In Memoriam

1940s

Harding William Bossier, 1949 BACH ENGR, Feb. 16, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Juanita Mae Nesbit “Toot” Metz, 1944 BACH HS&E, 1977 MAST HS&E, BACH MAST, Feb. 24, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Richard “Dick” Sherburne, 1948 BACH AGR, Feb. 7, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

1950s

Albert L. Bossier, Jr., 1954 BACH H&SS, 1956 BACH ENGR, Nov. 14, 2021, Covington, La.

William H. “Wick” Cooper, Jr., 1957 BACH BUS, 1963 JD, Feb. 9, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Lee Charles Hargroder, 1959 BACH H&SS, Feb. 3, 2023, Gonzales, La.

Janellyn Pickering “Jane” Kleiner, 1958 BACH MCOM, 1965 MAST MLS, 1974 MAST MCOM, Feb. 1, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Pamula Bowden Lanaux, 1958 BACH H&SS, Jan. 19, 2023, Covington, La.

Hypolite Theophile Landry, Jr., 1956 BACH H&SS, 19960 MD-NO Baton Rouge, La.

Barbara Clare Hebert Magruder, 1955 BACH HS&E, Feb. 11, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Edward James Morris, III, 1957 BACH ENGR, 1975 MAST ENGR, Feb. 28, 2023, Porter, Texas

Edward J. Rynes, 1957 MAST H&SS, Nov. 11, 2022, Cleveland, Ohio

Mary Mims Rynes,1954 BACH H&SS, 1957 MAST H&SS, Feb. 1, 2023, Cleveland, Ohio

Raymond L. Spence, 1958 BACH H&SS, Jan. 3, 2023, Richmond, Va. Curry St. Pierre, 1955 BACH ENGR, March 5, 2023, Belleville, Mich.

1960s

Henry Feazel “Hank” Anderson, 1965 BACH ENGR, Feb. 15, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Eleanor “Ellie” Williamson Dent Brown, 1965 BACH H&SS, 1987 JD, March 28, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

William Haskell “Bill” Brown, 1962 JD, March 17, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Judith B. Petrie Bullion, 1962 BACH AGR, 1965 BACH HS&E, Feb. 24, Baton Rouge, La.

Robert Bruce “Bob” Butler, III, 1961 BACH SCI, 1963 JD, Jan. 25, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Ronald Lee Daniel, 1961 BACH HS&E, 1966 MAST HS&E, April 1, 2023, New Roads, La.

Raymond Day, 1966 BACH HS&E, Feb. 23, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Edwin Lamar “Ed” Hackler, 1964 BACH AGR, March 14, 2023, Prairieville, La.

John Adam Hebert, Jr., 1966 BACH AGR, 1969 MAST AGR, 1971 PHD AGR, Professor of Agriculture, Feb. 23, 2023, Raceland, La.

Sue Terry Johnson, 1967 BACH HS&E, 1970 MAST HS&E, March 29, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Samuel F. McInroy, III, 1964 BACH H&SS, Feb. 22, 2023, Corning, N.Y.

William Boyd “Bill” Owens, 1967 BACH BUS, 1967 JD, March 16, 2023, Alexandria, La.

Jack Parker, 1960 MSW,1973 PHD AGR, Dean of University College, April 8, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Roger Elliot Penton, 1970 BACH AGR, March 8, 2023, Montgomery, Texas

Anita H. Rollo, 1960 BACH ENGR, 1967 MAST ENGR, Jan. 23, 2023, Kerrville, Texas

Douglass W. Svendson, Jr., 1965 JD, March 26, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Paul Wayne Tyler, 1960 BACH HS&E, March 3, 2023, Indian Trail, N.C.

Carolyn Engelhardt Wiese, 1960 BACH HS&E, 1963 MAST HS&E, March 26, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

1970s

Ronald “Ron/Ronnie” David Babin, 1972 BACH ENGR, Feb. 14, 2023, Prairieville, La.

Donald Lee “Don” Bellue, 1977 BACH H&SS, April 8, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Frederick Joseph Borne, Jr., 1978 BACH ENGR, 1983 BACH ENGR, Feb. 14, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Ronald Felix “Ron” Boudreaux, 1971 PHD H&SS, Baton Rouge, La.

Penelope Kendall Bridges, 1976 BACH A&D, Feb. 3, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Jacob Leonard Canova, 1970 BACH H&SS, 1974 MSW, April 8, 2023, Cleveland, Tenn.

Elizabeth Wiley “Libby” Fisackerly, 1976 BACH HS&E, March 15, 2023, Killian, La.

Carl Keith Girod, 1974 BACH SCI, March 11, 2023, Prairieville, La.

