LSUS director earns Ph.D. 12/06/01

Marguerite Plummer, an assistant professor of history and director of the Pioneer Heritage Center at LSU in Shreveport, has successfully completed the requirements for a doctorate in humanities - history of ideas from the University of Texas at Dallas.

“Marguerite is a valued member of our university community and a proven scholar,” LSUS Chancellor Dr. Vincent Marsala said in announcing Plummer’s doctorate. “In the late 70s, she gave up cattle-raising and enrolled at LSUS.”

Plummer’s is one of more than 100 doctorates at the comprehensive, regional university. Of the 131 full-time faculty members on the LSUS campus, 80 percent hold the highest degrees awarded in their academic fields.

In 1981, Plummer received a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from LSUS. She earned a Master of Business Administration degree from LSUS in 1984, and a Master of Liberal Arts degree from LSUS in 1987. Her doctorate was awarded Nov. 16.