which most of the credit goes to the gorgeous southern girls everywhere I looked. After that, my grandparents provided my family with tickets to at least one LSU football game every year. Fair warning: there’s no better recruiter than my alumni grandparents mixed with a Saturday night in Tiger Stadium. When the LSU Alumni Association Top 100 Scholarship offer arrived in the mail in the fall of my senior year, it was an offer I could not refuse. The scholarship has allowed me to grow and thrive in LSU’s rich scholastic environment without having to worry about mounds of debt waiting to greet me with my diploma. Choosing to attend LSU was the best decision I have ever made. I am now involved with LSU’s award-winning student media entities—TigerTV and The Daily Reveille – and the opportunities presented by the scholarship and the University will surely lead my life in the direction I desire. www.LSUalumni.org/contribute 1-888-RING-LSU

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Happy 75! – LSU Alumni Association President Charlie Roberts celebrated his 75th birthday on Oct. 11, enjoying his favorite treat -- Fresh Strawberry Cake from Ambrosia Bakery – with his “alumni family.” Happy Birthday, Charlie!

Farewell – Friday mornings just aren’t the same at the Lod Cook Alumni Center. Longtime docent Millicent Hennigan, librarian emerita, shown here with fellow docent John Capdevielle, former director of student housing, said “at ninety-three, it’s time to hang up the car keys.” We wish you well, Miss Millicent, but we sure do miss you. LSU Alumni Magazine | Winter 2010

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Tradition of Giving Jerry and Beverly Shea

By Lindsey Meaux Photo courtesy E.J. Ourso College of Business

Beverly and Jerry Shea

“Both my wife and I are very strong proponents of education, and we support it at all levels.”

As Jerry Shea, Jr. (1972 BACH ENGR, 1974 MBA) has risen in the business world, he’s made certain to maintain deep roots at LSU. Shea, a six-year member and past chair of the LSU Board of Supervisors, generously supports University academics and athletics through the LSU Foundation, the Tiger Athletic Foundation – even sharing his Tiger Stadium suite with Shaquille O’Neal, and the LSU Alumni Association, whose board of directors he has also chaired. The 2010 E.J. Ourso College of Business Hall of Distinction inductee is president of Bayou Companies, Inc., a third-generation family business specializing in pipe coating and welding services for both onand offshore companies. He is also president of Bayou Coating, L.L.C. and president of Shea Investments. He credits LSU with his success. “I owe a lot of success in my life to the educational foundation I gained at LSU,” Shea explains. “I became involved with the local chapter of the Alumni Association here [in New Iberia] upon graduation, and I’ve been involved ever since,” Shea said of his work with and for his alma mater. And working right along with him is his wife, Beverly (1972 BACH AGR, 1975 MAST AGR). “Both my wife and I are very strong proponents of education, and we support it at all levels,” he says. And support they do – in areas across campus: the colleges of Engineering and Agriculture, Student Life, the LSU Museum of Art, and more. The couple’s most recent major gift was a $100,000 donation to the campaign for the construction of the new Business Education Complex. LSU Alumni Magazine’s editorial office is housed in the Beverly G. and Jerry E. Shea, Jr., office in the Lod Cook Alumni Center. The Sheas are major donors to the Jack & Priscilla Andonie Museum and the Cook Hotel & Conference Center. They also established the Beverly Shea Endowed Professorship in Human Ecology and the Beverly G. and Jerry E. Shea Endowed Top 100 Scholarship through the LSU Alumni Association. Their commitment is evidenced by numerous awards and honors in addition to Jerry Shea’s recent recognition by the Ourso College of Business. They are members of the LSU Foundation Laureate Society and have received the Foundation President’s Award for Lifetime Support. They received a Purple & Gold Award for philanthropic support from the LSU Alumni Association, and in 2001 Jerry Shea was inducted into the LSU Alumni Association Hall of Distinction. While he has received well-deserved acknowledgment stemming from his support of the University, Shea says he is most proud of his role serving on search committees to help the Board of Supervisors “hire the best and brightest administrators.” “Serving on the search committee that hired [LSU System President] John Lombardi as well as serving on various other search committees were some of the proudest moments for me,” Shea explained. Lindsey Meaux is a senior in the Manship School of Mass Communication, concentrating in public relations.

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Chapter Events

Tiger Tour Makes Final Stop in Baton Rouge Story and photos by Matt Deville

The featured speaker may have been absent, but that didn’t deter more than 250 LSU fans from enjoying an evening of football festivities at the Lod Cook Alumni Center. A last-minute conflict forced Coach Les Miles to miss the final Tiger Tour of the year on July 29. But the coach went to the bullpen and tapped out offensive coordinator Gary Crowton, secondary coach Ron Cooper, and running backs coach/recruiting coordinator Frank Wilson to fill in. And while the head man was missing, the show went on as the trio of LSU assistants took turns visiting with host Gordy Rush during the two-hour event, hosted by the Greater Baton Rouge Chapter of the LSU Alumni Association, and the Tiger Athletic Foundation. “It was a bit of surprise that our main speaker wasn’t able to attend,” said Beth Tope of the Greater Baton Rouge Chapter, who organized the event. “But I thought coaches Crowton, Cooper, and Wilson did a fantastic job on such short notice. And everyone was really receptive to their message and was eager to hear what they had to say.” “I want to thank Jason Ramezan (LSUAA) and Kelly Landry (TAF) for helping with this event,” Tope continued. “They are so bright, so energetic, and were so helpful in making this event run so smoothly. Everyone pulled together well and this has become a finely tuned event. This is a perfect example of how these three groups can pull together and put on a great event.”

Top left: LSU assistant coaches Frank Wilson, Gary Crowton, and Ron Cooper filled in for an absent Coach Les Miles at the 2010 Baton Rouge Tiger Tour. Bottom Left: Greater Baton Rouge Chapter member and event organizer Beth Tope and husband Steve.

Newnan Tigers – Tiger faithful in Newnan, Ga., gathered at the home of John Stuckey, Jr., on Oct. 2 to watch LSU defeat Tennessee. “Stuckey never went to LSU,” says John Hoth,” but his father, John Ward Stuckey, did, and his son is a full-time LSU fan in this area.” Pictured, left to right, are Lora Goodwin, Linda and John Hoth, Sara Clayton, and Becky and Clay Whitman.

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Boston Boil â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Boston-area Tigers gathered at the Baseball Tavern in Boston, Mass., on May 1 for their annual crawfish boil. More than 600 pounds of live mudbugs were delivered to the airport that morning to be enjoyed later in the day by some 100 crawfishhungry alums.

Photos by Micaila Britto

Left: Kaitlyn Greenley, Jeremy Martin, Lea Reynolds, Megan Munson, Alden Guptill, Miranda Love, and Michael Calabrese.

Jen Ledet, past chair; Dean Carucci, treasurer; Brian Ledet, social chair; Ryan Persac, SEC coordinator; Michelle Helmstetter, vice president for membership; Ashley Bordelon, president; and Beth Buzzard, vice president.

Chris Stamps, Michael Sweeney, Shima Arab, and Justin Stamps, Web coordinator.

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Atlanta Chapter Cheers on the Tigers at View-In The 2010 LSU football campaign kicked off in Atlanta when the Tigers defeated North Carolina 30-24 in the Georgia Dome on Sept. 4.

By Matt Deville Photos courtesy LSU Atlanta

Back in the city where the season began on such a high note, LSU alums gathered on Sept. 25 to cheer the Tigers on to their fourth straight win – over West Virginia. The LSU Atlanta Alumni Chapter held a view-in at Front Page News, a local downtown sports bar in one of Atlanta’s more eclectic areas known as Little Five Points. This event, which attracted thirty Tiger fans, was one of LSU Atlanta’s four football view-in locations around Metro Atlanta. The LSU Atlanta Prize Patrol was out in full force for Saturday’s game – and it came bearing gifts. Left: Atlanta alums gathered at Front Page News on Sept. 25 to cheer the Tigers on to victory over West Virginia. Right: Angie Clay shows off a gift certificate she won during the view-in.

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“Through support from our sponsors and donations for our scholarship fund, we gave away prizes that included Community Coffee, gift certificates to Front Page News, prizes from Tiger Mania, and gift certificates to Copeland’s,” said event organizer Charlie Vaughn. “Front Page News offered food and drink specials to cater to our guests.” And, Vaughn added, the good people at Front Page News threw in a little lagniappe. “Ten percent of the proceeds from the food and beverage purchased by our patrons was donated to LSU Atlanta,” Vaughn said. It was the third of four LSU Atlanta view-ins scheduled for this season. Other locations include Atkins Park Tavern in Smyrna, Buffalo Wild Wings in Alpharetta, and Cheyenne Grill in Buckhead. “Every location is committed to providing LSU fans with a quality menu/bar along with great service and hospitality,” Vaughn said. “There will be a chapter host in attendance every week to welcome everyone. We encourage Tiger fans to come and enjoy LSU football while supporting LSU Atlanta’s mission to provide great social opportunities and build our scholarship endowment program.” For more information on upcoming LSU Atlanta view-ins or the organization itself, visit the LSU Atlanta chapter Web site at http://www.lsuatlanta.com.

More LSU Atlanta – Alums Chris Tilley, left, and Phil Adra hosted a view-in at Cheyenne Grill for the LSU vs. Florida game on Oct. 9. Among those cheering on the Tigers was Terry Hooker, below.

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To commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Alumni Band Reunion, the LSU Alumni Association is offering a limited edition print. Call 225-578-3838 or e-mail matt@lsualumni.org for more information.

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Band Reunion 2010 It’s no secret among Tiger fans. On a Saturday night in Death Valley, the pageantry of the Golden Band from Tigerland has as much to do with LSU’s game day experience as those purple-and-gold-clad warriors that charge through the goal posts in the north end zone. If you ask a member of the LSU Tiger Band, they will surely tell you nothing compares to marching down the hill on North Stadium Drive, weaving your way through thousands of Tiger fans as you prepare to enter the Tiger Stadium. To take the field before 90,000-plus, marching in step while playing the famed “Pregame Salute” – there are few moments in life any better. When those days are over, many former band members never again feel that tingle down their spine; the goose bumps that pop up on their arms. They can only look back remembering how great it was back then. As time passes, the goose bumps fade. Those vivid memories are mottled. However, they don’t have to be. Each year, hundreds of former Tiger Band members return for the annual Alumni Band Reunion weekend. An event championed by the LSU Alumni Association, the band reunion is the largest happening hosted by the Association. With a full slate of activities scheduled throughout the course of a weekend, the Alumni Band from Tigerland concludes its annual gathering with a halftime performance in Tiger Stadium. As they leave the field, you can’t help but notice the smiles. There is a fresh, glowing look on their faces, a sense of accomplishment, and a sense of pride. It’s like going back in time, back to years gone by. It’s as if time stands still for a few moments to relive those tingles, to feel the goose bumps, to take in that roar one final time. Almost 300 Tiger Band alumni, including band and auxiliary members, returned to their alma mater for the Alumni Band Reunion held Oct. 15-16. “It is circled on my calendar every year,” said former drum major Thom Fronek (1962-1968). “I attended my first reunion a few years back, and I’ll never miss it again.” Fronek, a crowd favorite with his baton-twirling, highstepping strut, was the front man for the Tiger Band during a very special time. The year was 1964 and LSU was set to open the season against Texas A&M on Sept. 19. On that date Fronek was the first LSU drum major to ever

lead the band in the “Pregame Salute” as they took the field in Tiger Stadium. “The crowd just went wild,” Fronek said. “They had never heard it before, but it was instantly a hit. It is very special to relive that every year.” And speaking of reliving that moment, the 2010 Tiger Band Reunion was a memorable event in itself. This year’s affair was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first Tiger Band Reunion held in 1986. It was however, only the twenty-fourth time the event was held. The reunion weekend was cancelled in 2005 due to Hurricane Katrina. Matt Deville is director of communications and marketing for the LSU Alumni Association.

Three Generations – When Tiger Band alumni performed at this year’s reunion, three generations of the Winston family took the field – from left, Dr. Eddie Winston, of Daphne, Ala., clarinet, 1954-1956; Tyler Winston, saxophone, a sophomore mechanical engineering major; and Dr. Ed Winston, of Spanish Fort, Ala., trumpet, 1974-1978. Photo by Larry Hubbard.

Tiger Band Classmates – LSU Alumni Association President Charlie Roberts reminisces with fellow Tiger Band members Randy Smith, center, and Wesley McCoy, both of Baton Rouge, at the Friday evening reception for band alumni. The trio joined the band in 1953, played together throughout college – Smith, the bassoon; McCoy, the French horn; Roberts, the trombone – and were the only three male music education majors in a class of thirtyone to finish at LSU.

