List of Louisiana State University alumni
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The following is a list of alumni of Louisiana State University.
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[edit] Academia
- James R. Andrews, M.D., founder of the American Sports Medicine Institute
- Rene J. Bienvenu, former president of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches
- Sally Clausen, Ph.D., commissioner of higher education, Louisiana Board of Regents
- Major dePingre', B.S. in journalism; newspaper editor and businessman in Minden
- Mike Dunne, B.S. (1974) Baton Rouge Morning Advocate environmental reporter and adjunct professor of journalism at LSU
- A.A. Fredericks, B.A. (1917) and M.A. (1925), president of Northwestern State University (1934-1941); Louisiana state senator (1932-1948), and secretary to Governor Earl Kemp Long (1948-1950 and 1959-1960)
- E. John Hornsby, Jr., 1971 graduate, world renowned mathematics textbook author, Addison Wesley Publishing; University of New Orleans professor of mathematics (retired)
- Arnold R. Kilpatrick, president of Northwestern State University from 1966-1978
- Floyd H. Long (1915-2003), member of Long family, U.S. Army colonel, and official of Delgado Community College in New Orleans
- J. Tinsley Oden, pioneer in the field of computational mechanics, noted as one of the most highly cited researchers in the world
- Morgan D. Peoples, Louisiana Tech University historian; authority on the Louisiana Longs
- Harry V. Sims, surgeon, hospital administrator, gynecological researcher from New Orleans
- Linus A. Sims, educator and founder of what became Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond
- Dolores Spikes, Ph.D., president of the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
- Joe Gray Taylor, historian of the American South and Louisiana history
- Olympia Vernon, Hallie Ford Chair in Writing at Willamette University
- Eugene P. Watson, 1934 graduate; head librarian at NSU in Natchitoches from 1940-1964; Watson Library named for him
- W. W. Williams (1917-2000), superintendent of Webster Parish public school from 1973-1978 and principal of Minden High School from 1953-1961
[edit] Arts, entertainment and humanities
- Elizabeth Ashley, actress
- James Belton Bonsall, artist
- Better Than Ezra, an American alternative rock band
- John Ed Bradley, novelist
- George C. Brian (1919-2007), head of the Division of Theatre and Drama at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, actor, singer, dancer, and filmaker
- Kenneth Brown, interior designer, host of HGTV show "reDesign"
- Bill Conti, Academy Award and Emmy-winning composer
- Christina Cuenca, Miss Louisiana USA 2006
- Ed Cullen, Baton Rouge Morning Advocate journalist, National Public Radio essayist, author of Letter in a Woodpile
- Jennifer Dupont, Triple Crown winner, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1998, Miss Louisiana USA 2000, Miss Louisiana (America) 2004
- Carl Fontana, jazz trombonist
- Julie Giroux, Emmy Award-winning composer
- Mark Grant Sr., Director CBS Sports
- Grits Gresham, outdoorsman, author, sportsman, cohost of ABC's The American Sportsman (1966-1979), champion of the Louisiana wetlands
- John Thomas Griffith, guitarist in rock band Cowboy Mouth
- Paul Groves, Metropolitan Opera
- Edward Scott Hendricks, Houston Grand Opera, Central City Opera, and Wolf Trap Opera Company
- Joshua Holmes, founder/publisher Bumpshack.com, International model
- Elizabeth McNulty, Miss Louisiana USA 2007
- Edwin Newman, NBC-TV newsman and anchor
- Hugh G. Parker, architect in Monroe
- Jonathan Pretus, guitarist in rock band Cowboy Mouth
- Rex Reed, author and film critic
- Claibe Richardson, composer
- Chad Shelton, Houston Grand Opera, Central City Opera, and Wolf Trap Opera Company
- Shon Sims, New York City Opera
- Steven Soderbergh, Award Winning Motion Picture Director
- Oympia Vernon, novelist
- Jeffrey Wells, Metropolitan Opera
- Joanne Woodward, Academy Award-winning actress
- Brian D Wright, counselor
- Will Wright, The Sims creator
[edit] Business and economics
- James M. Bernhard, Chairman and CEO, The Shaw Group, Inc.
- Clarence Cazalot, President and CEO of Marathon Oil
- Ross Centanni, Chairman, President and CEO of Gardner Denver
- Lod Cook, co-chairman of the board of Global Crossing
- Grady A. Dugas, 1953 medical school graduate. As a physician in Union Parish, he invented an improved wheelchair locks/brakes system.
