Print / Share  
 
 

About Us

Distinguished Alumni Award

 

The Distinguished Alumni Award is presented to alumni who are leaders in the community, region or nation, and who have given generously of their time, talents or resources to LSUS. The award was instituted in 1985. The following criteria, adopted in 2004, are used to determine the recipients of the award:

  • The recipient must be an LSUS graduate with at least a Bachelor's Degree.
  • The recipient must have made a significant contribution to the University which may or may not have been monetary.
  • The recipient must be a leader in our community, region or nation.
  • The recipient must be using his or her LSUS degree in a significant manner. 

Marcia Calhoun

2012     Marcia Copeland Calhoun
Marcia Calhoun graduated summa cum laude from LSUS in 2000 with a Bachelor of General Studies. She is the co-owner of Calhoun Builders, Inc., with her husband, Riemer, and has distinguished herself within the building industry.

Marcia served on the LSUS Alumni Board from 2001-2007 and was Co-Chair of the Commencement Committee for 4 years. She is also a member of the LSUS Foundation and established an endowed scholarship in 2006. She received the LSUS Alumni Circle of Excellence Award in 2010.

Marcia helped develop and organize several non-profit entitities to enhance the lifestyle of the DeSoto Parish area, and presently serves on the boards of the DeSoto Arts Council, DeSoto Kids Development and Education, Inc., and Friends of the Mansfield Female College Museum. She has served for more than a decade on the State Governing Board of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport. 

 

            Other Recent Distinguished Alumni

2011       James H. Ballengee - BS Accounting 1987

2010      Anne Dier Wilson and Dr. Woody Wilson - Joint MLA degrees 1987

2009      John M. Good, Jr. - BS 1976

2008      Edie Broyles Williams - BGS 1988

2007      Hazel Fain Beard - BGS 1985

Former Distinguished Alumni 

1985      T.C. Tisdon - AGS 1976
1988      Robert Maxwell Bunch, Ph.D. - BS 1975
1997      Preston R. Friedley, Jr. - BA 1976
1998      Zina Schiff Eisenberg - MLA 1991
2000      Margaret W. Kinsey, Ph.D. (Hon.) - AGS 1984
2001      Michael H. Woods - BGS 1975
2002      Phillip A. Rozeman, M.D. - BS 1977
2003      1st Lt. Brandon R. Friedman - BA 2000
2004      T. Brian Bond - BGS 1982
2006      S. Reed Dickens - BA 2000