The University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) is a coeducational public

Public university

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 university

University

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 in Monroe

Monroe, Louisiana

Monroe is a city in and the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,107, making it the eighth largest city in Louisiana. A July 1, 2007, United States Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 51,208, but 51,636...

, Louisiana

Louisiana

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 and part of the University of Louisiana System

University of Louisiana System

The University of Louisiana System is one of four public university systems in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Its headquarters are in the Claiborne Building in Baton Rouge.-History and diversification:...

.

History

ULM opened in 1931 as Ouachita Parish Junior College. Three years later it became the Northeast Center of Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...

. In 1936 and 1937, its dean was Stephen A. Caldwell

Stephen A. Caldwell

Stephen Adolphus Caldwell was an American educator originally from the village of Bienville in Bienville Parish in North Louisiana, best known for A Banking History of Louisiana, originally published in 1935....

.

Its name changed again in 1949, to Northeast Junior College of Louisiana State University. A year later, it offered its first four-year degrees as Northeast Louisiana State College. Its name remained unchanged for nearly two decades, but in 1969, when it began to grant its first doctoral degrees, it changed from Northeast Louisiana State College to Northeast Louisiana University (NLU). Much of the growth occurred during the administration of president George T. Walker

George T. Walker

George Thomas Walker, Sr. , was from 1958 to 1976 the president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, known first as Northeast Louisiana State College and then as Northeast Louisiana State University, located in Monroe in northeastern Louisiana.-Background:Walker was born in the Wyatt Community...

 from 1958 to 1976. Under Walker, enrollment increased from 2,100 to 9,700. NLU became the largest university in North Louisiana in terms of enrollment and state appropriations. Among all of the universities under the Louisiana Higher Education Board of Trustees, Northeast had the greatest percent of faculty holding terminal degrees, more nationally accredited academic programs, and offered the highest faculty salaries

Some three decades later, NLU was in 1999 renamed ULM.

21st century

A 2002 "Reclaim Our Campus" effort targeted recovery from financial and auditing difficulties.

In the 21st century, the 75-year-old "Indians" mascot was retired because of NCAA restrictions against American Indian

Native Americans in the United States

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-themed mascots, considered "hostile and abusive" by Native Americans. A mascot committee selected Warhawks in 2006, honoring Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault

Claire Lee Chennault

Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault , was an American military aviator. A contentious officer, he was a fierce advocate of "pursuit" or fight-interceptor aircraft during the 1930s when the U.S. Army Air Corps was focused primarily on high-altitude bombardment...

's United States Army Air Corps

United States Army Air Corps

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 World War II

World War II

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 unit's Curtiss P-40

Curtiss P-40

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into production and operational...

 Warhawk. The university has adopted logos featuring primarily hawk (bird) imagery; "ACE" debuted later that year.

In 2010, James Erwin Cofer Sr., left the ULM presidency after eight years to head Missouri State University

Missouri State University

Missouri State University is a public university located in Springfield, Missouri, United States and founded in 1905. It is the state's second largest university, with an official enrollment of 20,802 in fall 2011...

 in Springfield

Springfield, Missouri

Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. According to the 2010 census data, the population was 159,498, an increase of 5.2% since the 2000 census. The Springfield Metropolitan Area, population 436,712, includes the counties of...

, Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

. He was succeeded by Nick Bruno

Nick Bruno

Nick Joseph Bruno is president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe . He was appointed by the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors on 2010 October 22, at the end of deliberations over the appointment in Baton Rouge. Bruno is the eighth president of ULM and succeeds James E. Cofer...

 as the eighth president of ULM.

Academics

ULM is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is one of the six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation...

 (SACS). All undergraduate programs eligible for accreditation by professional agencies are accredited. ULM is the only university in Louisiana to offer a master's in gerontology

Gerontology

Gerontology is the study of the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging...

 and the only public university in the state offering the Doctor of Pharmacy

Doctor of Pharmacy

A Doctor of Pharmacy is a professional doctorate degree in pharmacy. In some countries, it is a first professional degree, and a prerequisite for licensing to exercise the profession of pharmacist.-Kenya :...

 degree.

Atmospheric sciences

ULM has the only atmospheric sciences

Atmospheric sciences

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 bachelor's program in Louisiana and Arkansas

Arkansas

Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

. Students regularly produce top student forecasts in the WxChallenge Forecasting Contest, forecasting for a particular city over a two-week period.

Business

ULM offers AACSB

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

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 accredited undergraduate and graduate (MBA) degree programs.