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LSU Alumni Association News By Dottie (Dot Rahme) and Randy Smith Photo by Larry Hubbard

Has It Really Been 57 Years? Fifty-seven years! It really has been that long since we both arrived at LSU to play our bassoons. We knew that participating in the Tiger Band was a requirement, but – sad to say – of all the musical organizations at LSU, the marching band was not No. 1 on our list. All of that changed during the fall of 1952 as rehearsals for the first game of the year began. That “Tiger Band Spirit” began to take hold in our lives – or perhaps we were just falling in love with each other. In either case, a beautiful relationship began and is still going strong today. Tiger Band in those years was very small – only ninety players – and the shows Dottie and Randy Smith were rather simple. But to two small-town students, it was grand enough for us to think we were on Broadway. As we watch the size and quality of the band grow through the years, we realize how far the program has come. Life moved on, and after graduation we settled into married life with our Tiger Band days becoming just memories. As our oldest child, Karen Smith Owen, entered high school, she began to talk about LSU and Tiger Band. That was a double whammy! Surely we were not old enough to have a child in college, and she couldn’t possibly want to play in the band. WRONG! She was indeed old enough, and to our great delight she had a very successful time as a Golden Girl and, like us, enjoys the Tiger Band Reunions. Fortune continued to smile on us as our next child, Stephanie Smith Musso, followed in the family footsteps and became a fine trumpet player in Tiger Band. Two children in Tiger Band – did we see a trend developing here? Yes, we definitely have something going on as the oldest son, Dennis Smith, became a Tiger bandsman and served two years as the Tiger mascot. The thrills and pride we have enjoyed over the years have been due in large part to our love for and participation in Tiger Band activities.

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Chapter Leadership Workshop February 12, 2011 LSU Alumni Association chapter leaders are invited to take part in the 2011 Chapter Leadership Workshop - a full day of learning, fellowship, and fun at the Lod Cook Alumni Center. For information contact Jason Ramezan at jasonr@lsualumni.org or 225-578-3825 or visit www.lsualumni.org.

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Story and photos by Matt Deville

Traveling Tigers Take in Atlanta, Nashville Fall is in the air, and that can mean only one thing – college football. The 2010 season kicked off on Sept. 4 with the LSU Tigers squaring off with the North Carolina Tarheels in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome in the Chick-Fil-A SEC vs. ACC Kickoff Classic. And the LSU Alumni Association Traveling Tigers were there to take in all the action. LSU jumped out to a 30-10 halftime lead and held off a furious rally from the Tarheels to hold on for a 30-24 victory. “It was definitely exciting,” said Jason Ramezan, vice president of alumni relations and director of Traveling Tigers. “It was a great way to open the season. We had 175 people travel with us, and everyone was happy that we were able to round out a super weekend with a victory.” Travelers were treated to deluxe accommodations at The Omni at CNN Center and enjoyed a tailgate party at the Georgia World Congress Center, located next to the Georgia Dome. It was the fourth time in six seasons under Coach Les Miles the Tigers opened the season on the road and the fifth time in the last nine years LSU has played on the road in the season opener. It had been sixteen years since the Tigers played their first two games on the road dating back to the 1995 season. But LSU did just that when it traveled to Nashville for a rare road date with Vanderbilt. The Traveling Tigers settled into the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in downtown Nashville and took in the sights and sounds of the Music City. The Wild Horse Saloon, a long-time Nashville hot spot, set a perfect scene for a Friday night dinner . . . and a little line dancing. “That is what you think of when you think about Nashville,” Tootie Anderson said about the Wild Horse Saloon. “What a fun evening and what a wonderful trip. It was neat to get to go somewhere LSU doesn’t play all that often.” And the Tigers came through again with another victory, this time disposing of the Commodores 27-3. One traveler had a unique perspective on the game. For the second time in as many weeks, Frank Wickes, the former director of bands at LSU, joined the Traveling Tigers for the trip. “That is the only way to travel,” said Wickes, who retired after thirty years as the band director after the 2009 season. “I appreciate the LSU Alumni Association for all they do on these trips. It is really first class.”

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2009 Annual Report

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Annual Report

Again the development, growth, and success of the LSU Alumni Association has been made possible by the dedicated and generous support of our donors and friends and a committed and energetic staff that makes it possible to achieve our goals and successfully complete all projects. In 2009 the Top 100 Scholarship endowment grew by 10 percent, nearing $54 million in an effort to raise a total of $16 million to fully fund the program. The Chancellor’s Leadership Scholarship endowment increased by 15 percent, from which 100 students receive this one-year award, a promising scholarship with outstanding young leaders. The Lod Cook Alumni Center – home to the Association, as well as the LSU Foundation – celebrated its fifteenth birthday on May 20, 2009, and continues to be a favorite location for wedding receptions, business meetings, and reunions. The Cook Hotel celebrated its eighth year of operation in October 2009. Hotel operation, staffing, and maintenance have stabilized, which allows the Association to deal with the many challenges of managing a hotel. The facility has proved to be a success for the Association and LSU. Perhaps one of our greatest sources of pride is the 125 alumni chapters around the world. Through these chapters, LSU alumni maintain contact and relationships with the University and other alums. Merchandise sales, sports trips, and magazine advertising sales continue to be revenue-generating operations, due in part to the success of outstanding athletic programs at LSU. In closing, the University is nearing the Forever LSU campaign goal of $750 million, and the Association continues its effort in the campaign. As always, there are challenges ahead, but we will meet them – and with your continued support, the goal will be reached.

Forever LSU,

Charlie Roberts President and CEO

What We’re Worth This year the LSU Alumni Association has total assets in excess of $32 million. The major portion of these assets is restricted, including an endowment of $13.3 million. The Association has $16.1 million in physical assets such as the Lod Cook Alumni Center, The Cook Hotel, the Jack and Priscilla Andonie Museum, and the Sugar Woods building. Current cash, accounts receivable, and merchandise inventory total $2.1 million. Investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13.6 m Property, Plant, Equipment. . . . . . . . . . $16.1 m Current Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.1 m Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.1 m

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From Cadet Uniforms to Hot Pants to Flip-Flops Throughout LSU’s history, generations of students have shared similar experiences and followed many of the same campus traditions, some unique to the University. Thus, a “common thread” may be found connecting one class to the next class or the first class to the most recent one. And, what better means is there to visit our history than through what we wore! By Pamela P. Vinci Photos by Larry Hubbard

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Military Training at the Ole War Skule From All-Male Days to Co-ed Involvement

Back in the almost forgotten eighties [1880s], while “Ye Ole War Skule” was at its lowest ebb in student attendance, the greatest pride, the most honest boast of the school was in its military unit. . . . Years have slowly grown into decades, and one site after another has been occupied, but there still remains that worthy estimate of the military training. 1927 Gumbo

Intercollegiate Competitive Sports From Baseball to Football and Beyond

Again the Purple cinder burners [track team] showed their superiority over other Dixie schools. . . . 1929 Gumbo Track letter sweater awarded to Sam J. Lambert, Jr., Class of 1930, during the LSU track team’s three-year, first-place winning streak in the Southern Intercollegiate Conference.

ROTC cadet uniform jacket worn by Gustave “Gus” Genin Quinn, Class of 1927, Civil Engineering, who moved with LSU from its old campus near the site of the State Capitol to the new Pentagon Barracks in 1926.

. . . the Cadet Corps shows the result of months of hard work at the weekly parades . . . when the entire unit forms on the grounds in front of the Memorial Tower. To the tune of stirring march music by the big cadet band, and led by petite sponsors in their white uniforms, the Corps “passes in review” before Army officials and other dignitaries present. 1939 Gumbo ROTC cadet band sponsor uniform worn by Dorothy Colvin (Howell), Class of 1942, Vocational Home Economics Education, M.S. 1944, Food and Nutrition, who enjoyed an envied position as the only female sponsor allowed to travel with the cadets.

FIGHTING TIGERS GO INTO ACTION. . . . CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS. . . . L. S. U. fight [boxing] team showed themselves to be the class of the Southeastern Conference long before the tourney was held. 1938 Gumbo 1938 boxing team manager’s robe, from a period when this LSU sport earned conference titles, and head cheerleader jacket, from the years when LSU football fan numbers were increasing rapidly, both worn by Larry Landry, Class of 1939. Receiving his reserve commission while at LSU and Army Air Corps wings soon after, Landry was among the first to be sent to active duty in the Far East. With his plane shot down over New Guinea in January 1942, he became the second World War II fatality among Baton Rouge servicemen.

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Cheering on the Tigers In the Stands or on the Field, Track, or Court

Transitioning to Student Life as a Freshman

At a gigantic pep meeting the night before the Tiger-Tulane fray, students gather behind the Field House to hang and burn the Paul Tulane effigy, symbol of the Tulane Green Wave. . . . the Varsity Band plays Tiger Rag and the student body snake dances around the Wave inferno--whereas this craftery is believed to spell the Tulane downfall. 1949 Gumbo Cheerleader blouse and full circle reversible skirt worn by Mary Sue Disch (Meador), LSU 1947-1948, whose favorite football game was the Tulane game, when fans packed the stadium, whether here or in New Orleans, to cheer for a Tiger win over the University’s historical rival.

In another minute, a barely-recognizable individual known as a baldheaded freshman will step out of the [barber] chair. 1962 Gumbo

. . . National Champions of 1958---the first time in history a Tiger team has had this honor. . . . Head Coach Paul Dietzel . . . started the season with three first teams---the White team, the Go team, and the Chinese Bandits. 1958 Gumbo “L” sweater worn during LSU’s 1958 national football championship season by cheerleader Darryl J. Phillips, LSU 1958-61, Kinesiology.

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Beanie cap worn in Fall 1967 by Van L. Cox, Class of 1972, Landscape Architecture, M.F.A. 1979, currently Interim Director of the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture, after receiving the traditional very short hair cut required of freshman males upon entering the University and participating in the required ROTC training. His cap is personalized with “Dog Cox, Sir,” the salutation to be given to military upperclassmen, just as the pajamas he was required to wear to the first LSU football game of the season—against Rice—announce the Army ROTC company to which he was assigned!

Dressin’ up When Required

Parties and Special Dates

Special-occasion gown worn by Frankie Broome (Platte), Class of 1948, Education, to the 1947 Military Ball in the Gym-Armory where she was presented as the “Little Colonel” ROTC regimental sponsor nominated and escorted by a returning WWII Marine Corps veteran. The “jitterbug” was the chosen dance.

Beauty As Selected by VOTE OF THE STUDENT BODY. . . “The Darling of L. S. U.” 1936 Gumbo Special occasion gown worn by Ursula Compton (Kent), Class of 1936, Home Economics, on the evening in 1935 when she was named the first student-elected beauty, “The Darling of L.S.U.” A specially composed song in her honor, written by Huey P. Long and LSU Bandmaster Castro Carazo, was played for the first time that evening at the Gym-Armory event.

Man’s dress suit worn by Alfred William Platte, Jr., Class of 1949, Commerce, to a Varsity Theater Sunday night movie on his first date with his wife-to-be, Frankie Broome. DANCES - PARTIES AND JUST PLAIN FUN. . . . It doesn’t take much to start a party at L. S. U. . . . Now that the veterans [of WWII] have returned, the long-missing stag line has reappeared, and the GymArmory just doesn’t seem large enough to take care of the crowds. 1947 Gumbo

The Textile & Costume Museum The Textile & Costume Museum, part of the School of Human Ecology, is also one of the sixteen component collections of the Louisiana Museum of Natural History at LSU. Holdings include prehistoric and ethnic textiles and costumes as well as contemporary high fashions and high-tech textiles. Special collections, such as the First Families Collection of inaugural clothing of previous Louisiana governors and their families, document the history of the University, region, and state. Unique to Louisiana, the museum facilitates education, research, artifact conservation, and public service in relation to textiles and apparel. Teaching and research focus on studies of the technical, aesthetic, historic, and socio-cultural significance of these artifacts. Exhibitions, programs, and publications interpret research findings to both students and the public. The current exhibition, Christian Dior‘s 1947 New Look: From Paris to New York to Baton Rouge, introduces the visitor to Christian Dior's mid-century fashion influence, from the introduction of his first collection of female garments in 1947 – immediately dubbed the "New Look” – to the last he created before his untimely death ten years later. Even LSU's 19471948 Gumbo contains a reference to the popular innovation in fashion. The gallery, located in the Human Ecology Building, is open and free to the public on weekdays from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. LSU Alumni Magazine | Winter 2010

Taking a Break at the Lakes

Crop-top and bell-bottom sportswear outfit worn by Joan C. Myers (Stewart), Class of 1969, Psychology, 1997 M.S.W., for “time-out” at the LSU lakes just as LSU women’s dress codes were relaxed for the first time to allow bifurcated garments to be worn to class. When the tension gets to you and it seems all you do is pull your nose out of one book and put it into another, it’s time to play. 1971 Gumbo

Celebrating Homecoming

Shirt, vest, and hot pants shorts worn with knee-high boots by Fran Meador (Champagne), Class of 1974, Education, for her on-field introduction as a member of the 1971 homecoming court. Fran was active in campus life as one of the first varsity basketball cheerleaders, the Tigresses, and in her sorority, Chi Omega. The Florida Gators, expecting to be a Southeast power for 1971 . . . LSU . . . thoroughly trouncing the dejected Gators 48-7 before an enthusiastic Homecoming throng. 1972 Gumbo

We follow traditions – shaving heads, ROTC, a jammed ride on the East Campus bus at noon hour, cutting class to go to the Bengal, painting “George,” going to parties, and watching football games that are later only a hazy remembrance. 1968 Gumbo

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Racing Across Campus for an 8:30 Class Platform and wedge-soled shoes worn by Yvonne Bienvenu (Leak), Class of 1976, Clothing and Textiles Communications, M.S. 1978, Clothing and Textiles, with jeans or her leather mini skirt as she fashionably rushed from Allen Hall to the Home Economics Building. If you wanta learn, you gotta go to class. 1970 Gumbo Today’s students still hurry across the Quad, but with a 2010 take on dress – restyled by the newest LSU generation.

