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==Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts==

==Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts==

Alost obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees from NSU and is doctorate in education from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. As a Northwestern faculty member, he was promoted to dean of the College of Education, a post he filled from 1975 to 1982.  

Alost obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees from NSU in 1957 and 1958, respectively, and his doctorate in education in 1963 from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He left LSU to join the NSU faculty. In 1975, he was named dean of the College of Education, a post he filled until 1982.  

After attending an education conference in [[South Carolina]], Alost became burdened with opening a boarding school for talented high school students. To make this happened, he worked closely with three [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state legislators, Representative Jimmy Dale Long, Sr. (1931-2016), of Natchitoches and then state Senators [[Francis C. Thompson]] of Delhi in Richland Parish and Donald Gene Kelly of Natchitoches, along with [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor]] [[David C. Treen]], to open on the NSU campus the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, which enrolled two hundred of the most talented high school students from throughout the state. Alost was the founding director of LSMSA from its inception in 1982 until he was named president of the university four years later.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://traditions.nsula.edu/the-hall-of-distinguished-educators.html|title=The Hall of Distinguished Educators|publisher=Traditions.nsula.edu|accessdate=February 20, 2018; material may no longer be accesible}}</ref>  

After attending an education conference in [[South Carolina]], Alost became burdened with opening a boarding school for talented high school students. To make this happened, he worked closely with three [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state legislators, Representative Jimmy Dale Long, Sr. (1931-2016), of Natchitoches and then state Senators [[Francis C. Thompson]] of Delhi in Richland Parish and Donald Gene Kelly of Natchitoches, along with [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor]] [[David C. Treen]], to open on the NSU campus the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, which enrolled two hundred of the most talented high school students from throughout the state. Alost was the founding director of LSMSA from its inception in 1982 until he was named president of the university four years later.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://traditions.nsula.edu/the-hall-of-distinguished-educators.html|title=The Hall of Distinguished Educators|publisher=Traditions.nsula.edu|accessdate=February 20, 2018; material may no longer be accesible}}</ref>