Nicholls State University - La Pirogue Yearbook (Thibodaux, LA)

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BA taculty includes twins During the fall semester, any business student late to class in Povv- ell l-lall could have become very confused, If they stepped into Boom 112, an instructor vvould have been teaching the basics of accounting, But if they vvould have stepped next door into Boom 113, they vvould think they vvere seeing the same instructor. VVe're used to the mistakes by novv, Bob Kearns said Kearns, an instructor in the Accounting Department teaches next door to Bokentohr Buck Kearns, an assistant professor of accounting, and his tvvin brother. Since both Kearns teach accounting, beginning and intermediate, at 8 am. and next door to each other, some students have made mis- takes. Neither tvvin has said anything during a lecture it someone picks up their books and vvalks out of the class vvith a sheepish look on their face. We vvent through Thibodaux High School together and people knevv us, Buck recalled. For one prank, one tvvin took the other's place for a history exam, although they vvon't say vvhich tvvin took the exam. Both attended Nicholls in the 195O's, vvhen it vvas a junior college, participating on the early football teams, There vvas a difference between the teams then and the success- ful team now, Bob said, I don't think vve vvon a game. Both vvent on to Louisiana State University, where they both earned bachelor of science and master's degrees in accounting. Bob later became a certified public accountant. VVhile both have adjusted to teaching and the natural confusion of students slovvly poking heads into their rooms, the double takes are still amusing. Buck Kearns, the assistant professor of accounting, makes a point during an intermediate accounting class, The older ot the two brothers has become accustomed to lost students walking in. The certified public accountant, Bob Kearns, teaches in the classroom next to his brother. Both attended Louisiana State after graduating from Cthenj Nicholls State College. Buck and Bob Kearns 921

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lltllltgt 0l BIISIIICSS AtlIlllIllSIl'ilIl0Il Fairchild received his doctorate of phi- losophy degree in ceremonies at Louisi- ana State University in Baton Rouge on Dec. 19. His doctoral dissertation was an Air Force research project entitled Com- pensation for Use ot Capital Assets Dur- ing Periods of Rapid Inflation: An Evalua- tion of Department of Defense Proce- dures versus Current Commercial Prac- tice. Dr, Fairchild was a geologist in the oil industry. He holds a BS. in geology and a MBA. in accounting from LSU and has attended John Hopkins University and Economics and Finance Club: First row: Sally Naquin, Gene Gouax, Dr Michelle Francois, Willard Boouet, Craig Kees, Karl Kerne and Larry Jordans Second row: Paul Landry, Paul Martin, Richard Brown, Rickey Hernandez and Patrice Lassigne Dr Michelle Francois, head of the Economics and Finance Department, became the first woman elected president of the Thioodaux Chamber of Commerce rvuuf ' veg -MN l't--riiiiriqliin counting Department --.....L