Northwestern State University - Notable NSU Faculty and Administrators

Notable NSU Faculty and Administrators

• James B. Aswell, president of NSU from 1908-1911, was the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 8th congressional district (since defunct) from 1913 until his death in office in 1931.
• John Ardis Cawthon (1907–1984), education professor and regional historian, taught at NSU from 1940-1942 before entering the United States Army, later at Louisiana Tech University from 1954–1972
• Henry E. Chambers (1860-1929), historian and educator was affiliated with the education department at NSU from 1900-1902.
• Medford Bryan Evans (1907–1989), English professor and conservative activist, at NSU from 1955–1959
• Julie Kane (born 1952), poet
• J.E. Keeny (1860-1939), on NSU faculty from 1900-1904; later president of Louisiana Tech University
• John S. Kyser (1900-1975), historian and geographer, NSU president from 1954-1966
• Marietta LeBreton (1936–2009), Louisiana historian
• James L. McCorkle, Jr. (born 1935), agricultural historian at NSU (1966–2003)
• Donald M. Rawson (born 1925), historian of the 19th century United States; professor and graduate school dean at NSU (1960–1984)
• R. L. Ropp, professor of speech and head of the forensics department; president of Louisiana Tech University from 1949 to 1962
• James Monroe Smith (1888-1949), later president of Louisiana State University during the "Louisiana Hayride" scandals of 1939, taught at NSU in the summer of 1917.
• George T. Walker, dean of applied arts and sciences and dean of administration in the 1950s; president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe from 1958 to 1976