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Ray Authement is a former American university president who served as the president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 1974 to 2008. He is credited with transforming the university from a small regional school into a major research institution.
Authement was born in near Chauvin, Louisiana, and attended Nicholls State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1950. He then earned a master's degree in mathematics from Louisiana State University in 1952 and a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Texas in 1956.
Authement began his career as a professor of mathematics at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in 1956. He was appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1967 and vice president for academic affairs in 1971. In 1974, he was appointed president of the university, a position he held until his retirement in 2008.
During his tenure as president, Authement oversaw the university's transition from a small regional school to a major research institution. He also oversaw the construction of several new buildings, including the Student Union, the Cajundome, and the University Library.
Authement was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2008 for his contributions to higher education. He was also inducted into the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame in 2009.
| Popular As |
Ray Paul Authement |
| Occupation |
College president; mathematics professor |
| Age |
91 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio |
| Born |
19 November 1928 |
| Birthday |
19 November |
| Birthplace |
near Chauvin, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Date of death |
April 05, 2020 |
| Died Place |
Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States |
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Who Is Ray Authement's Wife?
His wife is Barbara Braud Authement
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Barbara Braud Authement |
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Ray Authement Net Worth
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On April 5, 2020, Authement succumbed to an "extended illness" at the age of 91 in Lafayette. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the family will have a celebration of life at a later date.
The Ray P. Authement Valedictorian Scholarship is available through UL. The Ray P. Authement College of Sciences at UL is named in his honor. UL Lafayette presents the Dr. Ray Authement Excellence in Teaching Award to a faculty member. In 2009, Authement was named the UL Lafayette president-emeritus; he still taught mathematics classes again at UL Lafayette after leaving the presidency of the institution.
Authement worked to develop Ph.D. programs in the fields of computer science, mathematics, English, and history. UL Lafayette became the state's second largest university in enrollment - surpassed only by LSU - and the first public university in Louisiana to obtain a Doctoral II ranking. In 1997, he initiated a drive to increase private endowments to $75 million, which made possible the establishment of 20 endowed chairs worth $1 million each, 217 endowed professorships, and many scholarships. There is also a "super chair" valued at $2 million.
Under Authement, UL Lafayette launched a $130 million construction program, moved from open enrollment in the manner of a community college to selective admissions, and joined NCAA Division 1, the highest level of collegiate athletic competition. In 1990, he hired the lawyer and former state legislator Carl W. Bauer as the chief lobbyist, or "Coordinator of Governmental Relations," for UL Lafayette, and the two worked together to expand the campus and modernize the institution. Bauer remained at UL Lafayette two years after Authement retired.
Louis J. Michot, the Lafayette businessman who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1960 to 1964, ran for governor of Louisiana in the 1963 Democratic primary election, and served as the state education superintendent from 1972 to 1976, described Authement, prior to retirement from ULL, accordingly:
He began his career in higher education on the LSU faculty in 1954. He was also a former faculty member at McNeese State University in Lake Charles and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Prior to his UL Lafayette presidency, Authement taught mathematics and was thereafter the academic vice-president of Southwestern Louisiana from 1966 until 1970.
Authement and his wife, the former Barbara Braud (born c. 1932), had two daughters, Kathleen A. Prouet, who died in 1999 of leukemia and Julie A. Johnson of Lafayette.
Ray Paul Authement Sr. (November 19, 1928 – April 5, 2020) was an American academic administrator and the longest-serving university president in the United States. From 1974 to 2008, he was the fifth president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, formerly known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Authement was born near Chauvin in a rural section of Terrebonne Parish to Elias Lawrence Authement and the former Elphia Marie Duplantis; both parents were natives of Terrebonne Parish and born in 1904. In 1950, Authement received his bachelor's degree from UL Lafayette. He subsequently procured both a master's degree in 1952 and a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1956 from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