Trivia

By Barry Cowan

How much do you know about LSU’s history? See how well you do on the sesquicentennial trivia quiz. Quizzes will appear in each issue of LSU Alumni Magazine throughout the sesquicentennial year. Answers appear at the bottom of the page. 1. Who was LSU’s first opponent in the newly constructed Tiger Stadium on Thanksgiving Day, 1924? Arkansas Auburn Tulane Alabama 2. Who won the game? Arkansas Tulane

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3. Who was the Tigers’ coach for this game? Biff Jones Bernie Moore Gaynell Tinsley Mike Donohue 4. Who was LSU’s longest-serving president? Thomas Boyd David Boyd Troy Middleton John Lombardi

. . . A place – vast and terrifying as we enter –-comes to be a life, full and encompassing. To each of us a difference, yet a sameness. 1959 Gumbo Pamela P. Vinci is curator of the LSU Textile & Costume Museum and instructor of textile science, apparel design, and merchandising in the School of Human Ecology. ON THE WEB: www.textilemuseum.huec.lsu.edu

6. When was LSU’s first graduating class? 1860 1869

1863 1886

7. How many received diplomas in the first graduating class? 8 12 15 136 8. According to the regulations of 1904, how many demerits received in a term (semester) would cause a cadet to be dismissed from the University? 50 100 150 200 9. Which professors conducted Louisiana’s first complete geological and topographical survey? Samuel Lockett and Frederick Hopkins Henry Howe and Richard Russell Fred Kniffen and Sam Wilson Thomas Boyd and David Boyd 10. How much was tuition for the session (academic year) in 1871-72? $50 $100 $600 $1000 11. How much was tuition for the academic year (not including summer) in 1971-72? $320 $500 $600 $1000 12. How much “pocket money” were parents allowed to send per month in 1871? No more than $5 No more than $2 No more than $1 No money at all Barry Cowan, assistant archivist in Hill Memorial Library, is a member of the LSU Sesquicentennial Committee. Answers: 1.c, 2.c, 3.d, 4.a, 5.b, 6.c, 7.a, 8.b, 9.a, 10.b, 11.a, 12.b

2010 student unisex footwear, left to right: Reef “flip-flops” (still a rubber sandal but no longer called “thongs” as in the 1970s), Converse Chuck Taylor canvas shoes (originally black, high-topped, and used for the sport of basketball first in 1917 but now available in neon colors, made in China, and sold in a recycled cardboard box), Tom’s fabric shoes (reminiscent of the 1980s espadrille fad, but this version from a contemporary socially responsible company that provides a pair of new shoes for a needy child with each purchase), Sperry Topsider shoes (first marketed in 1935, now resurfacing at LSU after a thirty-year lapse and used on campus sidewalks in addition to the original surface for which they were designed – boat docks and decks).

5. Which LSU president spent more time in combat than any other general in World War II? Harold Stoke Troy Middleton Campbell Hodges Paul Hebert

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LSU Press, one of the most prestigious affiliate units at the University, is celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary this year. Founded in 1935, LSU Press was born during the Great Depression. No stranger, therefore, to hard times, the Press has survived by producing high-quality, successful books. Having built and maintained a reputation for excellence throughout the years, LSU Press continues to be one of the foremost publishers in the South with over 2,100 books in its repertoire.

Six Directors in Seventy-five Years Despite the longevity of the Press, only six directors have presided over the unit. The first, Marcus M. Wilkerson, served from 1935 until 1953 and is credited with setting the standards for excellence that the Press maintains to this day. Under his direction, the Southern Biography Series was established in 1938; an agreement with the George Littlefield Fund for Southern History made LSU Press the publisher of the many volumes in the History of the South; and the Press published the original series of The Southern Review, which was edited by Charles Pipkin with Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren as managing editors. Wilkerson died suddenly in March 1953, and the production and promotion manager, Adolph O. Goldsmith, assumed the duties of the directorship until a new director, Donald R. Ellegood, took charge in April 1954. Ellegood, who was only 29 years old at the time and had but four years of previous experience, nevertheless managed to continue the tradition of excellence that Wilkerson had set in motion. One of his first acquaintances at LSU was Eric Voegelin, a faculty member at the time, and the Press became the publisher of Voegelin’s multivolume Order and History. Two books by T. Harry Williams also came out during Ellegood’s tenure, as did several volumes of the History of the South series. According to a brief history of the Press produced in 1985, C. Vann Woodward’s The Burden of Southern History, published in 1960 and still

BELOW LEFT TO RIGHT: Marcus M. Wilkerson (1935-1953); Donald R. Ellegood (1954-1963); Richard L. Wentworth (1963-1970); Charles East (1970-1975); Leslie E. Phillabaum (1975-2003)

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The most prestigious and famous of book awards is the Pulitzer Prize.

LSU Press has won four of them. considered to be one of the definitive texts on southern history, “originated in Ellegood’s proposal to Woodward … that the Press publish a collection of his [Woodward’s] essays.” In 1963, Ellegood left LSU to take the directorship of the University of Washington Press, and Richard L. Wentworth took over the leadership of LSU Press. Like Ellegood, Wentworth was relatively young at 32 years old. He maintained his predecessors’ emphasis on regional publishing and established the Southern Literary Studies series and the Library of Southern Civilization. Wentworth also brought about the Louisiana Paperbacks series, which made the Press the first paperback publisher in the South, and made the decision in 1964 to begin a poetry series and, in 1965, to create the first on-going fiction program at a university press. Aside from these major achievements, the 1985 history of the Press recounts an occurrence during his time as director that we can all appreciate even today: “A very regional title that appeared on the fall, 1968, list was Peter Finney’s Fighting Tigers: Seventyfive Years of LSU Football, which Wentworth remembers was hidden ‘at the back of the catalog so the scholarly world would be less likely to notice this frivolity.’ The book turned out to be the best seller of the season.” When Wentworth left LSU in 1970 to lead the University of Illinois Press in Champaign, Charles East, who had been with LSU Press since 1962, took the helm. After the “boom years” of the 1960s, funding for university presses fell off significantly. Still East managed, according to his account in the 1985 history of the Press, “adding bricks . . . upon the good works of the directors who preceded me.” He made several improvements in the way that the Press handled its inventory and production, setting the stage for new technologies and enhancing the Press’s reputation for design. He resigned in 1975, and Leslie E. (Les) Phillabaum became the new director. Phillabaum took charge of the Press during an economic climate that was still dire, but he forged ahead with two focused goals: First, he wanted to increase the number of books published each year from around thirty to at least fifty titles. Second, he planned to increase sales to one million dollars. He and his staff achieved these goals in less than five years, reaching the million-dollar sales mark for the first time in the history of the Press and regularly publishing fifty new books by 1981. By the fiftieth anniversary of the Press in 1985, those numbers were increased to sixty new titles per year and a million and a half dollars in annual sales. Phillabaum also set out early in his tenure to establish the Press “as the best publisher in the South and as one of the major scholarly publishers in the nation,” according to the 1985 history of the Press. During his nearly three decades as director, the unit hit several milestones, which included winning many coveted prizes and awards, on its path to national and international acclaim. MaryKatherine Callaway, the current director, arrived in 2003 with more than fifteen years of experience gained at The Johns Hopkins University Press and the University of Georgia Press. She has brought a lively new perspective to the Press while retaining the goals and objectives of her predecessors. Moreover, in the face of yet another level of technological advances, Callaway strives to find ways to combine traditional print publishing and new electronic media to arrive at the very best fit for the Press. ABOVE: LSU Press Director MaryKatherine Callaway. BOTTOM: LSU Press logos from 1935 to present.

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What Makes the Press So Special? Having the stability of strong leadership and dedicated, exceedingly capable staff with many years of experience is one of the secrets behind the extraordinary success of the unit. As Callaway explains, the operation of LSU Press, like that of all great university presses, starts with a mission. She and her staff of editors look for high-quality material that can withstand the test of time. Callaway explains her own willingness to remain at the Press simply: “Working with our authors and the wonderful staff we have here is always exciting.” One integral member of Callaway’s staff, John Easterly, has been with the Press for nearly thirty years. He has served in a number of capacities through the years, gaining the respect and admiration of everyone who has worked with him. His years with the Press have given him a unique perspective, having served with two directors and many of the authors whose books were produced at LSU. Asked about his long history with the unit, he gives some compelling reasons: “For people who like books and are interested in the humanities and arts and social sciences, especially Louisiana and the South, our books are virtually all interesting to work on. The authors – and also the Press staff – are lively people who are fun to talk with. During my years here, the Press has always been a very creative and stimulating environment!” Part of the excitement in working at the Press is in finding the next gem among the over 1,500 submissions the Press receives each year. Over the course of the Press’s history, several of those “gems” have won major awards, beginning with the Bancroft Prize in 1952 for C. Vann Woodward’s Origins of the New South, which was a volume in the History of the South series, and another Bancroft Prize in 1969 for Dan T. Carter’s Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South. In 1981, Lisel Mueller’s volume of poetry, The Need to Hold Still, won the American Book Award (now the National Book Award), one of the highest honors that can be achieved in publishing. Most recently, the Press hit a major jackpot with a book by one of LSU’s faculty administrators. Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor John Maxwell Hamilton’s book, Journalism’s Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting, received both the 2010 Book of the Year award from the American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA) and the 2010 Tankard Book Award, in affiliation with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), in August 2010. His book had already won the 2010 Goldsmith Book Award by Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy and was named as one of Slate Magazine’s Best Books of 2009. Of course, the most prestigious and famous of book awards is the Pulitzer Prize. LSU Press has won four of them: A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole, won the award for fiction in 1981; The Flying Change, by Henry Taylor, won the award for poetry in 1986; Alive Together: New and Selected Poems, another volume by Lisel Mueller, won the award for poetry in 1997; and Late Wife, by Claudia Emerson, won the award for poetry in 2006. LSU Press is the first and, as of this year, the only university press to ever win Pulitzers in both fiction and poetry. Perhaps as significant as awards, the reputation of the academic books produced by the Press also enhances the standing of the unit. As Callaway points out, “The core of our operation is academic scholarship.” Many highly regarded academic texts have the LSU Press imprint. Among those are An Approach to Literature (1936) by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren, one of the most celebrated books on literature ever written; eleven volumes (so far) in the acclaimed History of the South series; twelve volumes in the Papers of Jefferson Davis series, and

ABOVE: LSU Press staffers, back row, left to right, MaryKatherine Callaway, William Bossier, Catherine Kadair (1983 BACH HSS), Becky Brown (1984 BACH BUS), John Easterly (1969 BACH HSS), Rand Dotson (2003 PHD HSS), Amanda Scallan (1989 BACH A&D), Michelle Neustrom (2001 BACH A&D) and Jeddie Smith (1996 BACH HSS, 1999 JD); front row, left to right, Lee Sioles, Alisa Plant, Margaret Lovecraft, Kate Barton (2003 BACH BUS), Laura Gleason (1980 BACH A&D), Neal Novak (2005 MAST HSS), Erica Bossier, Erin Rolfs (2006 BACH HSS), and Bobby Keane. BOTTOM: Veteran LSU Press employees John Easterly, who retired Sept. 30 as executive editor after twentyseven years of service to LSU, twenty-five of them at the Press; Laura Gleason, assistant director and design and production manager, was a student worker at the Press has been a full-time employee for more than twenty-four years; and William Bossier, associate director and CFO, who celebrates twenty-five years at the Press this year.

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The Complete Works of Kate Chopin (1969), edited by Per Seyersted, with a foreword by Edmund Wilson, a text that marks the reclamation of Chopin’s significant body of work.

Outstanding Editors Lead the Way

ABOVE: LSU Press Pulitzer Prize winners A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1981; Alive Together by Lisel Mueller, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1997; The Flying Change by Henry Taylor, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1986; and Late Wife by Claudia Emerson, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 2006.

Additionally, many of the series published by the Press have been edited by respected writers and academicians and cover a broad range of material. For example, the Southern Biography series, the longest running series at the Press, has been edited in past years by T. Harry Williams and William Cooper, both particularly esteemed experts in southern history, and is now edited by Charles Phelps Manship Professor Andrew Burstein. Several of the Press’s series have connections to another prestigious unit on campus, The Southern Review, one of the nation’s foremost literary journals. The Southern Literary Studies series, first edited by Louis D. Rubin, Jr., is now edited by Fred Hobson, a former associate editor of The Southern Review and now the Lineberger Professor in the Humanities at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Southern Messenger Poets series has been edited for many years by acclaimed poet Dave Smith, who is also a former editor of The Southern Review, and the Yellow Shoe Fiction series continues to be edited by Michael Griffith, another former associate editor of The Southern Review. Two recently added series, the Media and Public Affairs series (2006), edited by Manship Professor Robert Mann, and the From Our Own Correspondent (2007), edited by Hamilton, provide even more depth to the Press’s book list. Also, earlier this year, the Press launched its latest series – The Natural World of the Gulf South. These books will provide understanding of Louisiana and the Gulf South’s unique environmental issues, including coastal erosion and restoration; oil exploration and deep-water drilling policies; flooding; agriculture; the fishing industry; and environmental law.

What Comes Next? As these series indicate, LSU Press traditionally focuses on the history, politics, culture, and literature of the South, and Callaway remains committed to these regional topics. Additionally, she foresees a day when the entire list of the Press will be digitized, which will provide a variety of options for delivering those texts to the reader. This project is already underway, as members of the staff work diligently to be sure authors’ rights are protected throughout the process. During these economically challenging times, she also sees the need to provide efficient electronic delivery to libraries and, to a more limited degree, to vendors. Through all of these technological and economic considerations, one thing remains constant: The Press will continue its tradition of excellence. Brenda Macon, former associate director for communications and development for the College of Humanities & Social Sciences, is a writer and editor in Baton Rouge.

