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'''Lawson Lewis Swearingen, Jr.''' (born May 27, 1944), is a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former state senator for District 34 in Ouachita Parish, [[Louisiana]], whose service extended from 1980 to 1991,<ref name=senate>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana Seate 1880 - Present|publisher=Louisiana State Seante|date=January 2012|accessdate=October 27, 2019}}</ref> and a former president of the University of Louisiana at [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] from 1991 through 2001.
'''Lawson Lewis Swearingen, Jr.''' (born May 27, 1944), is a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former state senator for District 34 in Ouachita Parish, [[Louisiana]], whose service extended from 1980 to 1991,<ref name=senate>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana Seate 1880 - Present|publisher=Louisiana State Seante|date=January 2012|accessdate=October 27, 2019}}</ref> and a former president of the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]] from 1991 through 2001.
==Background==
==Background==
His mother, Jean, daughter of the Reverend Chester Sabin Cadwallader and the former Carrie Kendall, met her husband at [[Baylor University]] in her native [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas. While the couple resided in Ruston, she was for twelve years the Lincoln Parish deputy clerk of court. She was active in [[Southern Baptist]] women's groups and assisted her husband while they were living in Boston to organize [[Billy Graham]]'s 1980 New England Crusade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=jean-swearingen&pid=157513081|title=Jean Swearingen obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=October 27, 2019}}</ref>
His mother, Jean, daughter of the Reverend Chester Sabin Cadwallader and the former Carrie Kendall, met her husband at [[Baylor University]] in her native [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas. While the couple resided in Ruston, she was for twelve years the Lincoln Parish deputy clerk of court. She was active in [[Southern Baptist]] women's groups and assisted her husband while they were living in Boston to organize [[Billy Graham]]'s 1980 New England Crusade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=jean-swearingen&pid=157513081|title=Jean Swearingen obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=October 27, 2019}}</ref>
Swearingen, Jr., was reared in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] and graduated in 1962 from Ruston High School. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966 in the field of government from ULM, known at the time as Northeast Louisiana State College. He also excelled in college [[basketball]] under the popular coach [[Lenny Fant]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bayou.com/~suelynn/obituaries/lofobit.html|author=Mark S. Rainwater|title=Fant's legacy lives on in 'his boys'|date= October 13, 1998|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=January 3, 2010; material no longer on-line}}</ref>
Swearingen, Jr., was reared in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] and graduated in 1962 from Ruston High School. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966 in the field of government from ULM, known at the time as Northeast Louisiana State College in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. He also excelled in college [[basketball]] under the popular coach [[Lenny Fant]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bayou.com/~suelynn/obituaries/lofobit.html|author=Mark S. Rainwater|title=Fant's legacy lives on in 'his boys'|date= October 13, 1998|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=January 3, 2010; material no longer on-line}}</ref>
In 1969, Swearingen received his [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree from [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]]. He then practiced law for twenty-two years in Monroe while he also served as a state senator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.123people.com/ext/frm?ti=person%20finder&search_term=cherrie%20walker&search_country=US&st=person%20finder&target_url=http%3A%2F%2Flrd.yahooapis.com%2F_ylc%3DX3oDMTVnZmI1dDc1BF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDc1k3Wlo2clYzNEhSZm5ZdGVmcmkzRUx4VG5makpERG5QOWVKV1NGSkJHcTJ1V1dFa0xVdm5IYnNBeUNyVkd5Y2REVElUX2tlBGNsaWVudANib3NzBHNlcnZpY2UDQk9TUwRzbGsDdGl0bGUEc3JjcHZpZAMxNG03NVdLSWNycFFiQm5VckJ1bnVvNXVXODV4V1V0T21aQUFEbV9B%2FSIG%3D11dt50tr4%2F**http%253A%2F%2Fwww.ulm.edu%2Fthebayou%2Fthebayou.pdf§ion=biography&wrt_id=110|title=’’The Bayou: The History and Traditions of the University of Louisiana at Monroe’’|publisher=123people.com|accessdate=January 14, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>
In 1969, Swearingen received his [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree from [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]]. He then practiced law for twenty-two years in Monroe while he also served as a state senator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.123people.com/ext/frm?ti=person%20finder&search_term=cherrie%20walker&search_country=US&st=person%20finder&target_url=http%3A%2F%2Flrd.yahooapis.com%2F_ylc%3DX3oDMTVnZmI1dDc1BF9TAzIwMjMxNTI3MDIEYXBwaWQDc1k3Wlo2clYzNEhSZm5ZdGVmcmkzRUx4VG5makpERG5QOWVKV1NGSkJHcTJ1V1dFa0xVdm5IYnNBeUNyVkd5Y2REVElUX2tlBGNsaWVudANib3NzBHNlcnZpY2UDQk9TUwRzbGsDdGl0bGUEc3JjcHZpZAMxNG03NVdLSWNycFFiQm5VckJ1bnVvNXVXODV4V1V0T21aQUFEbV9B%2FSIG%3D11dt50tr4%2F**http%253A%2F%2Fwww.ulm.edu%2Fthebayou%2Fthebayou.pdf§ion=biography&wrt_id=110|title=’’The Bayou: The History and Traditions of the University of Louisiana at Monroe’’|publisher=123people.com|accessdate=January 14, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Scott resigned his professorship at ULM that summer to become the director of the Center For Economic Education and Research at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, [[Arkansas]], ''The Pow Wow'' reported.
Scott resigned his professorship at ULM that summer to become the director of the Center For Economic Education and Research at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, [[Arkansas]], ''The Pow Wow'' reported.
==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Swearingen has also lived in Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, and, currently, Fairhope in Baldwin County, near [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]] in southern [[Alabama]].<ref>People Search and Background Check</ref> He served as a [[professor]] of management, specializing in legal environment of business and other business law courses at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.selu.edu/search?q=Lawson+Swearingen&site=default_collection&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&output=xml_no_dtd&submit.x=9&submit.y=6&submit=GO|title=Southeastern Louisiana University|publisher=search.selu.edu|accessdate=January 14, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> before retiring in 2010. A retirement reception for Swearingen was held in Southeastern's Garrett Hall on May 6, 2010.</ref> He was an active community leader in Hammond and often lectured on education topics. A [[Baptist]] as well as a member of [[Gideons International]], Swearingen is a trustee having served a term through 2011 on the board of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbc.net/redirect.asp?url=/trustees/2008NOBTS.swf|title=New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary|publisher=sbc.net|accessdate=January 14, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Swearingen has also lived in Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, and, currently, Fairhope in Baldwin County, near [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]] in southern [[Alabama]].<ref>People Search and Background Check</ref> He served as a [[professor]] of management, specializing in legal environment of business and other business law courses at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.selu.edu/search?q=Lawson+Swearingen&site=default_collection&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&output=xml_no_dtd&submit.x=9&submit.y=6&submit=GO|title=Southeastern Louisiana University|publisher=search.selu.edu|accessdate=January 14, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> before retiring in 2010. A retirement reception for Swearingen was held in Southeastern's Garrett Hall on May 6, 2010.</ref> He was an active community leader in Hammond and often lectured on education topics. A [[Baptist]] as well as a member of [[Gideons International]], Swearingen is a trustee having served a term through 2011 on the board of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbc.net/redirect.asp?url=/trustees/2008NOBTS.swf|title=New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary|publisher=sbc.net|accessdate=January 14, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>