LSUAA President’s Message

President and CEO

MESSAGE

A Busy Season – at Home and on the Road

Football, tailgates, luncheons, receptions, banquets – the fall semester was, indeed, a whirlwind of activities.

We kicked off the season “on the road” as the Tigers took on Florida State at Caesars Superdome and then met the Jaguars in Tiger Stadium at the firstever game between LSU and Southern University. Friends and fans joined us at home for the Mississippi State and New Mexico games, then Traveling Tigers hit the road again for the LSU-Auburn game before taking on Tennessee in BR. There are still six games – at home and away – on the calendar as this issue goes into design.

And, we will continue to be “on the Geaux!” Homecoming, the Annual Meeting and Past Presidents & Chairs Luncheon, the annual Scholarship Reception, and fall commencement will round out the whirlwind of activities. Look for highlights in the Spring 2023 magazine.

Even as this busy year winds down, we are planning and looking forward to our spring events, among them coast-to-coast crawfish boils and the Hall of Distinction Banquet.

I take this opportunity to recognize and thank the Association staff for their outstanding work ethic and dedicated service. Several new employees have joined us – meet them on page 10. And, we welcome freelancer Marc Stevens, who has taken on authorship of the late Bud Johnson’s Locker Room section of the magazine.

Many thanks to each of you for all you do to help us network, inform, engage, and inspire. As I’ve said many times before, we couldn’t do it without you!

On behalf of the members of the Board of Directors, the officers, and the staff of the LSU Alumni Association and The Cook Hotel – best wishes for a wonderful holiday and the very best in the coming year.

Geaux Tigers!

Gordon Monk President/CEO

LSU Alumni Association AlumniLSU lsualumniassociation

Thank you for your article regarding LSU’s Memorial Tower. The article covered the restoration of the Tower and other factual information regarding the historic site. I haven’t visited the campus in many years, but I did take our grandkids there some six years ago, especially to see the wall in front where the veterans’ names were inscribed from World War II. There we proudly saw the name of my half-brother Bowman Fetzer, who was killed in flight training in Houston in 1942.

Roert Fetzer 1953 BACH BUS, 1959 MBA

I read the recent article in the LSU Alumni Magazine about the LSU Memorial Tower with great interest. My grandfather, Thomas W. O’Keefe, was a plaster mason, and he worked on the original Tower and the 1960 renovation.

Scott O’Keefe Class of 1978 and the 100,000th graduate of LSU

Photo: State-Times, March 6, 1960