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Noteworthy

Around

campus

For the third straight year, LSU is ranked in the top tier for “Best National Universities” in U.S. News & World Report’s 2011 edition of America’s Best Colleges. LSU ranks 124th overall and 60th when compared to public universities only. LSU is the only public university in Louisiana ranked in the top tier. In the past three years, LSU has moved up in the rankings from 130th in 2008 to 128th in 2009 to 124th this year. The University has also seen its overall score improve from 32 in 2008 to 33 in 2009 to 37 in 2010. Ying Wang

Luis A. Escobar

Brandi Lynn Thomas

Joseph V. Ricapito

Ying Wang, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities. The award, which recognizes exceptional academic work by junior faculty, confers a $5,000 grant, matched by the member institution, designed to enhance the recipient’s professional growth in the early stages of his or her career. Wang’s research involves development of coatings for high-energy density, high-power density, high-safety, and cost effective lithiumion batteries. Brandi Lynn Thomas, a management student in the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business, received the Congressional Award Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals for completing more than 750 hours of volunteer service in two years. She was presented the medals by U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R- Jefferson, in July. The award, the highest honor given to young people by the U.S. Congress, recognizes people ages 14 to 23 who set and achieve goals based on volunteer public service, personal development, physical fitness, and expedition/ exploration. In addition to spending 320 hours teaching ballroom dance to children and teens, Thomas taught etiquette, self-esteem, respect, and teamwork to the students. She also completed more than 430 hours of service by creating an English as a Second Language program in Macau, China. Luis A. Escobar, a professor in the Department of Experimental Statistics, recently received the 2010 Jack Youden Prize, awarded by the American Statistical Association, for the best expository paper that appeared during 2009 in the organization’s journal, Technometrics. The paper, titled “Accelerated Destructive Degradation Test Planning,” was co-authored by Escobar and Ying Shi and William Q. Meeker, both from Iowa State University. Escobar was previously awarded the 1999 Jack Youden Prize, and he has won two awards for outstanding teaching at LSU. The LSU Museum of Art has received the highest national recognition for a museum by achieving accreditation from the American Association of Museums, or AAM, which signifies excellence to the museum community, governments, funders, outside agencies, and the museum-going public. Of the nation’s estimated 17,500 museums and related organizations, fewer than 5 percent meet the professional standards and best practices that accreditation requires. The LSU Museum of Art is one of only twelve museums accredited in Louisiana. Only 15 percent of college/university museums have received this honor, as have just 23 percent of Southeastern Museum Conference members. Joseph V. Ricapito, retired Yenni Distinguished Professor and section head for Italian and Spanish in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, has received a Post 50th Lifetime Achievement Award from the Brooklyn College Alumni Association. Ricapito, a Knight of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy, Knight of the Order of Queen Isabel of Spain, was named a Distinguished Research Master in 2001.

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Jennifer Bevill, a high school technology instructor at the LSU Laboratory School, was selected from a national pool of more than 400 educators to participate in the Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program hosted by Fulbright Japan. Forty-eight United States educators and forty-eight Japanese educators were selected for the honor. Focused on the theme of Education for Sustainable Development, or ESD, the program aims to deepen mutual understanding and strengthen the relationship between Japan and the U.S.

Looking for that

PERFECT GIFT? Saundra McGuire

William H. Daly

Two LSU researchers, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Learning and Teaching in the Division of Student Life and Jane Cassidy Katrice Albert Enrollment Services and Professor of Chemistry Saundra McGuire and Greater Houston Alumni Chapter Endowed Alumni Professor of Chemistry William H. Daly, were honored with the title of “Fellow” by the American Chemical Society, or ACS, for their outstanding achievements in and contributions to chemical science and the organization. They were among 192 distinguished scientists inducted into the 2010 class of ACS Fellows at the ACS Fall National Meeting. The Daily Reveille has been named one of America’s ten best campus newspapers according to the Princeton Review. The list, published in the Princeton Review’s 2011 annual “The Best 373 Colleges” guide, ranked the Reveille No. 10, ahead of peer institutions such as the universities of Texas and Florida, as well as Ole Miss. Jane Cassidy, associate dean of the College of Music & Dramatic Arts and interim director of the School of Music, has been named vice provost for academic affairs, replacing Chuck Wilson, who returned to full-time duties as executive director of the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program and is a professor in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences. Cassidy, who holds the Roy and Margaret Gianelloni Alumni Professor of Music in the School of Music, holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from the Hartt School of Music in West Hartford, Conn. and both a master’s degree and a doctorate from Florida State University.

Remember your special Tiger with a personalized Tiger Tile and make them a permanent part of LSU history. Tiles are available on Tiger Walk, the entrance to the Lod Cook Alumni Center, and Tiger Plaza, in front of the Andonie Museum.

Katrice Albert, Vice Provost for Equity, Diversity & Community Outreach, was recognized as one of Louisiana’s most powerful and influential women during the second annual Louisiana Conference for Women in Baton Rouge on Sept. 17. A senior administrator in the Office of Academic Affairs and chief diversity officer for LSU, she is also an adjunct professor in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Theory, Policy & Practice. Albert is chair of the Volunteers of America for Greater Baton Rouge Board of Directors and has served on numerous community and civic boards. Chancellor Michael Martin received the “Men Who Champion Women” award, and nationally renowned political analyst and LSU alumna Donna Brazile was the keynote speaker at the conference luncheon.

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Love Purple, Live Gold LSU Launches Ambitious Recruiting Campaign

By Todd Miller

“Purple signifies school spirit and the culture and unique traditions of Louisiana. Gold represents LSU’s unyielding dedication to greatness and prestige at all levels.”

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For decades, the LSU school colors of purple and gold have represented the passion and excellence of Louisiana’s flagship university. With this in mind, LSU set out to develop an undergraduate recruiting campaign embracing those iconic colors to leverage its established athletic brand awareness and generate exposure for the University’s academic excellence. After more than a year of research and development, the result is “Love Purple/Live Gold,” one of the most ambitious undergraduate recruiting efforts in University history. Tricia Milford-Hoyt, former director of marketing for the Office of Communications & University Relations, under whose guidance and direction the project took shape, learned through years of research that excellence in one area can be used to promote excellence in all. “A widely accepted tenet in higher education is that a recognizable and successful athletic program can serve as the ‘front porch’ to expand awareness of a university,” said MilfordHoyt. “This means that if an athletic program is well-known and popular, it invites high school students and the general public at large to take a closer look at everything else the University has to offer.” Upon surveying both in- and out-of-state high school students during 2009 and 2010, results showed that the three words both groups associated most with LSU were “big,” “spirited,” and “athletic.” Survey results also indicated that both groups of students had neither a negative nor positive impression of LSU academics but rather had little overall knowledge of the subject. This presented an excellent opportunity to educate students, their parents, and the general public on the benefits of an LSU education while embracing established notions.

Home Field Advantage “They just didn’t know,” said Milford-Hoyt. “So, to use a sports metaphor, LSU was neither playing from ahead nor behind on building our academic brand equity. But, on the plus side, our positive athletic brand equity certainly gave us home field advantage.” Based upon the initial survey results, preliminary campaign concepts were developed and tested with student and parent focus groups throughout Louisiana, as well as major out-of-state recruiting markets. A task force comprising faculty and staff from across campus also provided campaign input, as did a group of LSU alumni, many of whom were marketing and advertising professionals. The resulting “Love Purple/Live Gold” campaign debuted in New Orleans and North Louisiana publications in early August. The full campaign rolled out nationally during the LSU vs. North Carolina football game, integrating print, Web, direct mail, television, radio, social media, and outdoor advertising.

Excellence at Every Level The idea is that “Purple” signifies the collective school spirit common to all students, alumni, faculty, and staff, including the culture and unique traditions of Louisiana. The “Gold” represents LSU’s unyielding dedication to greatness and prestige at all levels … through academics, athletics, community service, and otherwise. Together, “Love Purple/Live Gold” presents LSU as the ultimate student experience, transforming their lives by offering excellence at every level. Herb Vincent, associate vice chancellor for communications and senior associate athletic director, expressed how pleased he was at how the University came together to create “Love Purple/Live Gold,” calling it a “completely collaborative effort.” “In all of my years at LSU, the process of developing this campaign has been one of the most fascinating to witness,” said Vincent. “From the student focus groups, to the task force, to the community experts who lent their talents, to the administrative support, to the staff who implemented the campaign, it’s been a true team effort.”

The "History" of the LSU's Purple and Gold There is some discrepancy in the origin of Royal Purple and Old Gold as LSU's official colors. Below is the most widely accepted scenario. It is believed that the colors were worn for the first time by an LSU team in the spring of 1893 when the LSU baseball squad beat Tulane in the first intercollegiate contest played in any sport by Louisiana State University. Team captain E.B. Young reportedly hand-picked those colors for the LSU squad. Later that year, the first football game was played. On Nov. 25, 1893, football coach/chemistry professor Charles Coates and some of his players went into town to purchase ribbon to adorn their gray jerseys as they prepared to play the first LSU gridiron game. Stores were stocking ribbons in the colors of Mardi Gras – purple, gold and green – for the coming Carnival season. However, none of the green had yet arrived at Reymond's Store at the corner of Third and Main streets. Coates and quarterback Ruffin Pleasant bought up all of the purple and gold stock and made it into rosettes and badges. Todd Miller is director of communications in the Office of Communications & University Relations.

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Win an Evening with Mike VI Want to get up close and personal with Mike VI, LSU’s live tiger mascot? Secure a winning bid for a special “Evening with Mike VI.” You can capture two “Golden Tickets” for the “by invitation only” event if your bid is one of the top seventyfive bids received online before 5 p.m. on Dec. 18. Winners will each receive a pair of tickets, which includes dinner with School of Veterinary Medicine Dean Peter Haynes in Tiger Stadium’s box venue; a behind-the-scenes guided tour of Mike VI’s habitat and private enclosure; an exciting presentation by Dr. David Baker, Mike VI’s personal veterinarian; and a signed, first-edition copy of Baker’s book, Mike the Tiger, The Roar of LSU. The event will be offered on two Saturday evenings during January and February in 2011, to accommodate winners’ schedules. However, no guarantees are made for assignment to a particular date. The online auction ends at exactly 5 p.m. on Dec. 18. To bid, go to www.vetmed.lsu.edu.

National Diversity Advisory Board Named LSU has assembled an international team of alumni and friends to assist the Office of Equity, Diversity & Community Outreach, or EDCO, in conceptualizing the future of diversity and community outreach at the University.

National Diversity Advisory Board members include, from left to right, front row, are Monica Leach, Francisco “Frank” Lopez, Julie Dickinson, David Sickey, and Kellie Irving; back row, Katrice Albert, Claude Minor, Jeffrey Boudreaux, Mario Garner, John Paul Funes, Meg Mahoney, and Marco Barker.

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Members of the inaugural National Diversity Advisory Board include Katrice Albert, ex-officio, vice provost, EDCO; Cherie Arceneaux-Pinac (1991 BACH A&S; 1994 JD); vice president/general counsel, Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation; Marco Barker, ex-officio, assistant to the vice provost, EDCO; Jeff Boudreaux (1996 BACH BUS; 2000 JD), attorney, Kean Miller and Associates; Julie Dickinson, president-elect, Junior League of Baton Rouge; Dede Ferrara (1991 BACH A&S), attorney, Ferrara and Ferrara Law Firm; and John Paul Funes (1992 ACH A&S), president, Our Lady of the Lake Foundation, all of Baton Rouge; Juanita Baranco (1977 JD), executive vice president/ chief operating officer, Baranco Automotive Group, Atlanta, Ga.; Cassandra Chandler (1979 BACH MCOM), senior investigative services executive, Bank of America/ retired special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, West End, N.C.; and Anita Chang (2002 BACH MCOM), writer/editor, Associated Press, Beijing, China. Also, Mark Grant (1981 BACH MCOM), sports director, CBS Sports; Kellie Irving, director of diversity and inclusion, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana; Meg Mahoney, vice president, product development, Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce; John Noland (1970 JD), president, Noland Investments; Joseph Possa (1988 BACH A&S; 1991 JD), attorney/ partner, Tyler & Possa Law Firm; and Deborah Sternberg, senior vice president/part owner, Starmount Life Insurance Company, all of Baton Rouge; Mario Garner (2002 BACH SCI), chief operating officer, HCA Healthcare, Lafayette; Monica Leach (1991 BACH AGR), assistant vice provost/assistant professor of social work, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.; Francisco “Frank” Lopez, IV(1975 BACH A&S), group vice president, Universal Health Services, Amarillo, Texas; Claude Minor (1979 BACH A&S), general surgeon, Monroe Surgical Hospital, Monroe; David Sickey, vice chairman, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, Lake Charles; and Leonard Stewart (1998 BACH ENGR), attorney, intellectual property, Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill.

Power of 50 New Fund Assists Black Male Students, Honors Pourciau, Bennett The “Power of 50” annual fund is garnering support for the Black Male Leadership Initiative (BMLI) Fellows Program and the newly established Kerry Pourciau and Kirt Bennett Student Leadership Award. The fund kick-off took place at the Black Male Leadership Initiative (BMLI) Fellows Program BMLI Donors & Friends Breakfast on Nov. 14 during Homecoming and Black Alumni Weekend. The Pourciau & Bennett Student Leadership Award is named after the only two black Student Government presidents in LSU history. Pourciau, president in 1972, passed away in 1994. Bennett, president in 1991, died earlier this year and had recently worked with the Office of Equity, Diversity & Community Outreach, or EDCO, and the LSU Alumni Association in reconstituting the A. P. Tureaud, Sr. Black Alumni Chapter, serving as a member of its board.