English

The English department publishes Turnrow, a bi-annual journal of short fiction, poetry, visual art, and interviews.

Marriage and family therapy

Master's in marriage and family therapy is accredited by both the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy is the professional association for the field of marriage and family therapy representing more than 25,000 marriage and family therapists throughout the United States, Canada, and abroad....

 and the Council for the Accreditation for Counseling and Related Educational Programs. A doctoral program in marriage and family therapy began in 1996.

Pharmacy

Established in 1956, the College of Pharmacy is accredited by the American Council on Pharmacy Education, including one of seven Toxicology programs in the U.S. The College of Pharmacy moved from the main campus to the off-campus (Bienville) building in 2007. There are satellite campuses in Shreveport and Baton Rouge.

Theater arts

The Division of Theatre and Drama, established in 1953, was headed by George C. Brian (1919–2007), Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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, a Baton Rouge native who was an actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

, director, filmmaker, singer, dancer, and patron of the arts

ARts

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. He revitalized the program and brought Broadway

Broadway theatre

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 stars to perform with his students.

Athletics

Teams participate in NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 Division I (Division I FBS for football

College football

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). ULM joined the Sun Belt Conference

Sun Belt Conference

The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I football competition . The Sun Belt has member institutions...

 for all sports on July 1, 2006 after playing in the Southland Conference

Southland Conference

The Southland Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the south central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision...

 in all sports except football (swimming and diving team was in Sun Belt Conference, but was dropped in 2005).

ULM moved from Division I-AA (now Division I FCS) to Division I-A (now FBS) in 1994 and played as a I-A independent 1994-2000. Became a football-only Sun Belt Conference member in 2001 and joined as a member in all sports in 2006. ULM shared the 2005 Sun Belt Conference football championship with Arkansas State University

Arkansas State Red Wolves

The Arkansas State University Red Wolves is the name given to Arkansas State University's athletic teams. The university is affiliated with the Sun Belt Conference in sports and maintains NCAA Division I status.-History:...

 and the University of Louisiana–Lafayette

Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football

The Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football program is a college football team that represents the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the Sun Belt Conference.-Football classifications:*1937–1962: National Junior College Athletic Association...

 (ASU received the conference's New Orleans Bowl

New Orleans Bowl

The New Orleans Bowl is a post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana since 2001. The game was sponsored by Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from 2002 to 2004 and was officially called the Wyndham New...

 bid due to tiebreaking procedures).

ULM basketball coaches have included Arnold R. Kilpatrick

Arnold R. Kilpatrick

Arnold Roy Kilpatrick was a Louisiana educator and businessman who was the president of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches from 1966-1978.-Early years, education, military:...

, Lenny Fant

Lenny Fant

Leonard O'Neil Fant, known as Lenny Fant , was from 1957–1979 the men's basketball coach of the University of Louisiana at Monroe Indians . During his tenure, Fant compiled a ULM record of 326–221. His 326-game record was topped in 1999 by one of his understudies, ULM Coach Mickael E...

 (1957–1979) and Mickael E. "Mike" Vining. Fant was the first ULM coach to win three hundred games.

The university is home to several award-winning groups including the Sound of Today

Sound of Today

The Sound of Today is the name of the marching band at the University of Louisiana at Monroe .Began under band director Jack W. White in 1970...

 and the competition cheerleading squad. The ULM water ski team is the most successful in the history of collegiate water skiing

Water skiing

thumb|right|A slalom skier making a turn on a slalom waterski.Waterskiing is a sport where an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation on a body of water, skimming the surface.-History:...

, having won 22 NCWSA national championships since 1979. Bayou Desiard was the host site of the first national championships in that year.

The football and baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 stadiums and ULM Activities Center were designed by architect

Architect

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 Hugh G. Parker of Bastrop

Bastrop, Louisiana

Bastrop is a city in and the parish seat of Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 12,988 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of and is included in the Bastrop, Louisiana Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Monroe-Bastrop, Louisiana Combined...

.

In just three seasons in the Sun Belt, the Warhawks have won conference titles in men's basketball (2006-07 West Co-Champion) and baseball (2008 regular season).

The ULM football team posted its first six-win season since moving to Division I-A in 2007 going 6-6, which included a 21-14 victory at Alabama.

Greek life

The following is current as of July 15, 2008.

