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He showed me mercy once. There was quite a drinking culture among high school students in Louisiana back then. Liquor was strictly forbidden at LSMSA ... [After a romantic breakup, I was] depressed ... I went out and bought some booze. The head RA of my dorm caught me with it before I could drink a drop. That was my second offense. I could have been expelled for good, with only a few months till graduation. Had that happened, I would have done it to myself. But Dr. Alost decided to let me stay, when he did not have to. Like I said, I owed him a lot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/lsmsa-robert-alost/|author=Rod Dreher|title=Rpbert Alost, 1935-2020|publisher=''The American Conservative''|date=April 21, 2020|accessdate=April 26, 2020}}</ref></blockquote>

He showed me mercy once. There was quite a drinking culture among high school students in Louisiana back then. Liquor was strictly forbidden at LSMSA ... [After a romantic breakup, I was] depressed ... I went out and bought some booze. The head RA of my dorm caught me with it before I could drink a drop. That was my second offense. I could have been expelled for good, with only a few months till graduation. Had that happened, I would have done it to myself. But Dr. Alost decided to let me stay, when he did not have to. Like I said, I owed him a lot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/lsmsa-robert-alost/|author=Rod Dreher|title=Rpbert Alost, 1935-2020|publisher=''The American Conservative''|date=April 21, 2020|accessdate=April 26, 2020}}</ref></blockquote>

Under president Alost, NSU enrollments increased from 5,272 to more than 9,000. The expanded enrollment promoted progress in "academic achievement, athletic success, facility enhancements, and other accomplishments that provided ongoing stability for the university after a period of declining enrollment and fiscal uncertainty.<ref name=ntimes/>

Under president Alost, NSU enrollments increased from 5,272 to more than 9,000. The expanded enrollment promoted progress in "academic achievement, athletic success, facility enhancements, and other accomplishments that provided ongoing stability for the university after a period of declining enrollment and fiscal uncertainty."<ref name=ntimes/>

After retiring from NSU, Alost became a financial advisor for AXA Equitable Insurance. He is an inductee of the NSU Hall of Distinguished Educators.<ref name=bio/> He died of a lengthy illness at the age of eighty-five.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=robert-alost&pid=196075199&fhid=10224|title=Robert Alost obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 25, 2020|accessdate=April 26, 2020}}</ref>

After retiring from NSU, Alost became a financial advisor for AXA Equitable Insurance. He is an inductee of the NSU Hall of Distinguished Educators.<ref name=bio/> He died of a lengthy illness at the age of eighty-five.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=robert-alost&pid=196075199&fhid=10224|title=Robert Alost obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 25, 2020|accessdate=April 26, 2020}}</ref>