PhD Graduates

PhD Graduates

LSU's 228 Mathematics Doctorates
Chronologically Listed

The Mathematics Department takes a keen interest in the careers of its many PhD Graduates. This page is under continuous development. If any reader has further information about the careers of our PhD Graduates, we will be most grateful to receive this information so we can update this section of our Graduate Website. Thanks!

Below there are lists arranged by decade. What is shown is each PhD graduate's name, followed by the date of graduation, the name of; the dissertation advisor, and the first or subsequent job, if known.

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1930s (1 doctorate)

Richey, Frank (1935, Smith)

1940s (4 doctorates)

Aucoin, Anthony Andrew (1940)

Fleddermann, Harry Taylor (1940)

Currie, John Cecil (1948)

Wicht, Marion Cammack (1949)

Broussard, Robert Lloyd (1951, Rutt)

Wilson, Joseph Clement (1954, Hawley)

Authement, Ray (1956, Wade) -- President, University of SW Louisiana, now University of Louisiana - Lafayette.

Huval, Ossie J (1958, Schenkman) -- University of SW Louisiana.

Hunter, Robert B (1958, Koch) -- University of Georgia

Rothman, Neal Jules (1958, Koch) -- University of Rochester

Fisher, Gordon M (1959, Anderson) -- Princeton, then U. New Zealand, then Prof . James Madison U., retired.

Darst, Richard B (1960, Porcelli) -- MIT, then Colorado State

Gilmer, Robert W (1961, Butts) --Univ.of Wisconsin. Sloan Fellow., Prof ., Florida State University .

Douglas, Ronald G (1962, Porcelli) -- Univ. of Michigan, then Stony Brook. Sloan Fellow. Provost, Texas A&M University .

Brooks, Robert M (1963, Porcelli) -- Univ. of Minnesota

Brown, Dennison Robert (1963, Koch) -- Univ.of Tennessee, then Prof . Univ. of Houston

Decell, Henry P (1963, Collins) -- NASA

Leland, Kenneth O (1963, Porcelli) -- Ohio State Univ.

Mott, Joe Leonard (1963, Butts) -- Univ. of Kansas, then Prof ., Florida State U.

Phillips, Richard C (1963, Butts) -- Wofford College

Vobach, Arnold R (1963, Anderson) -- Univ. of Georgia

Brechner, Beverly (1964, Anderson) -- LSUNO, then Prof ., University of Florida.

Cranford, Robert Henry (1964, Butts) -- North Texas State Univ., then Prof . U Texas-Tyler

Kellogg, Charles N (1954, Collins) -- Univ. of Kentucky

Crownover, Richard M (1964, Porcelli) -- Univ. of Missouri

Nunnally, Ellard V (1964, Casler, Anderson) -- Univ.of Massachussetts

Smith, William Walker (1965, Butts) Prof ., Univ.of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill

Poynor, George V (1965, Butts) -- Southern Illinois Univ.

Taylor, Joseph L (1964, Porcelli) -- Harvard, then Univ.of Utah. Sloan Fellow.

Conway, John Bligh (1965, Collins) -- Indiana Univ., then U. of Tennessee, then Chairman, U. Touvillon/

Friedberg, Michael (1965, Koch) -- Emory Univ., then Prof ., U. Houston

Estes, Dennis Ray (1965, Pall) -- Calif. Inst.of Technology, then U. of So. Calif.

Hardy, John Thomas (1965, Pall) -- Univ. of SW Louisiana

Mooney, Michael C (1965, Porcelli) -- Univ. of Georgia

Carruth, James Harvey (1966, Koch) -- Univ. of Tennessee, then Prof . Oregon State U., retired.

Clark, Charles Edgar (1966, Koch) -- Univ. of Missouri

Eberhart, Carl (1966, Koch) -- Univ. of Kentucky

Feaux, Charles J (1966, Pall) -- Univ. of Georgia

Pederson, Edward A (1966, Porcelli) -- U.C. Berkeley

Wong, Raymond Yen-Tin (1966, Anderson) -- UCLA

Anderson, Edmund Hughes (1967, Casler)

Lofquist, George W (1967, Pall)

Pierce, Alan C (1967, Dorroh) -- U. of Alabama --Pan American Petroleum Co.

Sentilles, Francis Dennis Jr. (1967, Dorroh) -- Univ.of Missouri

Waid, Charles Carter (1967, Pall) Marketing Manager, Comet Crawfish Technology Inc.

West, James E (1967, Anderson) -- Cornell University .

Gilbert, John R Jr. (1968, Butts) Ret. Prof ., Miss. State Univ.

Ristroph, Robert M (1968, Porcelli)

Trammel, Sammy J (1968, Butts)

Vaughan, Nick H (1968, Butts) Prof ., Univ. of North Texas

Cox, Samuel H Jr. (1968, Pendleton) Chair and Prof ., Actuarial Sci, Georgia State U.

Eakin, Paul M Jr. (1968, Butts) Prof., Univ. of Kentucky

Kauffman, Robert M (1968, Anton Zettl) Prof., Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham

Lequain, Yves A (1968, Ohm) Instituto de Matem�tica Pura e Aplicada, Brazil.

