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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 from 1936 to 1940,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|
'''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.<
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/>