List of Southern University alumni
This is a list of notable Southern University alumni.
Athletes[]
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Al Beauchamp | 1968 | former National Football League linebacker | |
Mel Blount | 1970 | member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
William Breda | 1950 | Negro league outfielder, 1950 - 1954 | [1] |
Lou Brock | record-setting base-stealing Major League Baseball player | ||
Harold Carmichael | 1971 | four-time NFL Pro Bowler | |
Darren Clark | 2006 | former MLB baseball player, New York Mets, SU Hall of Fame | |
Willie Davenport | Gold medalist in men's 110 m hurdles at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games for the U.S. track team | ||
Donnie Davis | 1962 | former NFL, CFL and WFL player | |
Marvin Davis | 1974 | former NFL and CFL player and Grey Cup champion | |
Matthew Dorsett | 1995 | former pro football player, Super Bowl XXXI champion | |
Ken Ellis | 1970 | former NFL player, Green Bay Packers | |
Oliver Ford | former 100m world record holder | ||
former NFL player | [2] | ||
Tommie Green | 1978 | former National Basketball Association player, New Orleans Jazz | |
Rich Jackson | 1966 | member of the American Football League Hall of Fame | |
Avery Johnson | 1988 | 1999 NBA Champion, 2006 NBA Coach of the Year, University of Alabama head basketball coach, Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee | |
Brian Johnson | United States Olympic long jumper | ||
Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones | President and baseball coach at Grambling State University, 1936–1977 | [3] | |
Tyrone Jones | 1983 | former Canadian Football League all-star and MVP | |
Fred Lewis | Major League Baseball player | ||
Bob Love | former NBA All-Star and second leading scorer in Chicago Bulls history | ||
Rod Milburn | Gold medalist in men's 110 m hurdles at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games | ||
Jordan Miller | 2011 | NFL defensive tackle | |
Bobby Phills | NBA basketball player | ||
Isiah Robertson | 1971 | six-time NFL Pro Bowler | |
Bernie Smith | former Major League Baseball player | ||
Donnell Smith | 1971 | former NFL player | |
Godwin Turk | 1974 | former NFL player | |
Rickie Weeks | Major League Baseball player | ||
Aeneas Williams | 1991 | member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
former NFL player | [4] | ||
Lenny Williams | 2004 | former NFL and CFL player | |
Jerry Wilson | 1995 | former NFL player | |
Ken Winey | 1987 | former CFL player | |
Darren Clark | 2006 | former MLB player |
Entertainers and personalities[]
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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David Banner | 1997 | music recording artist, producer, actor | |
Alvin Batiste | 1955 | jazz artist and educator | |
James Booker | rhythm and blues keyboardist | ||
Maurice Brown | jazz artist | ||
Isiah Carey | television news reporter | ||
Randy Jackson | 1979 | musician, record producer, former American Idol judge | |
Faith Jenkins | Miss Louisiana 2000, Miss America runner-up 2001, attorney, TV personality, star of Judge Faith | ||
Branford Marsalis | jazz saxophonist |
Politicians, judges and public officials[]
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Troy E. Brown | Member of the Louisiana State Senate from 2012 until his resignation in 2017 | ||
Barbara West Carpenter | Dean of international relations at Southern University; African-American Democrat member of the Louisiana House of Representatives since 2016 | [5] | |
Mike Foster | 2004 (Juris Doctor) | 53rd governor of Louisiana | |
Melvin "Kip" Holden | 1982;1985 | first African-American mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 63 in East Baton Rouge Parish since 2010 | [6] | ||
member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature (1976–2008); member of the New Orleans City Council (2012–2013) | [7] | ||
Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in 2003 | [8] | ||
1991 (Juris Doctor) | former member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission | ||
Israel "Bo" Curtis | Democrat member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1992–2008) and the Rapides Parish School Board (1976–1992), former Alexandria educator and insurance agent, did graduate study at Southern | [9] | |
Herbert B. Dixon | Democrat member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (2008–2014) and the Rapides Parish School Board (1992–2008), did graduate study at Southern | [10] | |
Irma Muse Dixon | first African-American elected to the Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) | ||
Cleo Fields | former state senator and U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district | ||
Randal Gaines | member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes since 2012 | [11] | |
1994 (Juris Doctor) | Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, family court judge in East Baton Rouge Parish | [12] | |
Kip Holden | Mayor-President of Baton Rouge 2005–2017 | ||
Jason Hughes | member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 100 in Orleans Parish | ||
Marcus Hunter | 2002 | member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 17 in Ouachita Parish | [13] |
Melvin Irvin | member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 58 (based in Ascension Parish) 1984–1988; educator and real estate developer, died in 2014 | [14] | |
Alphonse J. Jackson | 1951 | member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Caddo Parish, 1972–1992; owner of a public relations agency in Baton Rouge | [15] |
Edward C. James | member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 101 in East Baton Rouge Parish; Baton Rouge lawyer | [16] | |
William J. Jefferson | former Representative, U.S. Congress | ||
Okla Jones II | federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | ||
Edmond Jordan | Democratic member since 2016 of the Louisiana House of Representatives for West and East Baton Rouge parishes; lawyer in Brusly, Louisiana | [17] | |
Isiah Leggett | County Executive of Montgomery County, Maryland 2006-2018 | ||
