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In 2005, LSU launched the John L. Loos Professorship in History. The first recipient is David Culbert, an historian of film and media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsu.com/unv002.nsf/(NoteID)/F2DAD689C5F662E1862570B900546C11?OpenDocument|title=David Culbert named first John Loos Professorship in History, November 14, 2005|publisher=lsu.com|accessdate=October 1, 2011}}</ref>

In 2005, LSU launched the John L. Loos Professorship in History. The first recipient is David Culbert, an historian of film and media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsu.com/unv002.nsf/(NoteID)/F2DAD689C5F662E1862570B900546C11?OpenDocument|title=David Culbert named first John Loos Professorship in History, November 14, 2005|publisher=lsu.com|accessdate=October 1, 2011}}</ref>

In December 2011, the American Historical Association honored Loos with a memorial article on his career written by Gaines M. Foster.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2011/1112/In-Memoriam-John-L-Loos.cfm|title=John L. Loos|publisher=historians.org|accessdate=March 18, 2012}}</ref>

In December 2011, the American Historical Association honored Loos with a memorial article on his career written by Gaines M. Foster. According to Foster, Loos

 

frequently roamed the halls, dropping into offices, talking with everyone, keeping them informed, and, without ever saying so, assuring them that they were important. He rarely created a committee, saw little point in departmental meetings, and never called one until he knew what the vote would be. Some saw him as a benevolent dictator who always got his way; more acute observers often wondered what John himself really wanted to happen. He had an amazing ability to create consensus. In part it was because he listened and everyone trusted him. It also resulted from his willingness to accept responsibility and absorb blame, rather than deflect both, like so many administrators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2011/1112/In-Memoriam-John-L-Loos.cfm|title=John L. Loos|publisher=historians.org|accessdate=March 18, 2012}}</ref></blockquote>