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Line 15: − − Jerry Pierce, an NSU vice-president who in the 1960s played football for the Northwestern Demons, said that many persons "just identified the university with him ... One thing that impressed me the most about Randy is he always represented the university with respect and dignity."<ref name=bio/>
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Shortly after retirement, Webb learned that he had contracted [[cancer]], which claimed his life eleven months later at the age of seventy-two. He was succeeded as NSU president by James "Jim" Henderson, then the chancellor of Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City. In the spring of 2014, Webb was named president emeritus.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/education/2015/11/18/longtime-nsu-president-randy-webb-dies-72/75994684/|title='Giant of a man': Longtime NSU President Randall J. Webb dies at 72|author=Leigh Guidry|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=November 19, 2015}}</ref>
Shortly after retirement, Webb learned that he had contracted [[cancer]], which claimed his life eleven months later at the age of seventy-two. He was succeeded as NSU president by James "Jim" Henderson, then the chancellor of Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City. In the spring of 2014, Webb was named president emeritus.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/education/2015/11/18/longtime-nsu-president-randy-webb-dies-72/75994684/|title='Giant of a man': Longtime NSU President Randall J. Webb dies at 72|author=Leigh Guidry|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=November 19, 2015}}</ref>
Gerald Long, a member of the Louisiana State Senate, said that he and Webb had a 50-year friendship: "If I had to chose an adjective to describe Randy, certainly I could talk about his integrity, his love for his family and for the Lord, but loyalty would be the word I would choose." He called Webb "a giant of a man" who stressed student recruitment drives to market the assets of NSU.<ref name=bio/>
Gerald Long, a member of the Louisiana State Senate, said that he and Webb had a 50-year friendship: "If I had to chose an adjective to describe Randy, certainly I could talk about his integrity, his love for his family and for the Lord, but loyalty would be the word I would choose." He called Webb "a giant of a man" who stressed student recruitment drives to market the assets of NSU.<ref name=bio/>