page_title: Northwestern State University
section_title: Notable alumni
hierarchical_section_title: Northwestern State University / Notable alumni
caption_attribution_description: English: I took photo on Aug. 9, 2008.Billy Hathorn (talk) 23:37, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
context_page_description: Northwestern State University of Louisiana is a public university primarily situated in Natchitoches, Louisiana, with a nursing campus in Shreveport and general campuses in Leesville/Fort Polk and Alexandria. It is a part of the University of Louisiana System.
  NSU was founded in 1884 as the Louisiana State Normal School. It was the first school in Louisiana to offer degree programs in nursing and business education. NSU, along with numerous other state colleges, gained university status in 1970 during the administration of President Arnold R. Kilpatrick, a Northwestern State alumnus who served from 1966 to 1978. Kilpatrick succeeded the 12-year president, John S. Kyser, a native of El Paso, Illinois.
  NSU was one of the first six colleges to enter into NASA's Joint Venture Program. Students worked with NASA scientists to help analyze data and do research for the 1996 Space Shuttle Columbia shuttle mission. NSU also hosts the Louisiana Scholars' College, Louisiana's designated honors college in the liberal arts and sciences.
context_section_description: William B. Atkins (born 1947), member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature from 1980 to 1988 from Catahoula Parish
  Larry Bagley (born 1949), Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 7; graduate study in education at NSU
  Robert W. Bates (born 1941), agent of the United States Secret Service from 1965 to 1976; commercial horticultural nurseryman in Forest Hill in Rapides Parish
  Thomas "Bud" Brady (1938–2011), Class of 1962, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from La Salle Parish from 1976 to 1988; radio personality, real estate appraiser
  Henry Burns (born 1947), bakery owner and Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Bossier Parish, obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in upper elementary education from Northwestern State.
  Monnie T. Cheves (1902–1988, Class of c. 1923), alumni and NSU education professor, and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1952 to 1960
  Kenny Ray Cox (born 1957) state representative for Natchitoches, DeSoto, and Red River parishes; retired United States Army lieutenant colonel residing in Mansfield, NSU graduate
  Robert C. Culpepper (Class of 1896, 1873–1950), educator, lawyer, politician; state senator for Jackson and Ouachita parishes from 1908 to 1912 and judge in Alexandria from 1924 to 1942
  Charles Milton Cunningham (1877–1936), educator, attorney, publisher of The Natchitoches Times, and member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1915 to 1922
  William Tharp Cunningham, judge of the 11th Judicial District in Natchitoches and Red River parishes, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Natchitoches Parish from 1908 to 1912
  Israel "Bo" Curtis (1932–2012), was an African-American Democrat member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Alexandria from 1992 to 2008 and the Rapides Parish School Board from 1976 to 1992; received master's degree in education from NSU
  Jackson B. Davis (born 1918), former state senator from Shreveport; attended NSU from 1934 to 1935
  Robert DeBlieux (1933–2010), was a historical preservationist who developed the Natchitoches Historic District and served as mayor from 1976 to 1980
  Virginia deGravelles, Louisiana Republican national committeewoman from 1964 to 1968, began her studies at Northwestern State in 1931 but graduated from Louisiana State University.
  Joe Delaney, NFL running back for the Kansas City Chiefs and 1981 Rookie of the Year, who died in 1983 attempting to rescue three children from drowning.
  Historian Henry C. Dethloff, author of more than two dozen books on American business, the space program, agriculture, petroleum drilling, and the history of Texas A&M University obtained his Master of Arts degree from Northwestern State in 1960.
  Herbert B. Dixon, African-American Democrat member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Alexandria from 2008 to 2014; member of the Rapides Parish School Board from 1992 to 2008; received master's degree from NSU
  William J. "Bill" Dodd, former Louisiana Lieutenant Governor and Education Superintendent, graduated from then Louisiana Normal in 1934, the year that A.A. Fredericks became the president.
  Everett Doerge (1935–1998) and his wife, Jean McGlothlin Doerge, graduated from NSU. Each has served as a state representative from Webster Parish and were formerly on the faculty of Minden High School.
  Lindsey Evans, model, known for being in the music video Blurred Lines
  James R. Fannin, Louisiana state representative from Jackson, Bienville, Ouachita, and Winn parishes, began his studies at NSU in agriculture education but graduated in that same field from Louisiana Tech University.
  Dan Flores, Natchitoches native and an historian of the American West, received his Master of Arts degree from NSU prior to 1980.
  Paul Lee Foshee, Sr., retired crop duster, served in both houses of the Louisiana legislature, the House from 1960 to 1964 and the state Senate from 1972 to 1976.
  John B. Fournet, Speaker of the Louisiana House during the Huey Pierce Long, Jr., impeachment case of 1929 and later lieutenant governo
caption: The former "Line Avenue School" now houses part of the Northwestern State University nursing program in Shreveport.
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