Louisiana State University - Gumbo Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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GENERAL TROY H. MIDDLETON PRESIDENT OF LS. U

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GOVERNOR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS The Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors is composed of sixteen members who are appointed by the governor for a term of fourteen years. The governor is an ex-officio member of the Board. These citizens from all parts of the state function as a spokesman for the uni- versity in the state legislature from which operational funds are obtained. The Board of Supervisors has been urging the legis- lature for additional funds for building purposes. The Board has also encouraged a raise in university teachers ' salaries. Approval of appointments, resignations, and leaves-of-absence is another duty of the Board. FIRST Row: Theo F. Cangelosi, Oliver P. Carriere, Margaret Dixon, John J. Doles, C. J. Dugas, Tom W. Dutton, Sterling V. Gladden. SECOND Row: Lewis Gottlieb, Thomas W. Leigh, James M. McLemore, Ella V. Aldrich Schwing, J. Stewart Slack, James E. Smitherman, Horace Wilkinson, Jr. D O 27

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Lieutenant General Troy H. Middleton has been a member of the Louisiana State University Administrative family for more than twenty-five years. He began his dis- tinguished record of service to the University in 1930 when he was appointed Commandant of Cadets a posi- tion which he held for six years. During the last two years of his term as Commandant, General Middleton also held the position of Dean of Men. Since that time he has been Dean of Administration, Acting Vice- President. Comptroller, and in February, 1951, he became Louisiana State University ' s thirteenth President. In June, 1955, General Middleton was awarded an honorary Doc- tor of Civil Law degree from the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee. Born in Georgetown, Mississippi, on October 12, 1889, General Middleton attended Mississippi State Col- lege. Upon being graduated in 1909. he entered military service as a private. As Second Lieutenant, he was a member of the U.S. force which was sent to quell the border raids of the Mexican bandit Pancho Villa. In World War I, General Middleton became the Army ' s youngest full colonel, a rank he retained permanently when he retired from the Army in 1936. He was called out of military retirement in 1942 to serve as commander of the 45th Division. Additional laurels were bestowed on General Middleton ' s distinguished military career when, as commander of the Eighth Army Corps, he was praised by the late General George Patton for the decision to hold Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. His services as an educator and an administrator are evidenced by the positions he has held here at Louisi- ana State University and in several military institutions. General Middleton has had the distinction of instructing the President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, at the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leaven- worth, Kansas. Louisiana State University is proud to have as its President one who has distinguished himself in so many fields Lieutenant General Trov H. Middleton.