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Louisiana State University
- Location & Contact Information
- Address, Directions, & Map:
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
- Telephone Numbers: 225 / 578-1686
- Official Website: [1]
- Email: registrar@lsu.edu
- Address, Directions, & Map:
- History & Memorable Moments
Grants made by the United States government in 1806, 1811, and 1827 gave rise to Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It was founded as a military academy and is still today steeped in military tradition as seen in the school's nickname, "The Ole War Skule". In 1853, the Louisiana General Assembly established the Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana near Pineville, Louisiana. The institution opened January 2, 1860, with Col. William Tecumseh Sherman as superintendent. A year later, Sherman resigned his position over conflicts with the state. The school then closed June 30, 1861 because of the American Civil War. It reopened on April 1 but was again closed on April 23, 1863, due to the invasion of the Red River Valley by the federal army. The losses sustained by the institution during the war were heavy. Following the war, General Sherman donated two cannons to the institution. These cannons had been captured from Confederate forces and had been used to start the war when fired at Fort Sumter, SC. They are still currently on display in front of LSU's Military Science building. [1]
Additionally, The seminary reopened October 2, 1865, only to be burned October 15, 1869. On November 1, 1869, the institution resumed its exercises in Baton Rouge, where it has since remained. In 1870, the name of the institution was changed to Louisiana State University. [1]
Then, Louisiana State Agricultural & Mechanical College was established by an act of the legislature, approved April 7, 1874, to carry out the United States Morrill Act of 1862, granting lands for this purpose. It temporarily opened in New Orleans, June 1, 1874, where it remained until it merged with Louisiana State University in 1877. [1]
On April 30, 1926, formal dedication of the present LSU campus took place, following the school's history in the quarters of the Institute for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind. In 1886, the federal garrison grounds (now the site of the state capitol) were formally declared the domicile of the University. Land for the present campus was purchased in 1918, construction started in 1922, and the move began in 1925; it was not, however, until 1932 that the move was finally completed. After some years of enrollment fluctuation, student numbers began a steady increase, new programs were added, curricula and faculty expanded, and a true state university emerged. [1]
Recently, the LSU System has existed without major difficulties, but LSU was hit by scandal in 1939. James Monroe Smith, appointed by Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long as president of LSU, was charged with embezzling a half-million dollars. In the ensuing investigation, at least twenty state officials were indicted, and two committed suicide as the scandal enveloped Governor Richard W. Leche, who received a 10-year federal prison sentence as a result of a kickback scheme. Paul M. Hebert, Dean of LSU's law school at the time, then assumed interim presidency of in Smith's place. [1]
Beginning in 1964, LSU admitted its first undergraduate African-American students. This admission policy was instituted on June 8, 1964. [1]
Also, in 1978, LSU was named a sea-grant college, the 13th university in the nation to be so designated and the highest classification attainable in the program. [1]
In 1992, the LSU Board of Supervisors approved the creation of the LSU Honors College. [1]
The seventh chancellor of LSU, former NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe assumed his position in 2005. Administrators were accused of hiring O'Keefe without proper consideration from faculty, students, and other concerned parties. Additionally and to the chagrin of some professors, he was awarded tenure. [1]
In 2007, long time LSU System president William Jenkins announced his retirement, and John Lombardi, previously the president of the University of Massachusetts, was named his replacement. [1]
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- Teachers (Where are they now?)
- Cohen, Dan (August 1995 - Present)
- Martin-Ayala, Miguel Angel (September 1985 - May 1988)
- Partin, Paul Ray (March 1992 - Present)
- Pirolo, Isaac (December 2011 - Present)
- Snow, John (January 1959 - July 2020)
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