Fraternities	National Pan-Hellenic Council	Pan-Hellenic Council
Delta Sigma Phi Delta Sigma Phi Delta Sigma Phi is a fraternity established at the City College of New York in 1899 and is a charter member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference. The headquarters of the fraternity is the Taggart Mansion located in Indianapolis, Indiana... Kappa Sigma Kappa Sigma Kappa Sigma , commonly nicknamed Kappa Sig, is an international fraternity with currently 282 active chapters and colonies in North America. Kappa Sigma has initiated more than 240,000 men on college campuses throughout the United States and Canada. Today, the Fraternity has over 175,000 living... Kappa Alpha Order Kappa Alpha Order Kappa Alpha Order is a social fraternity and fraternal order. Kappa Alpha Order has 124 active chapters, 3 provisional chapters, and 2 commissions... Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Alpha is a Greek social fraternity with over 230 chapters and colonies and over 250,000 lifetime initiates in the United States and Canada.-History:...	Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Phi Alpha is the first Inter-Collegiate Black Greek Letter fraternity. It was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Its founders are known as the "Seven Jewels". Alpha Phi Alpha developed a model that was used by the many Black Greek Letter Organizations ... Alpha Kappa Alpha Alpha Kappa Alpha Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of nine students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle... Delta Sigma Theta Delta Sigma Theta Delta Sigma Theta is a non-profit Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women who perform public service and place emphasis on the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University... Iota Phi Theta Kappa Alpha Psi Kappa Alpha Psi Kappa Alpha Psi is a collegiate Greek-letter fraternity with a predominantly African American membership. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never limited membership based on color, creed or national origin... Omega Psi Phi Omega Psi Phi Omega Psi Phi is a fraternity and is the first African-American national fraternal organization to be founded at a historically black college. Omega Psi Phi was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C.. The founders were three Howard University juniors, Edgar Amos... Phi Beta Sigma Phi Beta Sigma Phi Beta Sigma is a predominantly African-American fraternity which was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male students. The founders A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, and Charles I... Sigma Gamma Rho Sigma Gamma Rho Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was founded on the campus of Butler University on November 12, 1922, by seven school teachers in Indianapolis, Indiana... Zeta Phi Beta Zeta Phi Beta Zeta Phi Beta is an international, historically black Greek-lettered sorority and a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council.Zeta Phi Beta is organized into 800+ chapters, in eight intercontinental regions including the USA, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean...	Alpha Omicron Pi Alpha Omicron Pi Alpha Omicron Pi is an international women's fraternity promoting friendship for a lifetime, inspiring academic excellence and lifelong learning, and developing leadership skills through service to the Fraternity and community. ΑΟΠ was founded on January 2, 1897 at Barnard College on the campus...  1958 Kappa Delta Kappa Delta Kappa Delta was the first sorority founded at the State Female Normal School , in Farmville, Virginia. It is one of the "Farmville Four" sororities founded at the university...  1967 Phi Mu Phi Mu Phi Mu is the second oldest female fraternal organization established in the United States. It was founded at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. The organization was founded as the Philomathean Society on January 4, 1852, and was announced publicly on March 4 of the same year...  1956

Notable alumni

• Edwards Barham
  Edwards Barham
  Erle Edwards Barham is an American farmer and conservationist in Oak Ridge, a village in Morehouse Parish in north Louisiana, best known for having been the first Republican elected—by a 29-vote margin—to the Louisiana State Senate since the era of Reconstruction. Barham represented the...
  
   — First Republican
  Republican Party (United States)
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   elected to the Louisiana State Senate
  Louisiana State Legislature
  The Louisiana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is bicameral body, comprising the lower house, the Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 representatives, and the upper house, the Louisiana Senate with 39 senators...
  
   since Reconstruction; from Oak Ridge
  Oak Ridge, Louisiana
  Oak Ridge is a village in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 142 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bastrop Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Oak Ridge is located at ....
  
   (R)
• Robert J. Barham
  Robert J. Barham
  Robert Jocelyn Barham is a large-scale farmer from Morehouse Parish who has been appointed by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal as the secretary of the state's Department of Wildlife and Fisheries...
  
   — Secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; former member of the Louisiana State Senate (R)
• William R. "Billy" Boles, Sr.
  Billy Boles
  William Russell Boles, Sr., known as Billy Boles , was a Monroe attorney and banker who, at twenty-four, served a single term in the Louisiana State Senate. He represented his native Richland as well as neighboring Franklin and Catahoula parishes in northeastern Louisiana from 1952 to 1956, during...
  