- Richard Dugas, Jr., CEO of Pulte Homes
- James Flores, Chairman and CEO of Plains Exploration & Production
- Richard Frost, CEO of Louisiana Pacific Corporation (LP)
- Reinosuke Hara, vice chairman of the board of Seiko Instruments
- Eric W. Harris, Alexandria industrialist and founder of first Jaycees chapter in Louisiana
- Kip Knight, vice-president of marketing for eBay
- Harry J. Longwell, vice-president of ExxonMobil USA
- Brent Lawrence McDougall, MBA, CFE, auditor
- Harry T. Pringle, (1939-2007) petroleum engineer, oil and natural gas explorer in Houston, member of LSU Foundation
- Thomas Ryder, chairman and CEO of Reader's Digest
- Soma Somasegar, corporate vice president, Microsoft
- David P. Steiner, CEO of Waste Management, Inc.
LSU also notes that seven of its petroleum engineering alumni are heads of major oil companies[1]
[edit] Government, politics, and activism
- A. Leonard Allen, late U.S. Representative from Alexandria-based district (D)
- Eduardo Aguirre, current U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra
- C. E. "Cap" Barham, late Louisiana state senator and lieutenant governor (D)
- Edwards Barham, planter; former state senator from Morehouse Parish (R)
- Robert J. Barham, lawyer; state senator from Morehouse Parish (R)
- Gary J. Beard, engineer, outgoing state representative from Baton Rouge (R)
- Harriet Belchic, Republican activist from Shreveport and first woman to receive bachelor's and master's degrees in geology from LSU
- Cecil R. Blair, farmer/businessman, member of Louisiana House of Representatives (1952-1956) and State Senate (1960-1964, 1966-1976) from Rapides Parish, promoter of LSU-A (D)
- William R. "Billy" Boles, Sr., semi-retired attorney and former member of the Louisiana State Senate (D)
- Bruce M. Bolin, former state representative (1978-1990); district court judge, since 1991 (D)
- James E. Bolin, former state representative (1940-1944); district court judge, 1952-1960; state appeal court judge, 1960-1978 (D)
- C. J. Bolin, late state district judge from Caddo Parish, 1968-1990 (D)
- Charles Boustany, physician, U.S. congressman from Lafayette-Lake Charles (R)
- Donna Brazile, political strategist for Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign (D)
- John Breaux, former United States senator (D)
- Overton Brooks, late U.S. congressman from Shreveport (D)
- Algie D. Brown, late state representative from Shreveport (D)
- Henry Newton Brown, Jr., former Bossier/Webster Parish district attorney and current chief judge of Second Circuit Court of Appeal (D)
- Roy Brun, former state legislator and district judge in Shreveport (R)
- Theo Cangelosi, late state representative, lawyer, banker, and gubernatorial advisor (D)
- James Carville, chief political strategist for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign (D)
- Joel Chaisson, St. Charles Parish attorney, president of the Louisiana State Senate (D)
- John Cooksey, physician, former U.S. congressman from Monroe (R)
- Carl Crane, state representative from Baton Rouge since 1984 (R)
- Jay Dardenne, Louisiana secretary of state and former state senator (R)
- Jimmie Davis, late Louisiana governor and singer (D)
- J.D. DeBlieux, late state senator from East Baton Rouge Parish, 1956-1960; 1964-1976 (D)
- Robert DeBlieux, mayor of Natchitoches and historical preservationist (D)
- Charles and Virginia de Gravelles, pioneers of the Louisiana Republican Party (R)
- George Despot, late Shreveport oilman and Republican Party official (R)
- Margaret Dixon, late first woman managing editor of the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, 1949-1970 (D)
- Harmon Drew, Jr., state circuit judge based in Shreveport (D)
- R. Harmon Drew, Sr., Law school, state representative and Minden city judge (D)
- David Duke, former state representative and U.S. Senate and gubernatorial candidate (R), white supremacist
- Edwin Edwards, only four-term former governor of Louisiana (D)
- Maxime Faget, Engineering & Development Director, NASA
- Lee Fletcher, advertising executive and radio talk show host in Monroe, unsuccessful congressional candidate in 2002 (R)
- Carlos Roberto Flores, former President of Honduras
- Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Jr., former state senator and governor of Louisiana from 1996-2004 (R)
