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Southern University

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Baton Rouge, LA

Founding Date:
1880

Team:
Jaguars

Enrollment:
10,400

Official Website:
http://www.subr.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Reuben V. Anderson
Attorney
16-Sep-1942   Partner, Phelps Dunbar
David Banner
Rapper
11-Apr-1974   Them Firewater Boyz, Vol. 1
Mel Blount
Football
10-Apr-1948   NFL Hall of Famer
Vida Blue
Baseball
28-Jul-1949   Cy Young Award winning pitcher
Lou Brock
Baseball
18-Jun-1939   Stole 938 bases
H. Rap Brown
Activist
4-Oct-1943   Die, Nigger, Die!
Cleo Fields
Politician
22-Nov-1962   Congressman from Louisiana, 1993-97
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Military
17-Aug-1870 16-Mar-1937 Spanish-American War hero
Russel Honore
Military
1947   Three-star general
Randy Jackson
TV Personality
23-Jun-1956   American Idol judge
Rich Jackson
Football
22-Jul-1941   Former Broncos defensive end
Avery Johnson
Basketball
25-Mar-1965   NBA Coach
Kerney Laday
Business
c. 1943   Former VP at Xerox
Branford Marsalis
Jazz Musician
26-Aug-1960   Saxophonist
Revius O. Ortique, Jr.
Judge
14-Jun-1924 22-Jun-2008 Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court
Larry L. Palmer
Diplomat
c. 1948   US Ambassador to Honduras, 2002-05
George Williams
Business
c. 1950   Williams Partners, Inc.

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
David H. Blackwell
Mathematician
24-Apr-1919 8-Jul-2010 Bayesian statistics

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Kerney Laday
Business
c. 1943   Former VP at Xerox
P. B. S. Pinchback
Government
10-May-1837 21-Dec-1921 First African-American US Governor




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