LSUS NEWS
May 1998
LSUS faculty recognized for
outstanding community service
Dr. Carlos G. Spaht II is the recipient of The
Jefferson Award 1998, locally sponsored by Bank One and KTBS. The
Jefferson Award sponsors select five nominees from the ArkLaTex every
year to be recognized for their achievements and highest ideals in
the field of public service. The Jefferson Award National Board of
Selectors chose Dr. Spaht to attend the National Celebration which
will be held in Washington, DC, June 17-19. From all of the local
Jefferson Awards recipients who attend the national ceremony, five
are selected to be the national winners and will receive the
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for Outstanding Public Service
Benefiting Local Communities.
The Jefferson Awards is a program of the American Institute for
Public Service. The Institute was founded in 1972 by Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis, U.S. Senator Robert Taft Jr., and Sam Beard to
establish a nationally recognized award for outstanding community
service.
Dr. Spaht, chair of the Mathematics Department, also was named the
Louisiana Professor of the Year in 1997 by the Carnegie Foundation
and the Council for Advancement of and Support of Education (CASE).
Louisiana Governor Mike Foster presented him with the Governor's
Award for Special Recognition in 1997. At LSUS, he has been
recognized as Teacher of the Year in 1978, and received the
Outstanding Faculty Award in 1985, 1994, and 1997. Dr. Spaht has
been the director of the Louisiana Preparatory Program
(LaPREP) since
1992. Not only did he design and develop the program, but he also
directs and acquires funding for the program which is directed to
high-ability middle and high school students and their preparation
for college studies.