EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Ruston, LA

Founding Date:
1894

Team:
Bulldogs

Enrollment:
11,700

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Trace Adkins	Country Musician	13-Jan-1962		Ladies Love Country Boys
Jerry W. Box	Business	c. 1938		President of Oryx Energy, 1998-99
Terry Bradshaw	Football	2-Sep-1948		Sportscaster, former Steelers QB
Kix Brooks	Country Musician	12-May-1955		Brooks & Dunn
Saxby Chambliss	Politician	10-Nov-1943		US Senator from Georgia
Fred Dean	Football	24-Feb-1952		NFL Hall of Famer
James L. Dennis	Judge	9-Jan-1936		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Tim Floyd	Basketball	25-Feb-1954		USC Head Coach
W. Randall Fowler	Business	c. 1957		CFO of Enterprise Products
Kim Gandy	Activist	25-Jan-1954		President of NOW
James D. Hlavacek	Business	c. 1944		Market Driven Management
Karl Malone	Basketball	24-Jul-1963		Second-highest scorer in NBA history
Michael B. McCallister	Business	27-May-1952		CEO of Humana
Jim McCrery	Politician	18-Sep-1949		Congressman from Louisiana, 1989-2009
Phil Robertson	TV Personality	24-Apr-1946		Duck Dynasty
Max P. Watson, Jr.	Business	c. 1946		CEO of BMC Software, 1990-2001
Muse Watson	Actor	20-Jul-1948		Mike Franks on NCIS
Charles Wyly	Business	13-Oct-1933	7-Aug-2011	Billionaire, Michael's Stores
Sam Wyly	Business	1934		Early computer entrepreneur

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bronco Mendenhall	Football	21-Feb-1966		Football Coach, University of Virginia
Jerry Stovall	Football	30-Apr-1941		LSU Tigers Head Coach, 1980-83

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