The Law Center takes pride in the many accomplishments of our distinguished alumni and others among the Law Center family and recognition in the following categories:

Annual Distinguished Alumni

1990
the late Dr. Jesse N. Stone, Jr., ’50, Shreveport, Louisiana

1991
Chancellor Freddie Pitcher, Jr., ’73, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1992
Senator Cleo Fields, ’87, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1993
Senator Charles D. Jones, ’75, Monroe, Louisiana

1994
retired Justice Revius O. Ortique, Jr., ’56, New Orleans, Louisiana

1995
State Representative Willie Hunter, Jr., ’77, Shreveport, Louisiana

1996
the late Audrey D. Leblanc, ’58, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1997
Walter C. Dumas, ’69, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1998
the late Thelma Quince Colbert, ’75, Dallas, Texas

1999
Harry Cantrell, ’81, New Orleans, Louisiana

2000
Ben Cannon, ‘82, Washington, D.C.

2001
John F. K. Belton, ’90, Ruston, Louisiana

2002
Allen, ’80, and Janice Myles, ’87, Plaquemine, Louisiana

2003
State Representative Willie Hunter, Jr., ’77; Monroe, Louisiana; Michael A. Mitchell, ’78, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Bobby Stromile, ’75, Bossier City, Louisiana

2004
Judge Wayne Salvant, ‘74, Fort Worth, Texas

2005
Judge Felicia Toney Williams,‘80, Tallulah, Louisiana
Kenneth Glover, ‘75, Lakeland, Florida
Outstanding Service Award recipient
 

Hall of Fame Inductees

2003 Inductees
MURPHY W. BELL, ESQ., ‘57
WALTER C. DUMAS, ESQ., ‘69
EUGENE P. GENE“ CICARDO, SR., ‘73, Posthumously
AUDREY DASTE LEBLANC, ‘58, Posthumously
HONORABLE CHARLES D. JONES, ‘75
ETTA KAY HEARN, ESQ., ‘69
JOHNNIE A. JONES, SR., ESQ., ’53
JUSTICE REVIUS O. ORTIQUE, JR., ’56
CHANCELLOR FREDDIE PITCHER, JR., ’73
DR. JESSE NEALAND STONE, JR., ’50, Posthumously
PROFESSOR CLYDE TIDWELL, ‘66

2004 Inductees
WALTER LEE BAILEY, JR., ‘65
JUDGE CURTIS CALLOWAY, ‘65
THELMA QUINCE COLBERT, ‘75
THOMAS N. TODD, ‘63
P. SPENCER-TORRY, ‘70
RICHARD “RICKY” WARD, ‘80
MARION OVERTON WHITE, ’63

2005 Inductees
JUDGE JAMES BEST, ‘86
JUDGE JANICE CLARK, ’76
MAYOR MELVIN “KIP” HOLDEN, ’85
DEAN VANUE LACOUR
JUDGE PAUL LYNCH, ‘62, Posthumously
RICHARD MILLSPAUGH, ‘51

Golden Alumni
Southern University Law Center initiated the recognition of those who have graduated 50 years of more during the 2005 Commencement. We salute these legal pioneers for what they have contributed to the legal profession and the Law Center:

Class of 1950
Ellyson Dyson
Admitted June 15, 1950
Attorney, Retired educator
Franklinton, Louisiana

Alvin P. Jones
Admitted June 15, 1950
New Orleans attorney
(Died October 11, 1973)

Alex L. Pitcher, Jr.
Admitted June 15, 1950
Noted civil rights attorney; former NAACP branch president left Baton Rouge in 1961 for San Francisco, California, where he continued his law practice and was elected president of the San Francisco NAACP branch
(Died January 6, 2000)

Jesse N. Stone, Jr.
Admitted June 15, 1950
Shreveport civil rights attorney and educator; former Dean of SU School of Law; ad hoc Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court; first President, Southern University System; former member of the SU Board of Supervisors; Inducted into the SULC Alumni Hall of Fame in 2003
(Died May 14, 2001)

Leroy White
Admitted June 15, 1950
Baton Rouge attorney/former SU law professor; retired after more than 30 years with the Internal Revenue Service

Class of 1951
Leonard P. Avery
Admitted June 18, 1951
Retired assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Louisiana; former assistant district attorney in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, expert in collections judgments
(Died October 24, 1991)

St. Elmo Johnson
Admitted February 19, 1951
New Orleans attorney
(Died November 1982)

Richard Millspaugh
Admitted June 18, 1951
Opelousas City Attorney for more than 30 years; first black resident to register to vote in Opelousas, Louisiana; former Grand Polemarch, Kappa Alpha Psi, Inducted into the SULC Alumni

(Died May 29, 2008)

Class of 1952
Bruce Bell
Admitted June 17, 1952
Baton Rouge attorney; practiced with his brother Murphy Bell, a 1958 Law Center graduate
(Died February 26, 1964)

Albion Ricard
Admitted June 17, 1952
New Orleans attorney
(Died January 2, 1994)

Antoine M. Trudeau
Admitted June 17, 1952
New Orleans civil rights attorney
(Died October 19, 1978)

Freddie B. Warren, Jr
Admitted June 17, 1952
New Orleans attorney
(Died April 1, 1997)

Class of 1953
Johnnie A. Jones, Sr.
Admitted June 11, 1953
Baton Rouge civil rights attorney, former State Representative; Inducted into the SULC Alumni Hall of Fame in 2003

Class of 1954
Prudhomme Dejoie
Admitted June 11, 1954
New Orleans attorney, relocated to Chicago
(Died March 13, 1991)

Wilmon Richardson
Admitted February 18, 1954
Baton Rouge attorney and businessman
(Died September 3, 1975)

Chris Roggerson, Jr.
Admitted June 11, 1954
Retired as senior federal executive as lead counsel of Board of Veterans Appeal; former supervising attorney of the U.S. Employment Opportunity Commission, former deputy director to Secretary in the U.S. Department for Health, Education, and Welfare’s Office of Civil Rights and former staff director of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
(Died March 8, 2005)

Class of 1955
Leo F. McDaniel
Admitted June 10, 1955
Shreveport attorney
(Died January 15, 1968)

Norbert Rayford
Admitted June 10, 1955
Retired administrative law judge for the Louisiana State Department of Labor, Workers’ Compensation. Formerly practiced in Washington, D.C., and in Chicago, Illinois. Returned to Baton Rouge in 1973 for a position as assistant professor of law at Southern; former assistant city prosecutor; one of the first com-missioners of East Baton Rouge Parish
(Died March 11, 2005)