   — Former member of the Louisiana State Senate (D)
• Marty Booker
  Marty Booker
  Marty Montez Booker is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft...
  
   — NFL football player for Chicago Bears
  Chicago Bears
  The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
  , Miami Dolphins
  Miami Dolphins
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  , and Atlanta Falcons
  Atlanta Falcons
  The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
  
• Tim Brando
  Tim Brando
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   — CBS Sports and Fox Sports Net studio radio host
• Marcus R. Clark
  Marcus R. Clark
  Marcus R. Clark is a Republican member of the Louisiana Supreme Court from West Monroe, Louisiana, United States, who won his current position in a special election held on October 17, 2009, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Republican Justice Chet D. Traylor of Monroe, formerly of...
  
   — Louisiana Supreme Court
  Louisiana Supreme Court
  The Supreme Court of Louisiana is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court, composed of seven justices, meets in the French Quarter of New Orleans....
  
   Justice (R)
• Kristy Curry
  Kristy Curry
  -External links:*...
  
   — Head coach of the Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team
  Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball
  The Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team represents Texas Tech University and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. The team is coached by Kristy Curry who is in her fourth season at the university.-History:...
  
  
• J.D. DeBlieux
  J.D. DeBlieux
  Joseph Davis DeBlieux, known as J.D. DeBlieux ,was a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate who represented East Baton Rouge Parish from 1956 to 1960 and again from 1964 to 1976. DeBlieux is remembered as a crusader for civil rights in Louisiana politics during the latter years of the era...
  
   — Louisiana state senator from East Baton Rouge Parish (1956–1960; 1864–1976); crusader for civil rights
  Civil rights
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   (D)
• Jimmy Dimos
  Jimmy Dimos
  Jimmy N. Dimos is a retired state Fourth Judicial District Court judge based in Monroe in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. Dimos is also a former Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, having served from 1976 to 1999...
  
   — Retired judge
  Judge
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  ; former member and Speaker
  Speaker (politics)
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   of the Louisiana House of Representatives
  Louisiana State Legislature
  The Louisiana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is bicameral body, comprising the lower house, the Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 representatives, and the upper house, the Louisiana Senate with 39 senators...
  
   (D)
• Jimmy Edwards
  Jimmy Edwards (football player)
  Jimmy Edwards was a star running back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League.Edwards attended Oklahoma University and the University of Louisiana at Monroe....
  
   — Professional football player
• Moon Griffon
  Moon Griffon
  Blane M. Griffon, known as Moon Griffon is a conservative radio talk show host who broadcasts statewide through station KMLB FM in Monroe, the seat of Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana. He has sometimes been called the "Rush Limbaugh of Louisiana" though his program reflects his distinct...
  
   — (Class of 1983) Radio
  Radio
  Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
  
   talk show
  Talk show
  A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
  
   host operating from Monroe
• Frank Hoffmann
  Frank Hoffmann
  Frank Albert Hoffmann is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 15 in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. He is known as a leading legislative opponent of abortion...
  
   — Louisiana state representative from Ouachita Parish (R)
• Ronnie Johns
  Ronnie Johns (Louisiana politician)
  Ronald Steven Johns, known as Ronnie Johns , is a State Farm Insurance agency owner in Sulphur, Louisiana, who is an incoming Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 27 in Calcasieu Parish. He is unopposed in the nonpartisan blanket primary set for October 22, 2011, to choose...
  
   — former pharmacist, state legislator from Sulphur
  Sulphur, Louisiana
  Sulphur is a city in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 22,512 at the 2000 census. Sulphur is a suburb of Lake Charles, and is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
  
   (R)
• Neal Lane "Lanny" Johnson — School superintendent in Tensas, Ouachita, and Franklin; former state representative (1976–1980) from Tensas and Franklin parishes (D)
• Scott Leehy
  Scott Leehy
  Bernard Scott Leehy is a judge of the Louisiana Fourth Judicial District Court bench in Ouachita and Morehouse parishes. He was sworn into office on December 27, 2006. Leehy had been the Monroe City Court judge since 1997. A Republican, he defeated the Democrat Jay Mitchell in the September 30,...
  
   — Monroe judge (R)
• Lloyd E. Lenard
  Lloyd E. Lenard
  Lloyd Edgar Lenard was an American businessman from Shreveport, and a former Caddo Parish commissioner, author, United States Navy officer, civic leader, and a pioneer in the establishment of the two-party system in his native Louisiana.-Family, education, military:Lenard was born to James Lenard...
  