The BMLI Fellows participate in a variety of programs that include: study skills workshops, career development workshops, community service projects, leadership conferences, and a retreat. Those who contribute to the “Power of 50” Annual Fund will be assisting the BMLI Fellows in being academically successful, securing promising careers, giving back to underserved communities, and landing top leadership roles. The program is a part of LSU’s Black Male Leadership Initiative, which includes a core group of cross-campus collaborations including EDCO, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, First Year Experience, Greek Life, Cox Communication Academic Center for Student Athletes, and the Educational Theory Policy & Practice higher education program. ON THE WEB: www.lsu.edu/bmli

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Photo Ops Reconnected – After a more than 30-year absence, Phi Iota Alpha, the nation’s oldest Latino-based fraternity, has returned to campus. The first members completed the recruitment process in the spring of 2010, and LSU was once again granted colony status. This fall, the Phi Iota Alpha colony participated in Interfraternity Council Recruitment, becoming the first colony in the nation to participate in a formalized recruitment process. Photo by Eddy Perez

Vets Welcomed Back – Recognizing their faithful and honorable service to the country, LSU proudly welcomed its student veterans to campus during a special gathering Aug. 22. A Bengal Bound event sponsored by LSU First Year Experience, the event welcomes students who either have served or are currently serving in any branch of the nation’s armed forces, allowing them and their families to meet their fellow veterans and LSU staff. Chancellor Michael Martin; Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne; Maj. Gen. Ron Richard, USMC (Ret.), CEO of the LSU Foundation; and Austin Stukins, a representative of the Student Veterans of America organization on campus spoke during the event.

Photo by Eddy Perez

Great Chemistry – LSU broke ground on the Choppin Hall Annex on Aug. 31, bringing the University a step closer to completing the Flagship Agenda Goal for adding research labs. The new annex will add 63 percent expansion of laboratory space to the current facility and house part of the chemistry department, the materials science initiative, and a consolidated clean room facility. Taking part in the ceremony were, left to right, Sergio de Rooy, president, LSU College of Science Chemistry Graduate Council; Octavia Goodwin, doctoral candidate representing the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE); Alumni Professor of Chemistry William Daly; Andrew Maverick, chair, Department of Chemistry; Dean of the LSU College of Science Kevin Carman; Gov. Bobby Jindal; Chancellor Michael Martin; Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Development Doris Carver; College of Engineering Dean Richard Koubek; and Lawrence "Joey" Tauzin, III, president, LSU Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SAACS).

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Sesquicentennial Fall Fest – LSU welcomed more than 30,000 new and returning students, faculty, and staff to the University at the Sesquicentennial Fall Fest celebration on Sept. 17. The event, held in the Quadrangle and Exxon Quad, began with the entrance of The Golden Band from Tigerland, Golden Girls, and cheerleaders and continued with entertainment and activities such as University Recreation’s climbing wall. Tables representing both campus units and area businesses were set up with information and giveaways, and those attending were treated to free hamburgers, sausage po-boys, and chips, as well as food and drink items provided by local vendors.

Distinguished Cubs – University Laboratory School alumni Brett Furr, William Norris, Scott Wharton, and Collis Temple III, left to right in photo, were honored at the University Laboratory School Foundation’s eleventh annual alumni recognition event, CUBS 2010, on Aug. 28. The event took place at the City Club of Baton Rouge. Furr, of Baton Rouge, Class of 1979 (1983 BACH HSS, 1986 JD) and Norris, of New Orleans, Class of 1951 (1955 BACH HSS, 1967 MAST HSS) were inducted into the Alumni Hall of Distinction. Wharton, of Baton Rouge, Class of 1987 (BACH 1991; MD 1996) and Temple, of Baton Rouge, Class of 1998 (2001 BACH BUS, 2002 MAST EDUC) were named to the Athletic Hall of Fame. Jazz Funeral - Hundreds of students, faculty, and staff participated in “Defend Public Education Day” on Oct. 7, with a jazz funeral procession on the LSU Parade Ground. The event – organized to raise awareness of the impact of proposed budget cuts – was sponsored by two student groups, Proud Students and the LSU Graduate Student Association; two faculty groups, the LSU Faculty Senate and LSUnited; and the Louisiana Association of Educators. The event was held to remind elected officials that funding public education at the K-12 and higher education levels is key to economic growth in Louisiana. The sacred Louisiana tradition of a jazz funeral was used to celebrate the resilience and solidarity of the LSU community and commemorate what will be lost and its impact on students and on the future of Louisiana’s economy. The procession began on the Parade Ground then passed in front of the Student Union and turned toward the Memorial Tower before stopping at the LSU War Memorial.

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Focus on

James A. Richardson

Faculty By Lindsey Meaux Photo by Eddy Perez

“It’s very real. And you have to work at making them appreciate that.”

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As director of the Public Administration explained of his selection by the conference. “Before we started the conference, there Institute and a professor in the E.J. was some bad budgeting that really put the Ourso College of Business, James A. state in a hole.” “Jim” Richardson had a most successful The conference includes the governor, 2010 – he oversaw the institution’s first president of the Louisiana Senate and accreditation in July and received the speaker of the Louisiana House of Association for Budgeting and Financial Representatives. As the only member of Management’s S. Kenneth Howard the conference that isn’t elected, Award for lifetime achievement. Richardson has had the opportunity to Richardson, the John Rhea Alumni Professor of Economics and the Harris J. and Marie P. Chustz College of Business Endowed Professor, came to LSU from Ann Arbor, Mich., after receiving his master’s and doctoral degrees in economics from the University of Michigan. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. As he likes to tell the story, “It was negative 10 degrees when I left Ann Arbor and 80 degrees when I landed in Baton Rouge.” Since then, he and his family have “made a home” in the city. And he’s made a mark on the institute – leading it to accreditation – and on Louisiana itself. Since 1987 Richardson has served as the private economist for the Louisiana Revenue Estimating Conference. “They asked for an economist with knowledge of forecasting,” Richardson

work with six governors. “It has been a nice thing – in 1975 I was asked to help build an economic model,” he said. “I’ve since worked with six governors.” Though he has also served in many administrative roles at LSU, including acting dean of the business college and associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, Richardson counts teaching as one of the most rewarding aspects of his career. He currently teaches a microeconomic theory class and a public finance class within the institute. “Teaching has been a very rewarding experience,” Richardson said. “You have to work very hard at making it real for the students. It’s very real. And you have to work at making them appreciate that.” Lindsey Meaux is a senior in the Manship School of Mass Communication, concentrating in public relations.

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Locker

ROOM By Kent Lowe Photos by Steve Franz/LSU Sports Information

The 2009 SEC champs are honored at Tiger Stadium.

“We expect to win championships . . . every LSU student-athlete has those expectations.“

Fran Flory – Defining the Legacy of LSU Volleyball Consistency. It’s the mark of true excellence in any endeavor. One of the things that make a program great is its ability to continually replace departing players without missing a beat. Fran Flory and LSU’s volleyball program have been the definition of consistency en route to five straight SEC Western Division crowns. The Tigers took their championship tradition to the next level and added the overall league title in 2009, the program’s first since the 1991 season. For her efforts, Flory earned 2009 American Volleyball Coaches Association [AVCA] South Region, Southeastern Conference (SEC), and Louisiana Coach of the Year accolades. LSU is one of twenty programs in the nation to notch five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances going back to the 2005 season. With her ability to identify and develop talent, relate to her players, and surround

herself with top-notch assistant coaches, Flory has has built the LSU team from the bottom up after taking over a team that posted a 9-21 record which included a 0-15 mark in SEC play during the 1997 season. LSU has returned to the national prominence it experienced when Flory served as an assistant coach from 198991 as the Tigers racked up a trio of SEC championships and collected back-to-back NCAA Final Four appearances. “We expect to win championships,” Flory said. “Every LSU student-athlete has those expectations. Team togetherness and team ownership are two very important factors in our program. Our teams are committed not only to LSU but also to each other. Team ownership is vital to the success of any team. Everyone must have a clear understanding of the goals and direction of the program. We’re very careful to define roles and responsibilities so everyone is headed in the same direction.”

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SEASON “Bud Johnson’s account of LSU’s 1958 season is magnificent. The Perfect Season captures the excitement of that magical season while also bringing the reader back in time to re-live one of the greatest years in the history of LSU football. It’s a must read for any LSU enthusiast, especially one who has a passion for Tiger football.” – LSU coach Les Miles

To order visit www.lsualumni.org/shop or call 225.383.0241. Copies are also available at Shelton Gift Shop in the Cook Hotel, 3848 West Lakeshore Dr.

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LSU players have been recognized at the highest level with nine AVCA All-America selections since the 2005 season. The Tigers have had a pair of AVCA All-Americans during each of the last three seasons for the first time in program history. The Tigers have tallied thirty one AllSEC honors to go along with fourteen specialty awards highlighted by a quartet of postseason SEC honors. Brittnee Cooper secured 2009 SEC Player of the Year, while Elena Martinez reeled in 2007 and 2008 SEC Defensive Player of the Year accolades. Cooper and Martinez also have represented LSU on the USA Volleyball Women’s A2 National Team. The duo took home medals at the USA Adult Open Volleyball Championships. The start of the 2010 season has been no different for LSU. The Tigers fired out to a 13-0 start, a new program record and have vaulted as high as No. 12 in the AVCA Top 25. The Tigers have spent more than forty weeks in the poll climbing as high as No. 10 during the impressive run. A veteran group—Angela Bensend, Brittney Johnson, Tania Schatow, Lauren Waclawczyk, and Michele Williams—has blended nicely with talented underclassmen Sam Delahoussaye, Desiree Elliott, Madie Jones, and Meghan Mannari. But winning championships is only the beginning of defining the legacy of LSU volleyball.

Head Coach Fran Flory has returned Tiger volleyball to national prominence.

Brittnee Cooper was the 2009 SEC Player of the Year and a 2009 AVCA All-America First-Team.

Angela Bensend was a big part of LSU’s programbest 13-0 start to the 2010 season.

Lauren Waclawczyk and the 2010 Tigers are looking to secure their sixth straight NCAA Tournament appearance.

Flory’s goal for every student-athlete who puts on the Tiger uniform is to develop into a successful person in all aspects of life. Since 2000, 36 players have earned their degree from the University, including five who went onto to earn graduate degrees. From 1997 to 2008, 22 of 23 four-year letter winners received their degrees. In her fourteenth season, Flory has continued to build on the solid foundations that she has laid out for LSU. She has designed her program around the fundamentals that have made the Tigers an all-around success. Matt Dunaway is associate sports information director for LSU Athletics.

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LSU Alumni Locker RoomAssociation News

Heavy Equipment Greg Stringfellow – The Man Who Protects the Tigers

By Bud Johnson Photos by Larry Hubbard and Steve Franz

He buys more shoes than anyone you know. More socks. More hats. More gloves. And he doesn’t wear any of them. A shopaholic? No. He’s Greg Stringfellow, equipment manager for the LSU Tigers. It’s his job to: • Fit and protect the athletes with the latest and best equipment on the market • Order, inventory, and issue items for all varsity sports • Be responsible for the maintenance and repair of all equipment • Plan, pack, and transport all equipment for road games in LSU football • Supervise the movement of all equipment needed by the players, coaches, training staff, and video staff from the football operations facility to Tiger Stadium for home games

LSU Tigers equipment manager Greg Stringfellow.

“Stringfellow has witnessed a lot of change – bigger, stronger players, and technical improvements for the athletes that offer more protection with lighter, more durable equipment.“

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• Play host to former players and their families and equipment representatives at all home games Stringfellow is a well-organized manager of the personnel at his disposal, planning for events and athletes almost a year in advance. He supervises the equipment needs of twenty LSU varsity sports, but it is the football teams’ demands that call for a dawn-to-dusk work schedule for most of the year. Now in his seventh year of managing the needs of LSU teams and athletes, Stringfellow is more than an outfitter of the Tigers. His department is responsible for providing the equipment needed to protect the football players from serious injury. “Proper fit of the athlete’s equipment is important,” Stringfellow says. “It affects the way they play; it affects their ability to avoid injury. That is what protective equipment is all about. The equipment makes them more comfortable in what they do. “We want it to be the lightest and most protective equipment there is. The way the game is played today, it’s a fast game. Hits are very violent. You want shoulder pads and helmets to give the maximum amount of protection while also giving the athlete the maximum amount of mobility. We want them mobile enough to avoid the big hits.” He regularly interacts with major manufacturers of equipment. “We have a great relationship with the major manufacturers,” Stringfellow says. “We continually test equipment. We test Nike shoes two years in advance of them being sold in stores here.” “Protective equipment, we order in March, after signing day for the high school football recruits,” he continues. “We have to look ahead.” Stringfellow’s management skills come into play during football season when the equipment room staff orchestrates the movement of equipment and supplies to Tiger Stadium for seven games and five or more road games. Surprisingly, a road game is less demanding for Stringfellow, his four assistants, and twelve student managers. “Except for driving the equipment to the game site, an away game is simpler for us than home games,” he said. “Everything we need at home goes with us on the road. Training room, video and weight room requirements, the needs of the coaching staff as well as the equipment are moved from our facility for road games. We move everything by truck.” “At away games, the home team is there to take care of you. They make sure you have the things you need… make sure you get into the locker room at the proper time,” he says. “Home games are actually more difficult,” he says. “At home games, we have to provide the towels, chairs, and other necessities for the visiting team. We service our team and the visiting team. Plus we have guests who come in for home games.”

