Ray P. Authement

Background

Authement, Ray P. was born on November 19, 1929 in Chauvin, Louisiana, United States. Son of Elias Lawrence and Elphia (Duplantis) Authement.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Southwestern Louisiana, 1950; Master of Science, Louisiana State University, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, 1956.

Career

Instructor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1952-1956; associate professor, McNeese State College, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1956-1957; associate professor, U. Southwestern Louisiana, 1957-1959; professor mathematics, from, U. Southwestern Louisiana, 1959; academic vice president, U. Southwestern Louisiana, 1966-1973; president, U. Southwestern Louisiana, since 1973. Visiting professor U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1962-1963.

Achievements

• Ray P. Authement has been listed as a noteworthy College president by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Downtown Development Committee Lafayette, since 1972. Commissioner, member Executive Committee Lafayette Economics Development Authority, since 1988. Member Louisiana Bicentennial Commission,1973, Lafayette Bicentennial Commission, 1973, Economics Development Committee, Lafayette, 1973, School Board Fatima Parish, Lafayette, 1963-1965.

Board directors United Way, 1973, U. Southwestern Louisiana Foundation, 1967, Gulf South Research Institute, 1985-1991. Trustee Lafayette General Hospital, since 1981. Member board advisers John Gray Institute, 1982-1991, St. Joseph Seminary, 1967.

Member Commission Colleges Southern Association Colls., 1981-1983. Board directors Lafayette Health Ventures, Inc., since 1989, Enterprise Center of Louisiana, Inc., since 1990, Affiliated Blind of Louisiana, Inc., since 1991, Louisiana Patrnership for Technology and Innovation, since 1989, chairman, 1993. Chairman Acadiana Navigation Channel Task Force, since 1990.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Lafayette Chamber of Commerce (director since 1983), Blue Key, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Mu Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Kappa Theta.

Connections

Married Barbara B. Braud, June 1, 1950. Children: Kathleen Elizabeth, Julie Annual.

Father:

Elias Lawrence Authement

Mother:

Elphia (Duplantis) Authement

Spouse:

Barbara B. Braud

child:

Kathleen Elizabeth Authement

child:

Julie Annual Authement