Brown, a 1967 graduate of Northwestern in economics, has been president of Arkansas Tech University since 1993, developing and implementing 41 new programs of study. Enrollment at Arkansas Tech has grown 77 percent under his leadership, the institution’s operating budget has grown from $31 million to more than $100 million and new records in private fundraising have been set.

 

As president, Brown initiated and arranged funding for more than $80 million in campus improvements including a library and student center. He also led Arkansas Tech’s athletic programs from the NAIA to NCAA Division II status.

 

Brown was at Missouri Southern State University from 1987 to 1993 as dean of the School of Business Administration for three years and vice president for Academic Affairs for three years. He held administrative or faculty positions at Hardin-Simmons University, McMurry University and Wingate University, LSU and Northwestern.

 

His awards include the Arkansas Martin Luther King Commission Act of Courage Award in 2006 and Russellville Citizen of the Year in 2002.

 

Long, a 1951 graduate of Northwestern, was in the Louisiana State Senate for two terms and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1973. While in Congress, Long’s subcommittee held hearings that discovered why the M-16 rifle was failing in combat conditions. The Pentagon then made changes in ammunition used and cleaning procedures and the weapon has performed well since then. He was also credited with convincing the Pentagon to make Fort Polk a permanent military installation and convincing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to undertake development and control of the Red River.

 

He retired from Congress in 1973 and served as district attorney from the 28th Judicial District covering LaSalle and Caldwell Parish from 1973 until 1985. In 1994, he was appointed Judge Pro Tem of the 28th Judicial District until a judge could be elected the following year.

 

Long died in 2006.

 

Lynn, an Alexandria native, is a 1985 graduate of Northwestern and a 1989 graduate of the LSU School of Medicine. She is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Subspecialty. Lynn taught at the LSU Health Sciences Center in 1994 and from 1996-2001.

 

She is an active associate at Christus Schumpert Health System and Willis-Knighton Health System and a consultant at Lifecare Hospitals, Dubuis Hospital, Cornerstone Hospital and Promise Rehab Hospital. Lynn is co-director of Shreveport Regional Dialysis Center and 10 regional dialysis centers.

 

Her research has been included in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, the American Journal of Kidney Diseases and Clinical Transplantation. Over the last eight years, she has been involved in more than 40 trials and studies.

 

Moreau is a 1966 graduate of Northwestern, earning All-Gulf States Conference honors as a member of the Demon football team.

 

Moreau was a coach at Catholic High of Baton Rouge, Northside High of Lafayette and Redemptorist High of Baton Rouge then became a claims adjustor for State Farm Insurance. He then entered the School of Physical Therapy at the University of Alabama Birmingham, graduating in 1974.

 

In 1977, he opened the first Moreau Physical Therapy Clinic in Zachary and now has four clinics in the Baton Rouge region. He is a member of the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners and the NSU Foundation Board of Directors. Moreau also served on the Zachary Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

 

Maxine and Tom Paul Southerland were recipients of the President’s Distinguished Service Award in 2003. Both have been honored with induction in the NSU Hall of Distinguished Educators.

 

Maxine Southerland received her bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State Normal College and a master’s at Northwestern and did master’s plus 30 work at NSU and LSU. She taught and headed home economics departments at several high schools and was an associate professor of home economics at Northwestern.

 

For 40 years, she has been active in the Association for Preservation of Historic Natchitoches as president for 12 years, vice president for nine years and chairperson of Historic Lemee House and Melrose Historic Home and a board member. While she has been president, APHN acquired the cabin of Clementine Hunter and placed it at the Melrose Historic Complex. The organization also acquired the Kate Chopin Home, which was later named a National Historic Landmark. APHN also received the Harnett T. Kane Preservation Award.

 

Maxine Southerland also was president of the Natchitoches – Northwestern Symphony Society, the Louisiana Home Economics Committee, Alpha Delta Kappa, Kappa Iota, Phi Kappa Phi and Delta Kappa Gamma. She was director and curator of the Louisiana State Museum, History of Louisiana Education and a member of the board of directors of the Louisiana State Council on Aging.

 

She was named Woman of the Year by the Natchitoches Area Chamber of Commerce, and received the Mattie O’ Daniel Award given to a senior as the most outstanding student teacher.

 

A graduate of Louisiana State Normal School, Tom Paul Southerland earned a master’s and doctorate at LSU. He was an administrator at Northwestern from 1966 until his retirement in 1986 and came to NSU after serving four years as assistant superintendent for instruction for the Rapides Parish School Board. Southerland was the university’s dean of the College of Education from 1966 until 1975 and dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research from 1975 until 1978. In 1978, Southerland was appointed vice president for Academic Affairs and was named executive vice president in 1982. He was named vice president emeritus in 1987.

 

Tom Paul Southerland was instrumental in establishing admissions standards for teacher education and developing 14 new programs for the College of Education as well as securing a specialist and doctorate program. He led the College of Education to full accreditation by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. Under his leadership, NSU constructed the Teacher Education Center, the Middle Lab School and the Health and Human Performance Building.

 

Tom Paul Southerland has been active civic and community affairs serving as president and member of the board of directors of the Rotary Club of Natchitoches, the Natchitoches Area Chamber of Commerce and the Natchitoches – Northwestern Symphony Society. He was also on the board of directors of the Louisiana Outdoor Drama Amphitheater.

 

Southerland served in the U.S. Navy and as a coach, teacher, principal and administrator in Rapides Parish before returning to Northwestern.