   — Businessman, author, Caddo Parish Commissioner (R)
• Speedy Long — Louisiana State Senate from 1956–1964, and United States House of Representatives
  United States House of Representatives
  The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
  
   1965-1973 (D)
• Jamie Mayo
  Jamie Mayo
  James Earl Mayo, known as Jamie Mayo , is the current mayor of Monroe, the seat of Ouachita Parish in north Louisiana, United States. He is an African-American Democrat who endorsed Barack Obama of Illinois in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.Mayo was elected to the Monroe City Council from...
  
   — Mayor of Monroe since 2001 (D)
• Fred H. Mills, Jr.
  Fred Mills (Louisiana politician)
  Fred Henry Mills, Jr. , is a pharmacist and banker from St. Martinville, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate, having won a special election on January 22, 2011, for the District 22 seat vacated in 2010 by the Independent Troy Hebert of Jeanerette.Mills had since 2008...
  
   — (Pharmacy, 1976) state representative from St. Martin Parish
  St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
  St. Martin Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is St. Martinville. As of the 2000 census, the population was 48,583.St...
  
   (R)
• Devon O'Day
  Devon O'Day
  Devon O'Day is an American radio personality, former plus-sized model for the Ford Modeling Agency, songwriter, and an author....
  
   — Radio personality, songwriter
  Songwriter
  A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
  
  , and former model
• Tim McGraw
  Tim McGraw
  Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the...
  
   — Country
  Country music
  Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
  
   singer
• Keith Munyan, Jr.
  Keith Munyan
  Keith Owen Munyan, Jr. , is a commercial photographer based in North Hollywood, California, whose client list includes, among others, Hilary Duff, Jessica Simpson, and Cindy Crawford. His work has appeared in magazines, album packaging, books, billboards, and calendars...
  
   — Photographer and former model
• Jonathan W. Perry
  Jonathan Perry (Louisiana politician)
  Jonathan Wayne Perry is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 26 . An outgoing member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 47 , Perry won a special election for the state Senate held on February 19, 2011...
  
   — (B.A., 1995) State representative from Vermilion
  Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
  Vermilion Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Abbeville. As of the 2010 census, the population was 57,999....
  
   and Cameron
  Cameron Parish, Louisiana
  Cameron Parish is the parish with the most land area in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Cameron and as of 2010, the population was 6,839...
  
   parishes (R)
• Erich Ponti
  Erich Ponti
  Erich Edward Ponti , a general contractor, is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 69 in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana....
  
   — Member of the Louisiana House from East Baton Rouge Parish (R)
• Rob Redding
  Rob Redding
  Robert "Rob" Redding, Jr. is an American political commentator, independent journalist, artist, author and social entrepreneur. Redding is publisher of Redding News Review and hosts a nationally syndicated talk radio show and podcast.-Background:Redding is the son of Rev...
  
   is a syndicated talk show host
• Neil Riser
  Neil Riser
  Hartwell Neil Riser, Jr., known as Neil Riser , is a funeral home owner in Columbia, the seat of Caldwell Parish in northeastern Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate. On January 14, 2008, Riser succeeded outgoing Democratic Senator Noble Ellington. Riser is the first...
  
   — Member of the Louisiana State Senate (R)
• Ben Sheets
  Ben Sheets
  Ben M. Sheets is an American baseball starting pitcher who is currently a free agent. He is a four-time All-Star, but has been hampered with injury problems throughout his career.-Prep and college:...
  
   — 2000 Olympic Gold medalist in baseball, winning pitcher in gold medal game versus Cuba, professional baseball player
• Don Shows
  Don Shows
  Donald Harrison Shows, known as Don Shows , is a champion high school and college football coach who since 1989 has directed the West Monroe High School Rebels in West Monroe, Louisiana. On June 25, 2011, Shows will be inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, located in Natchitoches...
  
   — Football coach at ULM (graduate assistant, 1985) and West Monroe High School since 1989, winner of seven state championships
• Floyd W. Smith, Jr.
  Floyd Smith (Louisiana politician)
  Floyd William Smith, Jr. , was a businessman from Winnfield, Louisiana, who served as the Democratic mayor of Pineville in Rapides Parish from 1966-1970. He was a maternal second cousin of former U.S. Representative Speedy O...
  
   — Former mayor of Pineville
  Pineville, Louisiana
  Pineville is a city in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is adjacent to the city of Alexandria, and is part of that city's Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 13,829 at the 2000 census....
  
