# List of Northwestern State University alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of Northwestern State University.

## Business

* Darryl Willis (1991), BP vice president in charge of claims in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

## Clergy

* Billy McCormack, pastor

## Education

* Monnie T. Cheves (circa class of 1923), Northwestern State University education professor and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
* Dan Flores, historian of the American West and A.B. Hammond Chair in Western History at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana
* Garnie W. McGinty, historian and professor at Western Kentucky University, Northwestern State University, and Louisiana Tech
* Randy Moffett, president of the University of Louisiana System

## Entertainment

* Lindsey Evans, model
* Robert Harling (born 1960), movie screenwriter, producer, and director

## Law

* John B. Fournet (1915), associate and chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, speaker of the Louisiana House, and lieutenant governor

## Military

* Guy A. J. LaBoa, lieutenant general in the US Army who commanded the 4th Infantry Division and First United States Army

## Politicians

* Larry Bagley, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives f
* Thomas "Bud" Brady (class of 1962), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
* Henry Burns, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
* Monnie T. Cheves (class of c. 1923), alumnus and NSU education professor, and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
* Charles Milton Cunningham, publisher of The Natchitoches Times and member of the Louisiana State Senate
* Israel "Bo" Curtis, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
* Jackson B. Davis, state senator
* Jason Brian DeWitt, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 25
* William J. "Bill" Dodd, Louisiana lieutenant governor
* Paul Lee Foshee Sr., served Louisiana House of Representatives and Louisiana State Senate
* John B. Fournet (1915), Speaker of the Louisiana House, lieutenant governor and associate and chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
* H. M. "Mutt" Fowler, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
* Lance Harris, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
* Gerald Long, Louisiana State Senate
* Speedy O. Long, United States House of Representatives
* Newt V. Mills, United States House of Representatives
* Mary Evelyn Parker, Louisiana State Treasurer* Joe R. Salter, speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives
* Kenneth Michael "Mike" Smith, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
* Vic Stelly, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
* Raymond Strother, regional and national political consultant
* Ernest Wooton (born 1941), Louisiana House of Representatives and an Independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010

## Science and medicine

* Gordon Gunter, fisheries scientist
* Carolyn Huntoon, scientist with NASA

## Sports

* Ricardo Acuña, professional tennis player
* Kenta Bell, track and field competitor in 2003 World Championships, the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2005 World Championships
* Joe Delaney, football player
* Dennis Duncan, Canadian Football League running back
* Mark Duper, football player
* D'or Fischer, American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli National League
* David Fry, Major League Baseball player, Cleveland Guardians
* Bobby Hebert, current New Orleans radio personality and former NFL quarterback for the New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons
* Brian Lawrence, professional baseball player
* John McConathy, basketball player
* Terrence McGee, professional football player
* Craig Nall, professional football player
* Sammy Joe Odom, football player
* Ed Orgeron, football coach
* David Pittman, professional football player
* Gary Reasons, professional football player
* Barry Rubin, football coach
* Jackie Smith, professional football player

## Writers and journalists

* Charles Milton Cunningham, publisher of The Natchitoches Times and member of the Louisiana State Senate
* Harry Middleton, writer