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Aguillard was elected president by the LC board of trustees, effective January 19, 2005, to succeed Rory Lee, who became executive director of Baptist Children's Village, a statewide ministry based in Ridgeland, [[Mississippi]], that provides group homes for children and spiritual counseling for families.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mc.edu/beacon/winter-2012/profiles/alumnus-of-the-year|title="Alumnus of the Year: Rory Lee", ''Mississippi College Alumni Magazine'' Winter 2012|publisher=mc.edu|accessdate=July 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>"Dr. Rory Lee," baptistchildrensvillage.comm accessdate=July 29, 2013</ref> Aguillard had apparently not been the first choice of the trustees. Malcolm Beryl Yarnell, III (born 1962), a native of upstate [[New York]] and a scholar on the English Reformation who teaches at [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swbts.edu/academics/faculty/theology/malcolm-yarnell/|title=Malcolm Yarnell|publisher=swbts.edu|accessdate=July 29, 2013}}</ref> was first considered, but he bowed out citing "governance issues" at LC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20130317/NEWS01/303170322/Louisiana-College-president-s-future-question-when-trustees-meet|title=Leigh Guidry, "Louisiana College president's future in question when trustees meet", March 18, 2013|publisher=''Alexandria Daily Town Talk''|accessdate=July 27, 2013}}</ref> Aguillard was formally inaugurated as president in March 2006.<ref name=aguillard/>

Aguillard was elected president by the LC board of trustees, effective January 19, 2005, to succeed Rory Lee, who became executive director of Baptist Children's Village, a statewide ministry based in Ridgeland, [[Mississippi]], that provides group homes for children and spiritual counseling for families.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mc.edu/beacon/winter-2012/profiles/alumnus-of-the-year|title="Alumnus of the Year: Rory Lee", ''Mississippi College Alumni Magazine'' Winter 2012|publisher=mc.edu|accessdate=July 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>"Dr. Rory Lee," baptistchildrensvillage.comm accessdate=July 29, 2013</ref> Aguillard had apparently not been the first choice of the trustees. Malcolm Beryl Yarnell, III (born 1962), a native of upstate [[New York]] and a scholar on the English Reformation who teaches at [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swbts.edu/academics/faculty/theology/malcolm-yarnell/|title=Malcolm Yarnell|publisher=swbts.edu|accessdate=July 29, 2013}}</ref> was first considered, but he bowed out citing "governance issues" at LC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20130317/NEWS01/303170322/Louisiana-College-president-s-future-question-when-trustees-meet|title=Leigh Guidry, "Louisiana College president's future in question when trustees meet", March 18, 2013|publisher=''Alexandria Daily Town Talk''|accessdate=July 27, 2013}}</ref> Aguillard was formally inaugurated as president in March 2006.<ref name=aguillard/>

In the fall 2006, former [[U.S. President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] accepted Aguillard's invitation to come to the campus to speak during the LC [[centennial]] ceremonies.<ref name=aguillard/> In 2012, the Louisiana Baptist Convention granted approval to Louisiana College to seek $12 million in donations from member churches within the state as part of the institution's $50 million capital improvements program. The $12 million will be earmarked for improvements in student housing. Cottingham Hall, built in 1941, is marked for full renovation, roof, plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and ventilation.<ref>"Capital Campaign Q&A with Dr. Aguillard", ''Columns: the Magazine for Louisiana College Alumni and Friends'' (Winter 2013), pp. 10-11.</ref> Under Aguillard, LC is attempting to build a law school to be named for Paul Pressler, a [[Texas]] [[conservative]] former state legislator and judge. The law school was to have been built in a former federal building in [[Shreveport]] in northwestern Louisiana.<ref>"Judge Paul Pressler School of Law", ''Columns: The Magazine for Louisiana College Alumni and Friends,'' Winter 2010, p. 16.</ref>  The law school project was never completed.<ref name=tttcontract/>

In the fall 2006, former [[U.S. President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] accepted Aguillard's invitation to come to the campus to speak during the LC centennial ceremonies.<ref name=aguillard/> In 2012, the Louisiana Baptist Convention granted approval to Louisiana College to seek $12 million in donations from member churches within the state as part of the institution's $50 million capital improvements program. The $12 million will be earmarked for improvements in student housing. Cottingham Hall, built in 1941, is marked for full renovation, roof, plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and ventilation.<ref>"Capital Campaign Q&A with Dr. Aguillard", ''Columns: the Magazine for Louisiana College Alumni and Friends'' (Winter 2013), pp. 10-11.</ref> Under Aguillard, LC is attempting to build a law school to be named for Herman Paul Pressler, III, a [[Texas]] [[conservative]] former state legislator and judge. The law school was to have been built in a former federal building in [[Shreveport]] in northwestern Louisiana.<ref>"Judge Paul Pressler School of Law", ''Columns: The Magazine for Louisiana College Alumni and Friends,'' Winter 2010, p. 16.</ref>  The law school project was never completed.<ref name=tttcontract/>

Nor were plans finished for the opening of the proposed LC medical school and film school.<ref name=tttcontract/>

Nor were plans finished for the opening of the proposed LC medical school and film school.<ref name=tttcontract/>