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Selden Jennings Coffin, class of 1858, first registrar of Lafayette, biographer of the college, professor of mathematics and astronomy William McMurtrie , class of 1871 and first Ph.D. in chemistry awarded at Lafayette (1875); Chief Chemist for the United States Department of Agriculture , 1873–78; president of American Chemical Society in 1900
Lafayette Leopards athletes (4 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Lafayette College alumni" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 215 total.
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Barry Jean Ancelet (born 1951), ULL faculty since 1977; ULL alumni, graduated in 1974; folklorist of Cajun culture and expert on Cajun music and language [1]; Carl A. Brasseaux (born 1951), historian, helped pioneer the field of Cajun history; University of Louisiana at Lafayette professor and director of the Center for Louisiana Studies and the Center for Eco-Tourism, also an alumnus [2]
Nearly everyone graduated from college, where their average GPA was 3.6; the majority went on to earn a graduate degree; and nearly half landed in top-tier professional jobs. So far, so expected.
Jonathan Alexander (PhD 1993), rhetorician and professor of English at University of California, Irvine [1]; Ray Authement (MA 1952, PhD 1956), fifth president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1974–2008; longest serving president of a public university in the United States; received two graduate degrees from LSU; [2] [3] "father of Louisiana state archives"
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He attended Lafayette College and transferred to Jefferson College after his father, Joseph Alden, was elected president. [ 2 ] He graduated from Jefferson in 1858 and read law in New York City with William M. Evarts , joining the bar in 1860. [ 3 ]