Andre P. Guichard, 1976 BACH H&SS, Jan. 31, 2023, New Orleans, La.

Patsy Graham, 1970 BACH HS&E, March 14, 2023, Head of Island, La.

John Leslie “Jack” Hobgood, II, 1979 BACH H&SS, April 9, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Eleanor Ann Holleman, 1977 HS&E, Jan. 24, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Richard Ieyoub, former Louisiana Attorney General, April 10, 1983, 1972 JD, April 10, 2023, Baton Rouge, La

Robert Joseph “Rob” Mayeux, 1975 BACH H&&SS, March 14, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Robert B. McCall, 1971 BACH BUS, March 10, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Rita Faye Vidrine Patton, 1979 MAST HS&E, Feb. 13, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Polly Vordenbaumen Voorhies, 1970 BACH H&SS, Jan. 15, 2023, Del Mar, Calif.

Michael Wayne Wascom, 1971 BACH H&SS, 1975 JD, Retired Director, Institute of Environmental Studies, and Professor, College of Coast & Environment, April 6, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Kenneth Leo “Kenny” Wells, 1970 BACH A&D, April 1, 2023,Baton Rouge, La.

1980s

George Patrick Balhoff, 1980 BACH BUS, Feb. 6, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Kenneth Powers “Kenny” Buzbee, 1982 BACH BUS, 1992 JD, Jan. 14, 2023, Missouri City, Texas

Shirley Delores DeVard, 1985 BACH HS&E, Jan. 10, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Denise Marie Chambers Jones, 1985 BACH ENGR, March 28, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

John Leon Kidd, III, 1980 BACH H&SS, Feb. 5, 2023, Mandeville, La.

Robert Liptak, 1986 JD, March 24, 2023, Walker, La.

Margaret Lynn “Prissy” Nesom, 1982 BACH H&SS, Jan. 16, 2023, Watson, La.

Alice Carolyn Smith Sessions, 1980 MAST HS&E, Feb. 10, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Robert Wayne Trieschmann, II, 1989 BACH BUS, Feb. 23, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

1990s

Melanie Ann Vollmerhausen McRoberts, 1992 MAST HS&E, Feb. 18, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Clinton Logan Percy, 1996 BACH ENGR, Jan. 25, 2023, Windsor, Colo.

Peter Andrew Rowe, 1990 MLS, March 29, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Clany Soileau, 1998 MAST H&SS, 2002 PHD H&SS, Feb. 19, 2023

Travis Wilson “T Wall” Wall, 1994 BACH BUS, Jan. 19, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Jamie Wyble, 1993 MSW, Feb. 24, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

2000s

Anthony Robert Lacombe, 2020 BACH ENGR, March 18, 2023, Baton Rouge, La.

Jill Tucker Moore, 2009 MFA, March 21, 2023, St. Francisville, La.

Melissa Jennings, 2009 DVM, March 17, 2023, Houston, Texas

Steven Louis Franco Romero, 2002 BACH H&SS, Feb. 17, 2023, New Orleans, La.

Jason Howard Willie, 2000 BACH ENGR, March 3, 2023, St. Francisville, La.

2010s

Benjamin Curt Jackson, 2010 BACH ENGR, March 17, 2023, Fort Collins, Colo.

Benny Louis de Pingre Alumnus by Choice

March 13, 2023

Minden, La.

Ronald Douglas Hay

Retired Assistant to the Chancellor, Acting Dean/General College, CIO

Jan. 23, 2023

New Roads, La.

Ronald Mallen Knaus

Retired Assistant Professor, College of Coast & Environment, March 18, 2023, Nevada City, Calif.

Wallace C. McKenzie, Jr. Retired Dean of Music

Feb. 1, 2023

Baton Rouge, La.

Herman McKey Retired Maintenance Manager, Lod Cook Alumni Center

Feb. 11, 2023

Denham Springs, La

Edward Eamon McLaughlin Dean Emeritus, College of Engineering

Jan. 21, 2023

Gulf Breeze, Fla.

Bogdan Stanislaw Oporowski Professor of Mathematics

April 7, 2023

Baton Rouge, La.

Louie Max Scott

Former Associate Professor of Nuclear Science, Adjunct Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Campus/System Radiation Safety Officer

March 11, 2023

Baton Rouge, La.

Wayne K. Sims

Attended 1987-1991

April 12, 2023

Baton Rouge, La.

Anne Loveland Wheeler

T. Harry Williams Professor of History, Chair, Department of History

April 2, 2023

Baton Rouge, La.

James Eugene “Jim” Willis Retired Associate Professor of Business

March 14, 2023

Baton Rouge, La.