- John B. Fournet (1895-1984), Speaker of the Louisiana House, lieutenant governor, associate and chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (D)
- Robert "Bobby" Freeman, former state representative and Louisiana lieutenant governor (D)
- Clark Gaudin, former state representative from Baton Rouge (R)
- Lucille May Grace, late register of state lands and first woman in statewide office in Louisiana (D)
- Jack P.F. Gremillion, late Louisiana attorney general (D)
- Stephen L. Gunn, former state representative and mayor of Montgomery, Louisiana (I)
- Paul M. Hebert, civilian judge during Nuremberg war trials
- E. L. Henry, lawyer; former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives (D)
- Wiley W. Hilburn, journalist, author, authority on Louisiana politics
- Kip Holden, mayor-president of Baton Rouge (D)
- Jerry Huckaby, former congressman from Monroe district (D)
- Hubert Humphrey, late 38th Vice President of the United States (D)
- Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins, former state representative of Baton Rouge and U.S. Senate candidate; U.S. House candidate (R)
- Donald G. Kelly (Law School), Natchitoiches attorney and former Louisiana state senator (D)
- Donald Ray Kennard, educator, assistant LSU athletic director, state representative since 1976 (R)
- Robert F. Kennon, late governor of Louisiana (1952-1956) from Minden (D)
- Mary Landrieu, United States senator (D)
- John LaPlante, Baton Rouge Morning Advocate journalist and LSU journalism professor
- Claude "Buddy" Leach, former congressman, Democratic national committeeman (D)
- Harry Lee, Jefferson Parish sheriff (D)
- Gillis William Long, late U.S. representative (D) from Alexandria
- Russell B. Long, late United States senator from 1948-1987 (D)
- Speedy O. Long, late congressman from central Louisiana (D)
- Hall M. Lyons, late Shreveport-Lafayette oilman and political candidate
- Wade O. Martin, Jr., late Louisiana secretary of state (D)
- Wade O. Martin, Sr., late public service commissioner (D)
- John McKeithen, late Louisiana governor, 1964-1972 (D)
- Chuck McMains, former state representative and Baton Rouge lobbyist (R)
- Tucker L. Melancon, United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana since 1994 (D)
- Henson Moore, former Sixth District U.S. representative (R) from Baton Rouge
- Cecil Morgan, leader of the impeachment forces against Governor Huey Pierce Long, Jr., in 1929; later Standard Oil executive and dean of the Tulane University Law School
- DeLesseps Morrison, Jr., late state representative from Orleans Parish (D)
- DeLesseps Story Morrison, late New Orleans mayor and ambassador to the Organization of American States (D)
- Mary Evelyn Parker, former state treasurer (D)
- Leander Perez, "political boss" of Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes (D)
- Morgan D. Peoples, late historian of the Long dynasty, Louisiana Tech professor
- Robert G. Pugh, late Shreveport attorney, civic leader, and gubernatorial advisor
- John Rarick, former Sixth District (Baton Rouge-based) congressman (D)
- Grover Rees, III, U.S. ambassador to East Timor (R)
- Charles Riddle III, District Attorney-Avoyelles Parish-12th J.D., Marksville (D)
- Jacques Roy, mayor of Alexandria, Louisiana (D)
- Jared Y. Sanders, Jr., U.S. representative (D)-turned-States Rights Party
- Steve Scalise, state senator from Jefferson Parish; U.S. House candidate (R)
- Jock Scott, former state representative (R) from Alexandria, lawyer and college professor
- B.L. "Buddy" Shaw, former state representative (R) from Shreveport, retired educator
- J. Minos Simon, late Lafayette attorney
- Tom Stagg, U.S. District Court judge from Shreveport, former political activist (R)
- Michael G. Strain, veterinarian from Covington; former state representative; Current Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry (R)
- Sandra Thompson, former director of the Atchafalaya Basin Project and environmental advocate
[edit] Military
- Lt. General Charles Campbell USA, commander 8th U.S. Army
- General Claire Chennault USAAF, organizer and commander of the Flying Tigers
- Lieutenant General Larry J. Dodgen, former commander, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
- General John A. Lejeune USMC, namesake of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
- Lt. Colonel Frellsen Reese (1919-2007), 29-year veteran of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineersm fought in three wars, and the mayor of Mangham, Louisiana, from 1976-1990
