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Graduate Schools /
University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
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| Table of Contents |
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Notable Persons |
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- Writer-in-residence Ernest Gaines has been nominated for the 2004
Nobel Prize in Literature.
He is author of The
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Lesson Before Dying.
- Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco is the first UL Lafayette graduate to hold Louisiana’s highest elected office.
- President Ray Authement is the second longest serving University President in the Nation accodring to the Chronicle of
Higher Education. In 2004 Authement has been president for 31 years.
- National Football League veterans Jake Delhomme and Brandon Stokely played college football for UL Lafayette. They hold numerous school
records, and have established themselves as premiere players in professional sports.
- Long time Dallas Cowboys kicker Rafael Septien played for the school
as well.
- Exercise guru and Louisiana native Richard Simmons attended UL
Lafayette.
- Former Miss USA Ali Landry
was a student.
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| Interesting Fact |
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| When P.T. Barnum donated money to Tufts University, he did so on the condition that the school's mascot be named after his beloved elephant. The Tufts University mascot has been the "Jumbos" ever since. |
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