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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"
The community's first church was La Chapelle a Maurice and Sunday services were held in a small schoolhouse on the Villien property until the St. Alphonsus Church was built in January 1893. The Broussard Cove School was the first school built on land donated by Joseph Clark in 1885 and moved to Maurice in July 1899 to land donated by Maurice ...
Pages in category "People from Maurice, Louisiana" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
John McDonogh (December 29, 1779 – October 26, 1850) was an American entrepreneur whose adult life was spent in south Louisiana and later in Baltimore. He made a fortune in real estate and shipping, and as a slave owner, he supported the American Colonization Society, which organized transportation for freed people of color to Liberia.
Built c.1876 by Valsin Broussard, founder of the town of Broussard, the house is the oldest remaining residence in the town. The Creole two-story frame house with a frontend gallery was modified in c.1900 with the addition of the rear wing. [2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 14, 1983. [1] It is one of ...
Greene, 49, died in May 2019 on a roadside in rural northern Louisiana after a violent confrontation with officers that followed a high-speed car chase. Officials initially said Greene had died ...
The Comeaux House is a historic house located at 101 East 2nd Street in Broussard, Louisiana, United States.. Built in c.1908 by Edmond Comeaux and his wife Cecile St. Julien Comeaux, the house is a Queen Anne-Colonial Revival style residence with semi-octagonal bay at each end of the facade, a semi-octagonal Doric front gallery and a corner turret.
Marcus Hunter (born 1979), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 17 in Ouachita Parish; Vance McAllister, businessman and U.S. representative elected in Louisiana's 5th congressional district special election, 2013; Newt V. Mills, U.S. representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district 1937–1943; resided in Monroe