Dr. Larry O. Arthur - AIDS researcher. Dr. Julian Bailes - expert in the field of Neurosurgery and also Chairman of the Brain Injury Institute John Ed Bradley - Sports Illustrated writer and novelist, former LSU football player John Breaux - U.S. Senator (1987-2005) and U.S. Congressman (1972-86) from Louisiana. Wil Calhoun - Executive Producer of television sitcom “Friends”. Cassandra Chandler - One of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s highest ranking African-American women as special agent in charge of the Norfolk Fielf office. “Lightning Joe” Lawton Collins - Chief of Staff for President Harry Truman. Bill Conti - Oscar-winning composer who has written theme music for several well-known movies, including “Rocky” and its sequels. Eric Arturo Delvalle - President of Panama (1985-1988). Dr. Alexander William “Alex” Dunlap - Current chief veterinarian for NASA who is responsible for all NASA policies related to animal health and welfare
W. Vernon Jones - Senior Scientist for Suborbital Research, NASA headquarters. Catherine D. “Kitty” Kimball - In 2009, was sworn in as first female to serve as chief justice of Louisiana’s highest court Delos “Kip” Knight - Vice president of marketing and brand management for eBay international. Harry J. Longwell – Former Executive Vice President and Director of Exxon Mobil Ray Marshall - Secretary of Labor under President Jimmy Carter. James E. Maurin - Founding partner and CEO of Stirling Properties, a national real estate services firm. Jake Lee Netterville - Chairman of the board of Postlethwaite and Netterville, the largest Louisiana-based public accounting firm. Edwin Newman - Longtime NBC News journalist and author. Carolyn Bennett Patterson - Former senior editor, National Geographic. J. Howard Rambin - Former CEO and Chairman of the Board, Texaco. Rex Reed - Drama critic, syndicated columnist.
A. Wright Elliott - Retired executive vice president, Chase Manhattan Bank. Graves Erskine - U.S. Marine Corps General in WWII. Maxime A. Faget - Designed Mercury and Gemini spacecrafts. Mary Carol Flake Flores - Former first lady of Honduras. Murphy “Mike” Foster, Jr. - Former governor of Louisiana (1996-2004). Kevin Griffin - Lead singer of the platinumselling rock band “Better Than Ezra” Paul Groves - Award-winning tenor with the Metropolitian Opera Reinosuke Hara - Former president and CEO of Seiko Instruments Rufus William (Bill) Harp - Television set decorator for series including “L.A. Law” and “Moonlighting”
LSU’s enrollment is more than 29,000 students, including more than 1,600 international students and nearly 5,000 graduate students.
Maj. Gen. Thomas Rhame - Led 1st Infantry Division against Iraq during Persian Gulf War.
Mike Papajohn The starting centerfielder on LSU’s inaugural College World Series team in 1986, Mike Papajohn today is a prominent actor in Hollywood. Papajohn was the only actor to star in four $150 million movies in the same calendar year doing so in 2009. The LSU alumnus has appeared in blockbuster films: Spiderman, Terminator Salvation, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and For the e Love of the Game.
Thomas O. Ryder - Chairman of the Board, The Reader’s Digest Association. Frances Seghers - Senior VP of Sony Entertainment European Community Affairs, which includes Sony Music, Sony Pictures and Sony Playstation. Dolores Spikes - Former President of the Southern University System and the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. Ray Strother - Author, political consultant. David Suarez - Architect and preservationist who restored the Washington Monument, the National Archives Building and Louisiana’s Old State Capitol
Dr. James Andrews Arguably, the world’s most renowned orthopedic surgeon for knee and shoulder injuries, Andrews is a 1963 graduate of LSU and a 1967 graduate of LSU Medical School. He has worked on numerous all-star athletes, including Michael Jordan, Drew Brees, Brett Favre and Albert Pujols.
Olympia Vernon – Award-winning author and recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for her debut novel, Eden
Pat Hewlett - CIO of Exxon Mobil.
Rebeccca Wells - Author of the novel and film “Devine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.’
Walter Hitesman - Former president, Reader’s Digest.
Joanne Woodward - Academy Award-winning actress and wife of Paul Newman.
Hubert Humphrey - U.S. vice president (196569).
Sylvia Fowles
Eddie J. Jones
Fowles was a two-time WBCA first-team AllAmerican before going onto a pro career with the WNBA’s Chicago Sky where she is currently one of the league’s premier players. Most notably, Fowles was a member of U.S. Olympic Gold Medal teams in 2008 Beijing and 2012 London.
The former president of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins franchise, the 38-year veteran of the NFL is currently a Trustee of the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Retirement and Disability Plan.
David Steiner
Suzanne Perron
A 1982 LSU graduate, Steiner has served as the CEO of Waste Management since 2004. The Houston-based company is finding new ways to create energy and they are ranked among the top 200 companies in America by Fortune Magazine.
A 1991 LSU graduate, Perron is a rising star in the design world having worked with top designers Vera Wang and Carolina Herrera. Perron has designed dresses for Hollywood stars Jennifer Lopez, Mariska Hargitay and Holly Hunter, among others.
Mary L. Landrieu
Marty Sixkiller
Landrieu became the first woman from Louisiana selected to a full term in the United States Senate in 1996. She is currently serving her fourth term in the Senate.
Senior Technical Director for PDI/ DreamWorks’ movies “Antz,” “Shrek,” “Shrek 2,” “Shrek the Third,” “Madagascar” and “Over the Hedge”.
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