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*[[Don Shows]], national champion football coach originally from Ruston | *[[Don Shows]], national champion football coach originally from Ruston | ||
*[[Robert C. Snyder]], professor and lecturer | *[[Robert C. Snyder]], professor and lecturer | ||
| + | *[[Lawson Swearingen]], former state senator reared in Ruston | ||
*[[F. Jay Taylor]], former president of Louisiana Tech | *[[F. Jay Taylor]], former president of Louisiana Tech | ||
*[[William Y. Thompson]], historian | *[[William Y. Thompson]], historian | ||
Revision as of 17:55, March 16, 2020
Ruston is a city in north Louisiana with a 2010 population of 21,859. The seat of Lincoln Parish, Ruston grew 6.4 percent from the 2000 census tabulation of 20,546.
Ruston hosts the state's annual Peach Festival and is the home of Louisiana Tech University, which was established in 1894. Nearby to the west is the predominantly African American institution, Grambling University in Grambling, also in Lincoln Parish.
In recent years, Lincoln Parish has been a Republican stronghold. It is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Rodney Alexander of Jackson Parish and in the Louisiana House by attorney Rob Shadoin of Ruston.
Notable people
- Abraham Attrep, historian
- C. E. "Cap" Barham, Ruston attorney, state senator from 1948 to 1952 and lieutenant governor from 1952 to 1956
- Eleanor Albrecht Cawthon, administrator in various capacities at Louisana Tech University
- John Ardis Cawthon, educator and historian
- O.K. "Buddy" Davis, sportswriter
- Paul M. Davis, Jr., orthopedic surgeon and real estate developer in Alexandria; born in Ruston
- Hollis Downs, former state representative
- Clarence Faulk, radio station owner, former publisher of the Ruston Daily Leader; his father was a founder of Delta Air Lines.
- Ray Germany, Louisiana Tech basketball All American, 1959-1960
- B. H. Gilley, historian
- Greg Hilburn, journalist
- Wiley Hilburn, journalist; former chairman of the Louisiana Tech Journalism Department
- Berry Hinton, Louisiana tech baseball coach, 1943 to 1967
- Dan Hollingsworth, mayor from 1999 to 2015
- George B. Holstead, attorney and state representative from 1964 to 1980
- John S. Hunt, Ruston native, Monroe attorney, Louisiana Public Service Commissioner from 1964 to 1972
- J. E. Keeny, president of Louisiana Tech, 1908-1926; namesake of Keeny Hall
- K. D. Kilpatrick, funeral home owner and one-term member of the Louisiana State Senate
- C. Wade Meade, historian
- Robert W. Mondy, historian
- L. D. "Buddy" Napper, attorney and state representative from 1952 to 1964
- Morgan D. Peoples, historian
- Elton Pody, mayor from 1983 to 1991
- E. S. Richardson, president of Louisiana Tech from 1936 to 1941
- H. J. Sachs, English professor
- Rob Shadoin, state representative
- Don Shows, national champion football coach originally from Ruston
- Robert C. Snyder, professor and lecturer
- Lawson Swearingen, former state senator reared in Ruston
- F. Jay Taylor, former president of Louisiana Tech
- William Y. Thompson, historian
- Robert O. Trout, sociologist
- Christopher Lyle "Chris" Turner, current state representative for Lincoln and Union parishes