Stringfellow literally grew up in the business, serving under the legendary Jeff Boss as a student for five years. Upon graduation, he joined Boss’ staff as an assistant equipment manager, and when Boss passed away in 2003 became interim manager of the department during that national championship season. He was elevated to equipment manager in the fall of 2004. He’s witnessed a lot of change – bigger, stronger players, and technical improvements for the athletes that offer more protection with lighter, more durable equipment. Stringfellow and his wife, the former Ashley Mitnick – an ex-Tiger soccer standout, are both LSU graduates. They have two daughters, Sarah Elizabeth and Lily Grace.

LSU athletes are fitted with latest and best equipment for protection.

Bud Johnson, director of the Jack & Priscilla Andonie Museum, is a former LSU Sports Information director and author of The Perfect Season: LSU’s Magic Year – 1958.

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1940s

Jeff D. Hughes, Jr. (1949 BACH AGR), of Bogalusa, La., was inducted into the School of Renewable Natural Resources Hall of Fame on Nov. 13. Hughes was employed with Gaylord Container Corporation and its successor companies for more than fifty years, retired from Crown Zellerbach Corporation in 1986, and retired again in 2000 from Weyerhaeuser Corporation. A past chairman of the Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries Alumni Association at LSU, Hughes was named Alumnus of the Year by the School of Forestry & Wildlife Management in 1967. He is a member of the Forest History Society and the Forest Landowners Association and a landowner and tree farmer in the American Tree Farm System. Hughes served on the National Council and is a Fellow of the Society of

Degrees BACH MAST PHD DVM JD MD DDS

Bachelor’s Degree Master’s Degree Doctorate Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Juris Doctorate (LSU Law School) Medical Doctor (LSU School of Medicine) Doctor of Dental Science (LSU School of Dentistry)

Colleges/Schools AGR Agriculture A&D Art & Design HSS Humanities and Social Sciences SCI Science BUS Business EDUC Education ENGR Engineering M&DA Music & Dramatic Arts MCOM Mass Communication SCE School of the Coast & Environment SVM School of Veterinary Medicine SW Social Work

American Foresters and was chairman of the Gulf States Section of the Society of American Foresters, served as president of the Louisiana Forestry Association, and serves on its board and the Louisiana Forestry Foundation board.

1960s

John Butler (1969 BACH HSS), director of the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship at the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin, received a Champion of Small Business Award from the National Coalition for Capital at the group’s annual awards ceremony in July in Louisville, Ky. Champion of Small Business awards recognize individuals for demonstrating leadership in supporting policies and initiatives that promote access to capital for small businesses and entrepreneurs, especially those in economically distressed communities.

Milton G. Clasen (1969 MLS) has retired from the James C. Jernigan Library of Texas A&M University-Kingsville after more than forty-one years of service. He continues to work at the library on a part-time basis. Benjamin Johnson (1968 BACH A&D) professor of landscape architecture in the School of Architecture + Design in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title professor emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1972, Johnson is considered the founding father of the university’s landscape architecture program. He was the landscape architecture faculty leader for each Solar Decathlon and contributed substantially to the success of the exchange program with Tongji University in Shanghai, China, by mentoring many of the Tongji exchange

students. He also secured outside funding and grants to provide Virginia Tech students with significant educational and professional opportunities and served as president of the Virginia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Johnson received a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from Harvard University.

1970s

John Barnidge (1973 BACH BUS) has spearheaded negotiations resulting in the merger of three leading environmental service companies. R360 Environmental Solutions acquired U.S. Liquids of Louisiana, the Controlled Recovery, Inc., group of companies, and the Calpet/R&G group of companies, making it the leading independent provider of environmentally friendly waste disposal, recycling, and treatment solutions to oil and gas producers and recycling and disposal services. The newly merged group will serve several regions in the United States, including the Gulf Coast, and Barnidge will serve as president of the company’s Western Division. Barnidge, CEO of Controlled Recovery Inc., is affiliated with several professional organizations, including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, and American Board of Forensic Accounting. He is a member of the E. J. Ourso College Dean’s Advisory Council. Anna Cheng Young (1978 MAST A&D) RLA, LLA, of Dewberry, N.J., is featured in the June 2010 issue of Architect and Specifier News, a leading national magazine focused on land planning and landscape architecture. The article on her award-winning restoration design of the historic Morristown Green in New Jersey, “George Washington Slept Here . . . A Lot,” was co-authored by editor Stephen Kelly and Cheng Young. The piece reviews the history of the 2.5-acre park

Editor’s note: The name of the College of Arts & Sciences (A&S) has been changed to College of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS); the College of Basic Sciences (BASC) is now the College of Science (SCI).

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and its redevelopment. Kelly notes that Cheng Young’s renovation design provides a “careful balance between plantings and hardscape” with hardscape elements “designed to highlight Morristown’s role as the military capital of the American Revolution.” Photo by Pam Hasegawa Theresa Gallion (1976 BACH HSS, 1982 JD), partner in Fisher & Phillips’ Tampa office, was selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2011 in the field of labor and employment. Gallion has been selected for inclusion in the publication every year since 2006. With 29 years

of practice as a labor and employment attorney, Gallion represents clients in a wide variety of industries, with particular emphasis on hospitality, health care, retail, and telecommunications. A substantial portion of her practice is devoted to management training on such topics as equal employment opportunity, diversity, and management skills. Gallion serves on the board of directors of the national LSU Alumni Association. Harry J. “Skip” Philips (1972 BACH A&S, 1983 JD) has been elected managing partner of the Taylor Porter law firm in Baton Rouge. He has been with Taylor Porter for twenty-seven years and served as a member of the executive committee since

1997. His primary areas of practice include state and federal civil trial, appellate litigation, and corporate law. Ron Rodi (1978 BACH ENGR) P.E., of Baton Rouge, was accepted to the fellow membership grade within American Society of Civil Engineers, or ASCE, an honor held by fewer than 5 percent of ASCE members. Rodi, a member of the ASCE Baton Rouge Branch, was named to the 2006 LSU Civil & Environmental Engineering, or CEE, Hall of Distinction and is chairman of the CEE External Advisory Board Campaign Steering Committee.

Where Are You? Who are you? Where are you? What are you doing? Tell us and share news of your new job or

promotion, your wedding, honors, awards, new babies, and other celebrations with fellow alumni. Send your information, news items, and photos for publication to jackie@lsualumni.org or call 225-578-3370.

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Tiger Nation Susan Talley (1978 BACH EDUC) of the New Orleans law firm of Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C. has been elected vice chair of the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law. Talley is co-chair of the firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Real Estate practice group and has been involved in many of the major commercial real estate developments in Louisiana. She is admitted to practice in Louisiana. The Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law Section is a leading national forum for lawyers and has nearly 30,000 members.

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1980s

R. David Frum (1987 BACH SCI, 1989 MBA) has been named president of Bridgton Hospital in Bridgton, Maine. He assumed his new duties on Aug. 1. Frum previously served as president and chief operating officer of Saint Catherine Regional Hospital in Charlestown, Ind., vice president of the Baptist Healthcare System in Louisville, Ky., and regional vice president for Christus Spohn Health System of Corpus Christi, Texas. He has experience in hospital management, medical staff relations, business development, and strategic planning. Frum earned a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in health services administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He and his wife, Julie, have two daughters, Jessica, 9, and Rachel, 6.

1990s

Jeremy W. Henderson (1998 BACH SCI, 2004 MD) completed pathology medical training at the University Alabama at Birmingham in June, as well as fellowship training in hematopathology and surgical pathology. In July he joined a private practice pathology group in Livingston, La., as an anatomic and clinical pathologist. He serves on the CAP 15189 Committee of the College of American Pathologists and was elected to the Fellow Council of the American Society of Clinical Pathology, on which he will serve a three-year term.

Osiola Henderson (1998 BACH ENGR) and Valencia Williams Henderson (1998 BACH SCI) live in McKinney, Texas, with their two children, Briauna and Isaiah. She is a quality supervisor for American Sugar Refineries in Dallas, and he is the founder and managing director of Apex Wealth Management, L.L.C., an investment advisory firm in McKinney. He also authors a column as the personal finance examiner for Examiner. com/Plano, helping readers with issues related to personal finances. Bob Jacobsen (1996 MAST ENGR) received the American Society of Civil Engineers Baton Rouge Branch award for Outstanding Civil Engineer. Jacobsen, who is currently pursuing his doctorate in civil engineering at LSU, received the award for Outstanding Civil Engineer. John McGehee (1990 BACH HSS) has been named associate director of development for the College of Engineering. Previously in the pharmaceutical industry in sales and sales training, in his new role McGehee will serve as a major gift officer and donor investment adviser for chemical and petroleum engineering.

2000s

Jeff Crow (2003 BACH HSS) has been named associate director of development for the LSU College of Engineering. Crow was previously senior recruiter for TEKsystems. In his new role, he will serve as a major gift officer and donor investment adviser for the areas of biological and agricultural engineering and construction management and industrial engineering areas.

Pranav M. Diwan (2003 BACH ENGR) completed his residency at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and has started the Cardiology Fellowship Program in the Department of Internal Medicine at the LSU Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in New Orleans. Rajat “Raj” Diwan (2007 BACH SCI), a fourth-year student at the LSU School of Dentistry in New Orleans, started a student volunteer organization, “Making Impressions,” at the school in August 2009 to provide the surrounding communities with resources, information, and an avenue to improve oral health. The 105-member group completed twenty-nine volunteer projects during the last year, performing free dental screenings, distributing free oral care products, and serving as a mechanism to inform the public of the school’s services. Special outreach projects included caring for physically abused children and HIV populations and performing extractions/ fillings. In February 2010, Diwan was one of the seventeen students on the LSU Christian Dental Association-sponsored mission trip to a remote Peruvian village in the Amazon forest. Jason Green (2008 BACH SCI) joined the Class of 2014 at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) in Lewisburg, W.Va., in August and received his white coat during the annual Convocation and White Coat Ceremony on Sept. 11. The coat is a gift from the members of the WVSOM Alumni Association presented to students as a “welcome” to the medical profession. He will earn a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree (D.O.) after successfully completing the four-year medical education program at WVSOM. Green is married to Catherine Greene. He is the son of Paula Carbo and Mike and Nicole Green, all of Walker, La. He is the grandson of Paul and Gail Graham of Walker.

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Tiger Nation Marcus Lambert (2002 BACH BUS) has joined the investment banking firm of Crews & Associates, Inc., as an associate working from the Baton Rouge location. A mortgage banker and former business development consultant, Lambert was elected to the St. Charles Parish Council in November 2007. He has served as council vice-chairman, Legislature Committee chairman, and as representative to the South Central Planning Commission and the River Region Caucus. He is a member of the Policy Jury Association and the National Association of County Officials. Brian Nosacka (2001 BACH BUS) has been named community banking relationship manager for Regions Bank in Baton Rouge. His responsibilities include maintaining and

expanding existing business banking relationships, and developing new business banking clients in the greater Baton Rouge region. Nosacka, who has more than five years of banking experience, most recently served as a commercial underwriter for Regions Bank in Baton Rouge. Sarah Schram (2008 BACH BUS; 2010 MBA) has been named assistant director of corporate relations for the College of Engineering. Schram previously served as a graduate assistant for the LSU Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations. In her new role, she will facilitate and strengthen the college’s advancement efforts with business and industry to support the Flagship Agenda.

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Benjamin (2000 BACH ENGR) and Camille Seabrook Goodin (2002 BACH A&D), of Orlando, Fla., announce the birth of Baby Bengal Charlotte Rose on Feb. 18. “We’re raising our daughter to be a proud LSU supporter, and she will be attending her first tailgate for the Ole Miss game,” says Camille Goodin. “If she chooses to attend LSU I suppose she would be in the class of 2032!”

Dennis N. Castillo, Jr. (2002 BACH BUS) and his wife, Cresta Bearb Castillo, of Sunset, La., announce the birth of their daughter, Molly Lupita. “We have already taken her to see Mike the Tiger, and she has taken a tour of campus, including a stop in the Student Union for a souvenir T-shirt,” Castillo says. “And she is officially a part of Mike's Kids Club this year too!” Lisa Trevino (1999 BACH HSS) and Brandon Story, of Dallas, welcomed twin Baby Bengals Belle and Gabby on Sept. 9.

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In Memoriam Manuel F. Ayau (1950 BACH ENGR), of Bahía, Lake Amatitlán, Guatemala, founder and president emeritus of Universidad Francisco Marroquín, founder and member of the board of directors of the Center for Economic and Social Sciences (CEES), president of ProReforma, and professor emeritus of economics at LSU, died on August 4, 2010. Described as a “champion of freedom” and an “entrepreneur of ideas, Ayau was considered Guatemala’s leading classical liberal scholar and intellectual entrepreneur. He was named a distinguished member of the Philadelphia Society and named LSU Alumni Association Alumnus of the Year in 1988. Robert S. “Doc” Reich, the founder and director emeritus of the nationally renowned LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture died on July 31, 2010. Among the most beloved and well-known educators – not only at LSU but also in the profession of landscape architecture – Reich influenced the lives and careers of countless design professionals. Reich came to LSU to teach in the agriculture department in 1941. After a brief term in the U.S. Army during World War II, he returned to LSU and, with the help of an ALSA accreditation team, established a landscape architecture program, which at the time was one of very few in the country. Over the years, he actively directed the program and helped develop it into its present state as one of the top-ranked schools of landscape architecture in America. He retired in 1983 but remained professor emeritus and continued teaching through enrichment seminars until his death. In October 2007, the school was named in his honor.