  , Louisiana; attended ULM for one semester in 1950 (D)
• Jim L. Smithson
  Jim L. Smithson
  Jimmy Lee Smithson, known as Jim L. Smithson , is a conservative Republican former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives who is remembered for cosponsoring legislation in his state to allow generic substitution of prescription medications...
  
   — Former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
  Arkansas House of Representatives
  The Arkansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the state. Each district has an average population of 26,734...
  
   (R)
• Lawson Swearingen
  Lawson Swearingen
  Lawson Lewis Swearingen, Jr. , is a former Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate, having represented District 34 from 1980 to 1991, and a former president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, whose tenure extended from 1991 to 2001.-Early life:Swearingen was born in San Antonio,...
  
   — (Class of 1966) Former state senator from Ouachita Parish and president of ULM from 1991-2001 (D)
• Francis C. Thompson
  Francis C. Thompson
  Francis Coleman Thompson is a wealthy developer from Delhi in Richland Parish, Louisiana, U.S., where he served as a senior Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He served continuously from 1975 until 2007...
  
   — Member of the Louisiana State Senate
  Louisiana State Legislature
  The Louisiana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is bicameral body, comprising the lower house, the Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 representatives, and the upper house, the Louisiana Senate with 39 senators...
  
   from Delhi
  Delhi, Louisiana
  Delhi, originally called Deerfield, is a town in Richland Parish, Louisiana, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 3,066.-History:...
  
  ; former state representative (D)
• Chet D. Traylor
  Chet D. Traylor
  Chet D. Traylor is a retired associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from Monroe, Louisiana, who was defeated in the Republican primary election on August 28, 2010, for the U.S. Senate seat held since 2005 by the incumbent David Vitter of New Orleans...
  
   — Associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
  Louisiana Supreme Court
  The Supreme Court of Louisiana is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court, composed of seven justices, meets in the French Quarter of New Orleans....
  
  , 1997–2009; Republican primary candidate for the U.S. Senate, 2010 (R)
• Jimmy Upton
  Jimmy Upton
  James Saunders "Jimmy" Upton was a college and high school track star from Minden, Louisiana, who was inducted into the University of Louisiana at Monroe Hall of Fame. In 1971, Upton was a United States Track and Field Federation All-American hurdler...
  
   — Track star from Minden
  Minden, Louisiana
  Minden is a city in the American state of Louisiana. It serves as the parish seat of Webster Parish and is located twenty-eight miles east of Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish. The population, which has been stable since 1960, was 13,027 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Wayne Waddell
  Wayne Waddell
  Wayne Leo Waddell is a Shreveport businessman and a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 5 in Caddo Parish...
  
   —Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Shreveport
  Shreveport, Louisiana
  Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....
  
   (R)
• Mike Walsworth
  Mike Walsworth
  Michael Arthur "Mike" Walsworth is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate, elected in the October 20, 2007 jungle primary. Prior to this he represented District 15 in the Louisiana House of Representatives until he was unable to seek reelection due to term limits...
  
   — Member of the Louisiana State Senate; former representative (R)
• Tedford Williamson
  Tedford Williamson
  Tedford Fielden Williamson, known as Ted Williamson , is a Texas businessman who is the scion of a politically-connected family from North Louisiana and himself a former member of the Round Rock, Texas, City Council. Round Rock is located along Interstate 35 in Williamson County north of the state...
  
   — Texas businessman, former Round Rock
  Round Rock, Texas
  Round Rock is a city in Travis and Williamson counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the metropolitan area. The 2010 census places the population at 99,887....
  
   City Council
  City council
  A city council or town council is the legislative body that governs a city, town, municipality or local government area.-Australia & NZ:Because of the differences in legislation between the States, the exact definition of a City Council varies...
  
   member; scion of Williamson political family in Caddo Parish (R)
• Thomas D. "Tommy" Wright — Former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (D)
• Aubrey W. Young
  Aubrey W. Young
  Aubrey Walsworth Young was a public official in the U.S. state of Louisiana, who between 1965 and 1999 established multiple drug and alcohol treatment programs through the Department of Health and Hospitals. A political activist, Young organized his contacts from Alcoholics Anonymous to support...
  
   — Drug and alcohol abuse coordinator within the Department of Health and Hospitals, 1965–1999; aide-de-camp
  Aide-de-camp
  An aide-de-camp is a personal assistant, secretary, or adjutant to a person of high rank, usually a senior military officer or a head of state...
  
   to Governor John J. McKeithen (D)

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