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*[[John Ardis Cawthon]], educator and historian

*[[Claybrook Cottingham]], tenth president of Louisiana Tech, 1941 to 1949

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*[[C. C. Courtney]], radio announcer, songwriter, actor

*[[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.

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*[[Rick Gallot]], president of the University of Louisiana System, former president of Grambling State University, and a former Democrat state senator and state representative

*[[Ray Germany]], Louisiana Tech basketball All American, 1959-1960

*[[B. H. Gilley]], historian

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*[[Robert W. Mondy]], historian

*[[L. D. "Buddy" Napper]], attorney and state representative from 1952 to 1964

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*[[Virgil Orr]], former Louisiana Tech administrator and former state representative

*[[B. R. Patton]], former state senator for Lincoln and Union parishes

*[[Morgan D. Peoples]], historian

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*[[Don Shows]], national champion football coach originally from Ruston

*[[Robert C. Snyder]], professor and lecturer

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*[[William Sumlin]], state representative, 1983-1988

*[[Lawson Swearingen]], former state senator reared in Ruston

*[[F. Jay Taylor]], former president of Louisiana Tech

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