Jorge L. Aravena Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering Sept. 17, 2010 Baton Rouge, La.

Clayton Dale Callihan Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering July 7, 2010 Hobe Sound, Fla.

Vance Bourjaily Boyd Professor Emeritus of English Aug. 31, 2010 Greenbrae, Calif.

Thomas D. Clark Jr. Former Dean/Professor Emeritus E. J. Ourso College of Business Oct. 9, 2010 Highlands Ranch, Colo.

Robert Stayton Felton Professor Emeritus of Finance Oct. 11, 2010 Baton Rouge, La.

Carole Crowell Pettit Alumna-by-Choice Sept. 21, 2010 New Orleans, La.

A. Bruce Gaarder Professor of Spanish, 1946-59 July 1, 2010 Arlington, Va.

Gerald Risinger Former Professor of Biochemistry Aug. 5, 2010 Pekin, Ill.

Johannes “Hans” Storz Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Microbiology Oct. 1, 2010 Longmont, Colo. Loretta Cox Stuckey Alumna-by-Choice Sept. 10, 2010 Baton Rouge, La.

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1960s

Eugenie “NeNe” Couvillon Coco, 1935 BACH, 1957 MAST, Oct. 4, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Richard Fletcher Fenton, 1936 BACH, 1939 MAST, Aug 8, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Katherine Arbour “Katy” Hannaman, 1938 BACH, Aug. 6, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Agnes Duncan Lowry, 1934 BACH, July 25, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Mannie David Paine, Jr., 1939 BACH, Aug. 8, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Faye Pierce Reid, 1939 BACH, Aug. 26, 2010, Corinth, Texas Leroy Ellis Willie, 1939 BACH, Sept. 11, 2010, Baton Rouge, La.

William Paul Agster, 1960 MAST, June 10, 2010, Littleon, Colo. James Lee Babin, 1962 BACH, Associate Professor of English, July 31, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Clifton D. Bryant, 1964 PHD HSS, Sept. 13, 2010, Blacksburg, Va. Kembra Ann Albarez Gordon, 1966 BACH, July 2, 2010, Hoover, Ala. Della Odom Hayes-Hall, 1965 BACH, 1968 MAST, 1974 JD, Sept. 9, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Michael Ray “Mickey” Mangham, 1962 BACH, 1966 JD, Sept. 16, 2010, Lafayette, La. Paul W. Morvant, 1964 BACH, Sept. 15, 2010, Walker, La. Martha Sue St. Amant Tweedy, 1962 MAST, Sept. 8, 2010, Baton Rouge, La.

1940s Ben Roumain Babin, Sr., 1940 BACH, July 7, 2010, Plaquemine, La. Stafford L. Beaubouef, 1947 BACH, May 5, 2010, Corsicana, Texas Corrie Jacobs Bergeron, Sr., 1948 BACH, May 1, 2010, Lewisville, Texas William Derwood Cann, Lt. Col., U.S. Army Reserve (Ret.), 1942 BACH, July 12, 2010, Monroe, La. James Creswell Gardner, 1947 BACH HSS, Aug. 27, 2010, Shreveport, La. Terrell Archer Goode, 1949 BACH, 1957 MAST, Sept. 15, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. John Edward Hardy, 1944 BACH, Aug. 13, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Harry Herndon Meng, III, 1949 BACH, Sept. 4, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Thomas Leroy “Roy” Olinde, 1948 BACH, Aug. 18, 2010, Jarreau, La. William Leroy “Bill” Pope, 1943 BACH, Aug. 26, 2010, McComb Miss. John McKowen Taylor, 1948 BACH, 1950 JD, August 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Kathryn Trichel “Kitty” Bond, 1940 BACH, Oct. 4, 2010, Baton Rouge, La.

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Jamed L. Caldwell, 1953 MAST, 1963 PHD, Aug. 7, 2010, Monroe, La. Thomas E. “Tucker” Campbell, 1951 BACH, 1952 MAST, Sept. 17, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Naylor Matthew Cragin, 1950 BACH, Sept. 25, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Donald H. Cummings, 1956 BACH, Sept. 15, 2010, Dallas, Texas John William Davis, 1955 MAST, June 19, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Fred Columbus Dent, Jr., 1959 BACH, Sept. 12, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Otto Frederick “O.J” Diettel, Jr., 1959 BACH, Oct. 28, 2010, Sun City Center, Fla. Carol Jean “C.J.” Kuhn Hoadley, 1953 BACH, Oct. 4, 2010, New Orleans, La. Clinton John LaGrange, Sr., 1956 BACH, 1964 MD, Aug. 10, 2010, Camarillo, Calif. Morice Mayeux, Jr., 1951 BACH, July 20, 2010, Gonzales, La. Corinne Heroman “Reenie” McLavy, 1955 BACH, 1965 MAST, Sept. 15, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. James Wade O’Neal, Jr., 1955 BACH, 1962 MD, Sept. 18, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Jardine Carter Perkins, 1952 JD, Aug. 19, 2010, Ocala, Fla. Mary Margaret Roberts, 1959 PHD, Aug. 5, 2010, Bella Vista, Ark. Henry Dempsey Sento, 1953 BACH, July 30, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. James Dupuy “Jim” Shoptaugh, 1957 BACH, July 8, 2010, Dunbar, Va. George Simoneaux, 1951 BACH; 1955 MAST, Aug. 7, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Charles Elmer “Chuck” Travis, 1957 BACH, July 1, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Mary Morris Wall, 1953 BACH, July 8, 2010, Baton Rouge, La.

John Michael Tucker, 1985 BACH, Aug. 28, 2010, Baton Rouge, La.

Michael R. Banks, 1978 BACH, Aug. 21, 2010, Plaquemine, La. Patricia Rae Cashman, 1971 BACH, 1975 MAST, Aug. 20, 2010, Lafayette, La. Denis Alan DeShon, 1971 BACH, Sept. 19, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Theresa Hastings “Terry” Folse, 1972 BACH, Aug. 20, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Richard Arlen Ford, 1977 MAST, July 28, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Marjorie Allain Keigley, 1973 MAST, Aug. 5, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Elizabeth Elaine Guy Levy, 1970 BACH, August 2010, Vienna, La. Deborah Versen Nelson, 1975 MAST, 1983 MAST, Sept. 6, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Colleen Phelps Robinson, 1972 BACH, April 30, 2010, Columbia, S.C. Jean Amanda Hutchinson Waite, 1974 BACH; 1977 MAST, July 15, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Neal R. Williams, 1973 BACH, 1980 BACH, Sept. 19, 2009, Jacksonville, Fla.

1990s Terry Lynn Fisher, 1990 BACH, July 17, 2010, Panama City, Fla Christopher Michael Lee, 1998 BACH, Aug. 18, 2010, Baton Rouge, La.

2000s Christopher David Bush, Scheduled to graduate in December 2010, Oct. 3, 2010, Covington, La. Benjamin Charles Greene, 2009 BACH, Aug. 12, 2010, Covington, La. Charlotte Hana Kamiya, 2005 BACH, 2010 MSW, Oct. 5, 2010, Gonzales, La. Jared C. LaPlace, 2007 BACH, Sept. 27, 2010, Geismar, La. Ryan Jude Olaf Sessums, 2008 BACH, July 17, 2010, Baton Rouge, La. Memorial Donations Donald H. Cummings by Dale and Kate Cummings

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For the best selection in LSU holiday ornaments and gifts, be sure to visit The Shelton Gift Shop online at www.lsualumni.org/shop. Here are a few of the many items we have for the Tiger Fan in your life. To make your purchases in person, stop by the gift shop located in the lobby of The Cook Hotel. Happy holidays and happy shopping!

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Tigers in Print Louis Joseph Barbier (1967 BACH BUS) Too Many Secrets (Vantage Press) In his latest book, Louis Barbier reveals the universal truth that the most beautiful things in life can be neither seen nor touched but only felt with the heart. He introduces John O’Malley and Jack Campbell, two likeable characters whose lives are not much different than most other souls facing everyday circumstances and challenges. What sets them apart is how they choose to deal with what life presents them. Full of danger and espionage, Too Many Secrets delights and inspires readers’ imaginations with a range of other quirky fictional experiences from time travel to talking cats. Osiola Henderson (1998 BACH ENGR) 28 Day Financial Renaissance Twenty-eight days is the time needed to reinvent oneself financially, and in 28 Day Financial Renaissance, Osiola Henderson helps readers do just that – improve one’s financial position and money-management habits to achieve financial success. Henderson’s guide helps individuals tackle the financial obstacles they face every day while also equipping them to finally take advantage of financial opportunities. According to Henderson, it takes just twenty-eight days to create the habits necessary to be financially “reborn.” Start today.

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Glenn A. Moots (1993 MAST HSS, 1997 PHD HSS, 2008 MAST HSS) Politics Reformed: the Anglo-American Legacy of Covenant Theology (University of Missouri Press) Many studies have considered the Bible’s relationship to politics, but most have ignored the heart of its narrative and theology: the covenant. Glenn Moots’ work includes an account of how covenant theology took root on the European continent in the sixteenth century and inspired ecclesiastical and civil politics in England, Scotland, and America. Politics Reformed demonstrates how the application of political theology over three centuries has important lessons for our own dilemmas about church and state and makes a provocative contribution to understanding foundational questions in an era of rising fundamentalism and emboldened secularism. Jane Singleton Paul (BACH 1976 EDUC) Combinaison gagnante (Editions Talents Hauts) Jane Singleton Paul’s Combinaison gagnante, written entirely in French for children ages eight to twelve, is the story of Axelle Blanchard, a 12-year old girl from Le Mans who has big dreams – racing dreams. The family is steeped in the tradition of automobile racing. Axelle’s father was a Formula 1 pilot, and her two older brothers

are being groomed to take up his mantle. Naturally, Axelle wants to get into the act. Unfortunately, her parents are opposed to the idea of her getting involved in automobile sports – because she’s a girl. With help from her brother Guillaume, who would rather be writing poetry than getting ready for the next race, Axelle is able to train and in an ingenious exchange of identities – Twelfth Night style – she races until she can no longer keep hidden her secret identity. Jim Taylor (1959 BACH EDUC) The Fire Within (Triumph Books) Packed with stories, statistics, and neverbefore-seen photos, Jim Taylor’s The Fire Within, written with Kristine Setting Clark, conjures unforgettable memories of the magical Green Bay Packers dynasty of the 1960s. Taylor covers his early days as a boy growing up during the depression and how he became the football legend that he is known as today. He spans his whole career, from his time as an All-American at LSU, his success as a Packer from 1958 through 1966, and the then newly formed New Orleans Saints in 1967, to his 1976 induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He also speaks candidly about his post-playing career passion and desire for charitable work and the new wife who changed his life in so many ways.

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JTB X 3 By Jackie Bartkiewicz

Joseph T. Butler, Sr.

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Freshman Joseph T. “Joey” Butler III, of Houma, La., is continuing a family tradition – “JTB at LSU.” Joey arrived on campus in August, nearly a century after his great-grandfather started college and a half-century after his grandfather earned two degrees from LSU. The collegiate career of the first JTB, the late Joseph T. “Joe” Butler (1928 BACH AGR), of New Roads, La., began at Louisiana Baptist College but was interrupted by World War I and lack of money. After the war, he enrolled at LSU, where he played varsity football and earned four letters in track, at one time holding the Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association record for most points in one

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track meet. Joe Butler died in 1986. Joseph T. “Tom” Butler, Jr. (1959 BACH EDUC, 1961 MLS), of Thibodaux, La., began his LSU career in the mid-fifties. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Army then moved to Mobile, Ala., to take a job at the Mobile Public Library. Following stints at Spring Hill College and Southeastern Louisiana University libraries, he accepted a position as associate director of the library at Nicholls State University. He retired in the late nineties. While at Nicholls, Tom began collecting small wooden boats, a hobby that blossomed. Today, he is founder/director of the Center for Traditional Louisiana Boatbuilding, originally housed at Nicholls but moved several years ago to a centuryold building in Lockport, La. The growing collection includes pirogues, Lafitte skiffs, a Creole rowing skiff, and more. “It keeps me very busy,” says Tom of his retirement career, adding “We also teach boat-building classes.” He invites fellow enthusiasts interested in classes or scheduling a tour of the museum to call him at 985-438-3422. Young Joey has not yet declared a major but has high aspirations. “I’m leaning toward psychology and plan to get nothing less than a doctoral degree,” he says.