[edit] Sports
[edit] Football
- Joseph Addai, NFL RB, Indianapolis Colts
- Kenderick Allen, NFL DT, Green Bay Packers
- Eric Alexander, NFL LB, New England Patriots
- Billy Joe Booth, Canadian Football League (Ottawa Rough Riders) from 1962-1970
- Bennie Brazell, NFL WR, Cincinnati Bengals
- Billy Cannon, former AFL & NFL RB/TE, Heisman Trophy winner (1959)
- Ryan Clark, NFL FS, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Michael Clayton, NFL WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Travis Daniels, NFL CB, Miami Dolphins
- Alan Faneca, NFL Pro Bowl G, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Kevin Faulk, NFL RB, New England Patriots
- Randall Gay, NFL DB, New Orleans Saints
- Jarvis Green, NFL DE, New England Patriots
- Skyler Green, NFL WR, Dallas Cowboys
- Fred Haynes, LSU QB in 1968 Sugar Bowl and Peach Bowl
- Devery Henderson, NFL WR, New Orleans Saints
- Jacob Hester, NFL RB, San Diego Chargers
- Marquise Hill, NFL DE, New England Patriots
- Bradie James, NFL LB, Dallas Cowboys
- Tory James, NFL CB, Cincinnati Bengals
- Bert Jones, former NFL Pro Bowl QB
- Donnie Jones, NFL P, Miami Dolphins
- Eddie Kennison, NFL WR, Kansas City Chiefs
- LaRon Landry, NFL S, Washington Redskins
- Kevin Mawae, NFL Pro Bowl C, Tennessee Titans
- Terry McAulay, NFL side judge (1998-2000), official (2001-Present)
- Todd McClure, NFL C, Atlanta Falcons
- Anthony McFarland, NFL DT, Indianapolis Colts
- David LaFleur, NFL TE, Dallas Cowboys
- Rudy Niswanger, NFL C, Kansas City Chiefs, Draddy Trophy winner (2005)
- Melvin Oliver, NFL DE, San Francisco 49ers
- Ronnie Prude, NFL CB, Baltimore Ravens
- Josh Reed, NFL WR, Buffalo Bills, Biletnikoff Award winner (2001)
- Mark Roman, NFL S, San Francisco 49ers
- Robert Royal, NFL TE, Buffalo Bills
- JaMarcus Russell, NFL QB, Oakland Raiders
- Marcus Spears, NFL DE, Dallas Cowboys
- Jim Taylor, former NFL Pro Bowl FB, Pro Football Hall of Fame (inducted 1976)
- Y.A. Tittle, former NFL Pro Bowl QB, Pro Football Hall of Fame (inducted 1971)
- LaBrandon Toefield, NFL RB, Jacksonville Jaguars
- Corey Webster, NFL CB, New York Giants
- Andrew Whitworth, NFL G, Cincinnati Bengals
- Domanick Davis, NFL RB, Houston Texans
- Kyle Williams, NFL DT, Buffalo Bills
- Claude Wroten, NFL DT, St. Louis Rams
As of the 2006-2007 season:
- 34 former LSU football players in the National Football League
[edit] Baseball
- Nick Krall, Coordinator of Major League Scouting/Video Operations, Cincinnati Reds
- Mike Bianco, head baseball coach, Ole Miss
- Alvin Dark, former MLB player & manager
- Albert Belle, former MLB player
- Ben McDonald, former MLB player
- Warren Morris, former MLB player
- Chad Ogea, former MLB pitcher
- Jeff Reboulet, former MLB player
- Mike Sirotka, former MLB pitcher
- Paul Byrd, MLB pitcher, Cleveland Indians
- Brad Hawpe, MLB player, Colorado Rockies
- Todd Linden, MLB player, Cleveland Indians
- Ryan Theriot, MLB player, Chicago Cubs
- Todd Walker, MLB player, San Diego Padres
- Mike Fontenot, MLB player, Chicago Cubs
- Billy Sadler, MLB player, San Francisco Giants
As of the 2005-2006 season:
- 10 former LSU baseball players in Major League Baseball (24 in the minor leagues)
[edit] Men's basketball
- 'Pistol' Pete Maravich, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
- Bob Pettit, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
- Jerry Reynolds former NBA player
- Brandon Bass, NBA player, Dallas Mavericks
- Shaquille O'Neal, NBA player, Phoenix Suns
- Stromile Swift, NBA player, New Jersey Nets
- Glen Davis, NBA player, Boston Celtics
- Tyrus Thomas, NBA player, Chicago Bulls
- Stanley Roberts, former NBA player
- Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (born Chris Jackson), former NBA player
- Ronald Dupree, NBA player, Indiana Pacers
As of the 2006-2007 season:
- 5 former LSU basketball players in the National Basketball Association
[edit] Women's basketball
- Seimone Augustus, WNBA player, Minnesota Lynx
- Sylvia Fowles, WNBA player and SEC player of the year
- Temeka Johnson, WNBA player, Los Angeles Sparks
- Dana "Pokey" Chatman, former head coach of the Lady Tigers basketball team
As of the 2005-2006 season:
- 7 former LSU women's basketball players in the Women's National Basketball Association
[edit] Golf
- David Toms, professional golfer, winner of 2001 PGA Championship