Robert M. Marionneaux | Louisiana state senator since 2000 from Baton Rouge area | [18] | |
Pending study to be nurse practitioner | African-American Democrat member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 40 in St. Landry Parish since 2016 | [19] | |
member of the East Baton Rouge City Parish Council, 1972–1984; member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1984–1988; community organizer in the Scotlandville neighborhood of Baton Rouge | [20] | ||
Abe E. Pierce, III | 1956 | first African-American mayor of Monroe, Louisiana (1996–2000) | [21] |
Vincent Pierre | state representative for Lafayette Parish since 2012 | [22] | |
Jewel Prestage | 1951 | first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D in Political Science | [23] |
Rupert Richardson | African-American civil rights activist and civil rights leader who served as president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1992 to 1995 | ||
1987 | attorney, former state legislator from Rapides and Vernon parishes | [24] | |
Jesse N. Stone | attorney, educator, served as Dean of the Southern University Law Center and as president of Southern University | ||
Dorothy Mae Taylor | first African-American woman to serve in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1971–1980 | [25] | |
Ledricka Thierry | 1999 | state representative for St. Landry Parish since 2009 | [26] |
state representative from Natchitoches Parish (2000–2008) | [27] | ||
Louisiana House of Representatives (1992–2000) | [28] | ||
1972 | member of the Louisiana House from Baton Rouge since 2012; former school board member and attorney | ||
Patrick C. Williams | state representative for Caddo Parish since 2007 | [29] | |
Tom Willmott | Louisiana House of Representatives from Jefferson Parish since 2008 | [30] |
Military commanders[]
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Joe N. Ballard | Lieutenant General (retired), first African-American Chief of Engineers and Commander, United States Army Corps of Engineers | ||
Sherian Grace Cadoria | Brigadier General (retired), first African-American female to reach the rank of General in U.S. Army | ||
Russel L. Honoré | Lieutenant General who commanded the U.S. military support of recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita |
Academics[]
Name | Class year | Notability | Reference(s) |
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Kathie Stromile Golden | 1976 | Provost, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Professor at Mississippi Valley State University | [31] |
Jewel Prestage | 1951 | first African-American woman to earn Ph.D. in Political Science | |
Morgan Watson | One of the first African-American engineers at NASA, beginning in January 1964 |
References[]
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- ^ "NFL News, Scores, Standings & Stats".
- ^ "Barbara W. Carpenter". intelius.com. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ^ "Dalton W. Honoré". house.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original on April 28, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ^ "Diana E. Bajoie: 2006 Honoree". dom.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^ Willmarine B. Hurst, "A New Breed with New Vision and New Leadership for a New Louisiana", May 30, 2003, at kirtbennett.com
- ^ "Israel "Bo" Curtis obituary". . February 24, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ^ "Herbert Bernard Dixon". intelius.com. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ^ "Randal L. Gaines' Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ "Rep. Greene, Hunter (R)". mobilelgs.com. Retrieved July 14, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Rep. Marcus Hunter, D-LA". al--ala.capwiz.com. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
- ^ "Melvin Irvin, Jr., obituary". Baton Rouge Advocate. June 10, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- ^ "Alphonse Jackson, Jr". Baton Rouge Advocate. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- ^ "Edward C. "Ted" James, II". house.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
- ^ "Edmond Jordan Announces Candidacy for Louisiana House District 29". swagher.net. July 15, 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-05-08. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ^ "Unglesby & Marionneaux". unglesbyandmrionneaux.com. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Cheryl Devall (April 12, 2015). "Dustin Miller makes it four candidates for District 40". The Opelousas Daily World. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
- ^ "Jewel Joseph Newman". Baton Rouge Advocate. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
- ^ James O. McHenry (2010). The Indigenous Black People of Monroe, Louisiana and the Surrounding Cities, Towns, and Villages: A 100-Year Documentary. Self-published. pp. 174–182. ISBN 978-1-4535-8859-8. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
- ^ "Vincent J. Pierre's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ "SU mourns passing of beloved educator Dr. Jewel L. Prestage". August 2014.
- ^ "Christopher J. Roy". mobilelgs.com. Retrieved August 3, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Michael Radcliff (June 14, 2011). "Remembering Dorothy Mae Taylor: The First Lady of 1300 Perdido St". The Louisiana Weekly. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
- ^ "Ledricka Thierry's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- ^ http://www.martindale.com/Thomas-Taylor-Townsend/599096-lawyer.htm[bare URL]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-06. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Patrick Williams". house.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original on May 2, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ "Rep. Tom Willmott". lmgma.capwiz.com. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
- ^ "MVSU names Stromile Golden as Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs". Mississippi Valley State University. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
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