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Former Gymnast Helps Battle Breast Cancer By Lindsey Meaux

During her four years as an undergraduate at LSU, Dr. Cecilia Montani-Cuntz (1987 BACH EDUC, 1993 MD) competed with the LSU gymnastics team, realized that her dream was to become a doctor, and met her future spouse. After her collegiate career on one of LSU’s first gymnastics teams, Cuntz moved on to the LSU School of Medicine where she researched breast cancer. Now a partnership with Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and Woman’s Hospital gives Cuntz the opportunity to do free exams and mammograms for community care patients. “I enjoy it,” Cuntz explained of her work. “Usually I’m the one who tells them [they have breast cancer]. It’s very rewarding to take women from the diagnosis through the treatment and then hopefully to a normal life after treatment.” In addition to her work with Mary Bird Perkins and Woman’s Hospital, Cuntz helps the LSU gymnastics team with coordination of the Etta James Memorial Meet. The meet is a joint effort with Foundation 56 to promote early breast cancer detection. Cuntz was a general surgeon in Baton Rouge for a decade before she was approached three years ago by the Louisiana Breast Specialists to become a partner in the practice. Choosing to concentrate on breast cancer afforded Cuntz the opportunity to center her focus on the “rewarding” career path and her 8-yearold son. When she enrolled at LSU, Cuntz intended to study to become a physical therapist. She was sidelined from that dream when she completed required volunteer hours — and began to consider her future as a doctor. “Before you got into physical therapy, you had to do some volunteer hours,” Cuntz explained. “I did some at Our Lady of the Lake, and at that point I figured out I wanted to go to medical school.” When Cuntz has a free moment from her patients, surgeries and family, she said she enjoys exercise in a slightly different form — training for triathlons instead of the balance beam. Lindsey Meaux is a senior in the Manship School of Mass Communication, concentrating in public relations.

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Like Father, Like Son Vet Med Alum Serves with Son in Iraq By Ginger Guttner Photo Provided by U.S. Army

Captain Curt Degeyter and his son, Spc. Jarred Degeyter, at Camp Liberty in Iraq.

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Some sons follow in their fathers’ footsteps, but most don’t serve alongside them in a military zone. School of Veterinary Medicine alumnus Capt. Curt Degeyter (1995 DVM) and his son, Spc. Jarred Degeyter, are currently doing just that in Iraq. Captain Degeyter, a subject matter expert on veterinary and agricultural issues, advises U.S. soldiers on Provincial Reconstruction Teams throughout Iraq as they engage the Iraqi government and local agriculture and veterinary officials in accomplishing their goals. Specialist Degeyter is a combat medic, caring for his injured comrades and teaching his fellow soldiers first responder medical skills. Captain Degeyter served in the Louisiana National Guard as a combat medic with the 199th Support Battalion stationed in St. Martinville, La., from 1985 to 1992, and started veterinary school in 1990. “I joined because of my father – he was in the military,” he said. He worked for sixteen years after graduation as an equine veterinarian in Texas and rejoined the military in 1998. “My son’s enlistment inspired me to return to service.” “My decision to serve was influenced by multiple factors, including my father’s and grandfather’s service,” says Spc. Degeyter. “My father’s previous service as a combat medic influenced my decision to serve as a combat medic.” Captain Degeyter was deployed to Iraq in January 2010, his son in March. “It’s a wonderful opportunity,” he said. “Not many people can say they have deployed with a family member, much less a child. But throughout the deployment, I’ve been more concerned about his safety than my own.” Adds Spc. Degeyter, “It’s definitely nice to have someone from back home around. This deployment has allowed my father and me to develop even more of a mutual respect for one another.”

It’s a Small World Among Capt. Degeyter’s duties are helping analyze soils to determine what can and can’t grow, teaching farmers to grow vegetables to provide a source of income, and distributing greenhouses. He also assists at the Baghdad School of Veterinary Medicine, where he recently held a “hugely successful” artificial insemination course. While not doing any hands-on animal work at present, he does interact with local vets and farmers. “A lot of work has been done, and there’s a lot that still needs to be done. But there are a lot of good things coming out of here,” he says. “The majority of the Iraqi people I work with are really no different than the people I work with back home. They are hard workers wanting the best for their families, including the many things we take for granted, such as security, clean fresh water, and electricity. Several of the local veterinarians and professors I work with are post-graduates from colleges in the United States so there is a connection there. My small animal anatomy teacher back at LSU is Iraqi, and I’ve been working with his close friend and colleague here at the Baghdad vet school. Like they say, ‘It’s a small world.” Capt. Degeyter also keeps up with zoonotic diseases, such as rabies (there are a significant numbers of cases in humans in Iraq), brucellosis, and tuberculosis, and he is trying to determine the percentage of brucellosis and tuberculosis getting into Iraq’s food chain. He wants to achieve twenty years of Army service and hopes to continue working with zoonotic diseases after leaving the military. “I’ll probably be going to Plum Island. Then after I complete that, I’ll volunteer to go to Africa to work with foreign animal diseases.” His son, who was married two weeks before leaving for Iraq, plans to go on his honeymoon when his deployment is over then continue working toward his degree in industrial technology at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Being deployed together has changed the relationship between father and son. “I’ve always had a very close relationship with my son,” says Capt. Degeyter. “He’s very mature and a squared away soldier. However, I would say that I see him more grown up, and it kind of puts things in perspective. I have come to respect him as a grown man and not see him as a young child anymore.” Ginger Guttner is public relations coordinator for the School of Veterinary Medicine. ON THE WEB: www1.vetmed.lsu.edu/svm/

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Josh Harvey’s Storyville LSU alum learns the importance of telling – and wearing – stories By Lindsay Newport Photo by Eddie Perez

Three-time LSU alumnus Josh Harvey (1999 BACH HSS, 2003 MBA, 2003 JD) founded Storyville, a homegrown T-shirt store located mere steps from campus on West Chimes Street, in early 2007. Featuring designs from local artists, the store boomed, prompting Harvey and wife Natalie (2007 BACH MCOM) to open stores in New Orleans, Austin, and, most recently, the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, in just over three years. The concept behind Storyville was partially inspired by a customized T-shirt retailer in New York City, where Harvey lived and worked for several

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years. For Harvey, the New York store prompted fond memories of wearing shirts designed by local artists during his childhood in Monroe, and he wanted to offer a similar experience to folks in his home state. Bringing his dream to fruition, he returned to Baton Rouge and, with the help of his siblings, opened the West Chimes Storyville. “Wear Your Story,” Storyville’s slogan, reflects Harvey’s desire for his stores to be an outlet for the often untapped creativity of local designers, artists, and individuals. This affection for storytelling transcends the bricks and mortar of Harvey’s successful retail stores and is closely linked to his experiences as an LSU undergraduate. Harvey has had close ties to the University since his youth, having lived in Nicholson Apartments – known then as “married student housing” – while

his parents attended LSU. The family relocated to his hometown of Monroe, but his affection for the University remained strong. He graduated from high school in 1996 with the intention of joining the military rather than enrolling at LSU because the cost of attending was too high for Harvey who did not receive any financial aid when he applied. Just days before he enlisted, he received a $1,000 scholarship from the University, which made enrolling financially feasible. Fifteen years later, Harvey makes it a point to acknowledge the impact that the scholarship had on his life. “I was one signature away from joining the Army when I was offered a scholarship to attend LSU,” Harvey said. He enrolled in the fall of 1996 and, thanks to an introductory-level English class, quickly discovered he enjoyed creative writing. He pursued his newly found interest and after earning his bachelor’s degree, returned for graduate studies, completing the four-year joint J.D./M.B.A. program in 2003. When asked how his time at the University contributed to his accomplishments as an entrepreneur, Harvey zeroed in on his time as English major. Although he wholeheartedly acknowledged the role his graduate education played in his success, he continuously touted the writing skills he acquired as an English undergraduate. “Being able to write really is a huge advantage,” Harvey said. “If you want to sell yourself or your business, you have to be a good writer.” In addition to writing clearly, Harvey noted, modern society’s ever-increasing reliance on e-mail and other text-based communication technologies makes it critical for professionals to be able to tailor their writing to intended audiences. “You have to both know your audience and know how to speak with them,” he said. A proud alumnus, Harvey touts the diversity – cultural, racial, gender, and socioeconomic – within the University community and believes LSU’s increasing academic standards create a healthy

competition among students, preparing them to become high achievers in their chosen fields. “The competition [at LSU] doesn’t guarantee that you’ll make a million dollars, but it does guarantee that you will be successful at whatever you do,” Harvey said. Speaking specifically about his time in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Harvey strongly feels that the well-rounded liberal arts education he received as an undergraduate provided him with much more than the skill and knowledge he needed for his business to flourish. It gave him the tools he needed for success in all aspects of his life. “Other majors will teach you how to make a living,” Harvey said, “but LSU and the humanities really teach you how to live. They prepare you for life.” Lindsay Newport is assistant director of development in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. ON THE WEB: www.artsci.lsu.edu

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Designing Dreams/Design Dreams By Stephanie Riegel

The nationally renowned Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture is known for turning out top-flight landscape architects and acclaimed designers. But filmmakers, too?

Meet Evan Mather (1993 BACH A&D), a graduate of the Reich School and Los Angeles-based filmmaker whose short films, animations, music videos, and mockumentaries have attracted a considerable following and received numerous awards over the past ten years. More recently, Mather has made a name for himself with documentaries that combine his love of filmmaking with his professional expertise in the design field. In fact, Mather’s most recent work, a thirty-minute documentary on the legendary Union Tank Car geodesic dome that sat in an abandoned north Baton Rouge rail yard until its demolition in 2007, is getting national recognition. “It’s not something the general public would necessarily Evan Mather be interested in, but it’s been playing well to architecture Photo by Alice G. Patterson groups around the country,” said Mather in a recent phone conversation while waiting to catch a flight to San Francisco for a special screening of the film. Growing up in Baton Rouge, Mather always wanted to be a filmmaker. But his plans were temporarily put on hold when he received an Honors Scholarship to LSU. The University didn’t have a film program, so Mather decided to study landscape architecture because he was interested in Animated sequences in Evan Mather's "A Necthe creative aspects of the field and was impressed by the essary Ruin" demonstrate the Union Tank Car Dome's conception, construction, and operation. reputation of the Robert Reich School. After graduating, he moved to Seattle to take a job with a design firm, where he worked as a landscape architect for the next eight years. But he continued to pursue his dream of making movies, digitizing old films he’d shot in high school and putting them on the Internet, which at the time was a novel concept. It was a chance encounter with some old Star Wars action figures from his childhood, however, that launched his film The demolished Buckminster Fuller geodisic dome in Baton Rouge. career. He came across the toys on a visit home and decided to make a short, stop-action film with them. This was around the time the Star Wars prequel films were coming out, and the brand was enjoying a renewed popularity. Once his films hit the Web, they took off. “It was really this unexpected bonanza,” he says. “It grew from there, and I started to branch out into all sorts of different films.” In 2004, Mather and his wife relocated to Los Angeles, where he took a position with the landscape architecture firm AHBE. There, he was fortunate enough to have a boss who recognized and appreciated his true vocation. “He suggested that maybe we should channel all my energy into something related to landscape architecture,” Mather says. “So ever since I’ve been doing films about design and architecture and things that really interest me.” Those films have been well received, especially his latest. It’s titled “A Necessary Ruin,” and it’s the story of a geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller and constructed by the Union Tank Car Company in North Baton Rouge in 1958. With a diameter of 384 feet, the dome was the largest, free-span structure in the world at the time and was considered an engineering marvel. But after just ten years, the building was abandoned by the company, and it sat vacant for three decades until its demolition in 2007, just a year

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before it was eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. Mather’s film sounds a cautionary note about imperiled Modern-era structures and the often prohibitive cost of maintaining them. Ironically, perhaps, Mather didn’t intentionally set out to make the film that could earn him his first Oscar. Rather, he’d shot video and still images of the decaying dome while on a visit to Baton Rouge in the 2005 to make a mock travelogue about what to do on a visit to the sleepy capital city. Two years later, when he read of plans to demolish the historic structure, he realized he had some special footage on his hands and proceeded to put together the project. “It’s been well received, which is really gratifying,” he says Though Mather never expected his films would be so critically acclaimed, he believes his degree from the Reich School played a pivotal role in shaping his career, and looking back on it, he feels fortunate that his career path took a detour through the LSU Design Building. “It’s a real confidence builder to go to a great school, and it puts you in a network with a lot of really great people,” he says. “But beyond that, it really gave me the ability to think creatively, whatever the project may be.” Stephanie Riegel (1988 BACH HSS), a Baton Rouge-based writer, handles communications for the College of Art & Design. ON THE WEB: www.design.lsu.edu and www.handcraftedfilms.com

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Two Receive Honorary Degrees Photos by Scott Madere

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The University awarded two honorary degrees at summer commencement exercises on Aug. 6. Mose Allison (1952 BACH HSS), of New York City, a songwriter, pianist, and performer of jazz and blues, received the degree Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa. Allison was recognized for an extraordinary and distinguished career as a jazz musician and songwriter. Frank W. Harrison, Jr. (1950 BACH SCI), of Lafayette, La., also was awarded the degree Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa. Harrison, an independent and consulting geologist, president of Optimistic Oil Co., and manager of Optimistic Energy, LLC, was honored for his long-standing distinguished record of service to his community, family, profession, the state of Louisiana, and the University.

Happy 100! â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Katherine A. Kendall (1939 MSW, 1987 Honorary DSW), of Bowie, Md., the namesake of the Council on Social Work Educationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Katherine A. Kendall Institute for International Social Work Education, celebrated her 100th birthday on Sept. 25. Members of the social work community gathered in Mitchellville, Md., to celebrate her centennial birthday as well as her remarkable accomplishments and the unveiling of her latest book, Essays on a Long Life: Jottings and Random Thoughts. Kendall, considered an icon in the field of social work education, was part of the Robert Penn Warren literary circle during her time at LSU.

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