succeeded children birth_place nationality party office birth_date term_start residence spouse article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
james myles `` jimmy '' leblanc jonathan eli stalder -lrb- born 1978 -rrb- place of birth missing american republican secretary corrections of the louisiana department of public safety & 23 march 1951 1992 zachary , east baton rouge parish louisiana , usa pamela davis stalder -lrb- born 1951 -rrb- richard stalder
 2008 richard lee stalder penologist louisiana state university
richard stalder

richard lee stalder -lrb- born march 23 , 1951 -rrb- is the former secretary of the louisiana department of public safety & corrections , a position to which he was appointed in 1992 by then governor edwin w. edwards .
the position is now held by james m. leblanc , stalder 's former colleague .
stalder began working as a prison officer in 1971 to earn money while he was attending louisiana state university in baton rouge .
he worked his way to the positions of federal programs administrator , corrections budget officer , and the superintendent of louisiana training institute in monroe , louisiana , deputy warden of dixon correctional institute in jackson , louisiana , and warden of david wade correctional center in homer .
in claiborne parish , named for the late american general david wade .
from 1998 to 2000 , stalder was the president of the american correctional association .
stalder was the choice of a new group founded in 1991 and known as louisiana wardens and superintendent -lrb- laws -rrb- to head the corrections agency .
the driving force behind laws was burl cain , a long-term warden at louisiana state penitentiary in angola , under whom stalder had previously worked as deputy warden at the dixon correctional institute .
stalder was at first reluctant to take on the statewide position because he preferred to remain warden at david wade correctional institute , the only prison in louisiana at the time to have been accredited by the american correctional association .
stalder 's colleagues persuaded him to meet with edwards , then a candidate for a fourth nonconsecutive term as governor , to discuss the secretary 's position .
after some delay , edwards appointed stalder ; the position had been traditionally given to political supporters of the governor .
stalder is a registered republican voter in east baton rouge parish .
in 2003 , he was inducted into the louisiana political museum and hall of fame in winnfield .
burl cain was inducted into the hall of fame the previous year in 2002 .
