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NATION
1960s
Beth Courtney (1965 BACH HS&E), president and chief executive officer of Louisiana Public Broadcasting, received the National Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society 2020 Alumni Achievement Award. Nominated by the Baton Rouge Area Mortar Board Alumni Chapter and endorsed by the Blazer Chapter at LSU, Courtney was honored as a communicator, broadcaster, producer, community leader, and an outstanding alumni member of Mortar Board. Patrick C. Morrow, Sr. (1969 BACH H&SS, 1972 JD), senior partner in the firm of Morrow, Morrow, Ryan, Bassett & Haik, announced the funding of fifteen $2,500 scholarships for students in St. Landry and Evangeline parishes for the 2020-2021 school year. Six of the recipients are enrolled at LSU.
DEGREES BACH Bachelor’s Degree MAST Master’s Degree PHD Doctorate SPEC Specialist DVM Doctor of Veterinary Medicine JD Juris Doctorate (LSU Law School) LLM Master of Laws MD Medical Doctor (LSU School of Medicine) DDS Doctor of Dental Science (LSU School of Dentistry) COLLEGES/SCHOOLS AGR Agriculture A&D Art & Design C&E Coast & Environment H&SS Humanities & Social Sciences SCI Science BUS Business HS&E Human Sciences & 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
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Joseph Arthur Simon (1960 BACH BUS, 1967 MAST H&SS), of Shreveport, La., received the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation 2020 Colonel Joseph Alexander Award (biography or autobiography) for The Greatest of All Leathernecks: John Archer Lejeune and the Making of the Modern Marine Corps. Winners receive a gold medallion, a commemorative brick along the Semper Fidelis Memorial Park pathway adjacent to the National Museum of the Marine Corps, and a cash prize, if applicable. Photo: M.C. Rollo
1970s
Rodolfo J. "Rudy" Aguilar (1979 BACH BUS, 1982 JD), an attorney with McGlinchey Stafford, was named to the 2021 list of Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Insurance Law, and Litigation-Mergers and Acquisitions. Samuel A. Bacot (1970 BACH H&SS, 1972 JD), an attorney with McGlinchey Stafford, was recognized by Best Lawyers in America as a 2021 Lawyer of the Year in the area of Litigation-Real Estate and named to the list of Best Lawyers in America in the area of Land Use and Zoning Law. Richard A. Curry (1973 BACH H&SS, 1977 JD), an attorney with McGlinchey Stafford, was named to the 2021 list of Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Commercial Litigation and Litigation-Environmental. Larry Feldman (1972 BACH H&SS, 1974 JD), an attorney with McGlinchey Stafford, was named to the 2021 list of Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation. Mark Fullmer (1976 JD), an attorney with Phelps Dunbar, was recognized by Best Lawyers in America as a 2021 Lawyer of the Year in the area of Venture Capital Law.
Jon Ann H. Giblin (1976 BACH HS&E, 1994 JD), an attorney with McGlinchey Stafford, was named to the 2021 list of Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency, and Reorganization Law. Leo C. Hamilton (1973 BACH H&SS, 1977 JD), a partner in Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, was recognized by Best Lawyers in America as the 2021 Lawyer of the Year for Administrative/Regulatory Law and was named to the 2021 list of Best Lawyers in the aeras of Employment Law-Management and Labor LawManagement. Hamilton is a member of the LSU Alumni Association Board of Directors. Grady Hazel (1970 BACH BUS, 1971 MBA), chief financial officer of the Dunham School, Baton Rouge, was honored for his service to the Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants (LCPA) and the accounting profession with a scholarship established in his name. The annual Grady Hazel Scholarship will be awarded to an accounting major at a Louisiana university. Hazel is a past executive director of the LCPA. Michael D. Hunt (1974 BACH H&SS, 1977 JD), an attorney with Phelps Dunbar, was named to the 2021 list of Best Lawyers in America and was appointed to a three-year term on the American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary. H. Alston Johnson, III (1970 JD), an attorney with Phelps Dunbar, was recognized by Best Lawyers in America as a 2021 Lawyer of the Year in the area of Bet-the-Company Litigation. Mary Terrell Joseph (1970 JD), an attorney with McGlinchey Stafford, was named to the 2021 list of Best Lawyers in America in the area of Banking and Finance Law.
