Northwestern State University of Louisana

Halfback on football teams that combined for 14 wins in two seasons, including a Gulf States Conference title in 1962 … transferred from Ole Miss after being an all-state star at Coushatta High … served in the Louisiana State Senate for 20 years from 1976-96, mostly as senate president … part of the first board for the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts on NSU’s campus … prominent trial lawyer and American quarter horse breeder … inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame.