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'''Lether Edward Frazar''' (December 1, 1904 – May 15, 1960)<ref name=headstones>{{cite web|url=http://www.beau.org/~cemetery/ALFA-F.HTM|title=Listing of all headstones located in Beauregard Parish|publisher=beau.org|accessdate=October 8, 2019}}</ref> was the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] lieutenant governor of his native [[Louisiana]] under [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], with service from 1956 to 1960. Earlier, as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Beauregard Parish, he authored the state [[teacher]] retirement law.
'''Lether Edward Frazar''' (December 1, 1904 – May 15, 1960)<ref name=headstones>{{cite web|url=http://www.beau.org/~cemetery/ALFA-F.HTM|title=Listing of all headstones located in Beauregard Parish|publisher=beau.org|accessdate=October 8, 2019}}</ref> was the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] lieutenant governor of his native [[Louisiana]] under [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], with service from 1956 to 1960. Earlier, as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Beauregard Parish from 1936 to 1940,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|
title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Beauregard Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|date=May 21, 2019|accessdate=October 8, 2019}}</ref> he authored the state [[teacher]] retirement law.<ref name=bio.<
Frazar was also the fourth president of McNeese State University, then known as McNeese State College, in [[Lake Charles]]. He served at McNeese from 1944 to 1955, when he resigned to prepare to become lieutenant governor. He was also from 1938 to 1941 the second president of his ''alma mater,'' the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as Southwestern Louisiana Institute.<ref name=bio/>
Frazar was also the fourth president of McNeese State University, then known as McNeese State College, in [[Lake Charles]]. He served at McNeese from 1944 to 1955, when he resigned to prepare to become lieutenant governor. He was also from 1938 to 1941 the second president of his ''alma mater,'' the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as Southwestern Louisiana Institute.<ref name=bio/>
Frazar was a high school principal at Longville (1928-1931) and Merryville (1933-1938), both in Beauregard Parish. From 1931 to 1933, he was a principal in Jackson in East Feliciana Parish.<ref name=bio/>
Frazar was a high school principal at Longville (1928-1931) and Merryville (1933-1938), both in Beauregard Parish. From 1931 to 1933, he was a principal in Jackson in East Feliciana Parish.<ref name=bio/>
==Legislative service and the OPA==
==Legislative service and the OPA==
During the time that he completed his graduate studies at Columbia, he was also employed in [[Washington, D.C.]], by the new [[Office of Price Administration]], one of the [[World War II]] federal agencies.<ref name=bio/> Future U.S. [[Vice President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]] of [[California]] also worked for the OPA at the time that Frazar was an agency officer. In 1942, Frazar assumed the position of Louisiana director of the OPA.
During the time that he completed his graduate studies at Columbia, he was also employed in [[Washington, D.C.]], by the new [[Office of Price Administration]], one of the [[World War II]] federal agencies.<ref name=bio/> Future U.S. [[Vice President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]] of [[California]] also worked for the OPA at the time that Frazar was an agency officer. In 1942, Frazar assumed the position of Louisiana director of the OPA.
==President of two colleges==
==President of two colleges==
In 1944, after he lost a statewide race to [[John Coxe]], T. H. Harris' successor as Louisiana superintendent of education,<ref>"Davis Ticket Scores Political Win Defeating Old Regular Candidates," ''Minden Herald,'' March 3, 1944, p. 1.</ref> Frazar was named the McNeese State University president in Lake Charle.
In 1944, after he lost a statewide race to [[John Coxe]], T. H. Harris' successor as Louisiana superintendent of education,<ref>"Davis Ticket Scores Political Win Defeating Old Regular Candidates," ''Minden Herald,'' March 3, 1944, p. 1.</ref> Frazar was named the McNeese State University president in Lake Charle.
Frazar came to McNeese with three years experience as the president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then Southwestern Institute.<ref name=bio/>
Frazar came to McNeese with three years experience as the president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then Southwestern Institute.<ref name=bio/>
==Earl Long loyalist==
==Earl Long loyalist==