Summers, William H (1968, Collins) -- Univ. of Arkansas

Hunsucker, John L (1969, Pall)

Butts, Robert R (1969, Porcelli)

Dulin, Bill J (1969, Butts) -- McMurry Univ., Texas

Holub, James R (1969, Retherford) -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute

McCharen, John Dudley (1969, Koch)

Brown, Ezra Allen (1969, Pall) Prof ., Virginia Tech U.

Herzog, Juergen R G (1969, Kunz)

L'heureux, James E (1969, Koch) Prof ., West Chester Univ.

Rice, Bart F (1969, Pall)

Williams, William W (1969, Koch) Professor, University of Louisville.

Waggoner, Roger Alan (1969, Casler) -- Prof ., Univ.of Louisiana-Lafayette

Lewis, Daniel Ralph (1970, Dorroh) --VPI -- Univ. of Florida-- Ohio State Univ. -- Texas A&M Univ.

Spaht, Carlos G, II (1970, Butts)

Stegall, Charles Patrick Jr. (1970, Retherford)--Prof ., Johannes Kepler U., Linz, Austria

Chapman, Thomas A (1970, Anderson) - Sloan Fellowship-University of Kentucky

McCharen, Edith A B (1970, Collins)

Yeagy, Robert W (1970, Butts)

Bourque, Willis J Jr. (1971, Porcelli)

Couvillion, Lawrence A (1971, Pall)

Lewis, William J (1971, Ohm) Chairman, Univ. of Nebraska

Barit, William P (1971, Anderson)

Lea, James Wesley Jr. (1971, Lawson)

Groetch, Charles (1971, Altman) -- U. Cincinnatti (tenured)

Pollard(Lenaburg), Virginia Jean (1971, Anderson) Prof ., Garden State Univ.

Rush, David Eugene (1971, Ohm) -- University of California, Riverside.

Lenaburg, David S (1971, Porcelli)

Spikes, Dolores Richard (1971, Ohm) -- former President, Southern U., Baton Rouge, LA

Fontenot, Robert A (1972, Collins) -- Prof ., Whitman College

Quartararo, Philip Jr. (1972, Butts) Prof ., Southern Univ.

Caron, Richard M (1972, Pall)

Horne, Alvin Edward (1972, Porcelli)

Mills, Stuart Edward (1972, Dorroh) -- Provost, LSU Shreveport

Aiken, John G, IV (1972, Griffen)

Hutton, Charlene V (1973, Retherford)

Matherne, John W (1973, Pall)

Wiggen, Thomas P (1973, Porcelli) Prof., Univ. of North Dakota

Vekovius, W A (1973, Ohm) -- owns software business, Dean of Science, LSU Shreveport

Hseih, Ming S (1974, Retherford) -- actuarial business, Chicago

Kroonenberg, Nelly (1974, Anderson) -- MIT

Smith, Thomas J (1974, Casler)

Roques, Alban J (1974, Dorroh) -- LSU Eunice

Wang, Caneo J (1974, Conner)

Ganci, John J (1975, Lawson) Texas Instruments

Ramsey, Lawrence Thomas (1975, McGehee) -- PhD U. Hawaii (tenured)

Lindsey, Diana J (1975, Madison)

Cerin, Zvonko (1975, Anderson) -- Zagreb University

Murphy, Michael G (1976, Dorroh) -- Univ. of Houston

Gills, Johnny (1977, Retherford) -- Bell Labs, Houston

Smith, Brent (1977, McGehee) -- Sloan Fellow, Cal Tech, Kansas State University .

White, James N II (1977, Ohm)

Fischer, David R.(1978, Richardson) -- Univ. of Utah -Dir.of Techonology, Alliant Techsystems Inc, and President of Alliant Kilgore Flares Company.

Ramsey, John (1978, Cordes)

Royster, David (1978, Conner) -- UNC Charlotte, now Associate Chair

Waldrop, Clay (1978, Reid)

Wayland, Paul (1978, Pall) -- U. Puerto Rico

Warshauer, Max (1979, Conner) -- SW Texas

Anderson (DeBenedetto), Mary J (1979, Dorroh) --Mississippi State Univ. -- Mobil Oil Co.

Michael, Mark (1979, Curtis) -- King's College, PA

Kramer, Robert (1980.3, Casler) -- U. Colorado, Lafayette

Ritter, David L (1981.2, McGehee) -- Florida International U. (tenured)

Scott, Mark (1982.1, Kuo) -- LSU - Eunice, LA

Kaiser, Ray (1982.2, Retherford) -- U. SW LA / Kenisaw U., atlanta

Vicknair, Paul (1982.2, Ohm) -- Provost, Cal. State Univ. -San Bernardino

Brigland, Michael (1983.3, Reid) -- Mitre Corp., Supercomputer Research Center, Maryland

Sullivan, Fred (1984.2, Lawson) -- SUNY, Binghampton - RoseHullman College -- Dean of Technology, Wilkes University in Pennsylvania.

Widland, Carl (1984.2, Lax) -- Indiana U. / Kokomo

Foreman, David (1985.1, Cordes) -- Samford U., Birmingham, AL (tenured)

Hettling, Karl (1985.1, Hurrelbrink) -- U. Virginia/computer company in Germany

Lynch, Mark (1985.1, Curtis) -- NSA / Millsaps College, Mississippi

Collins, Carol (1986.1, Hildebrant) -- NASA - Jet Propulsion Labs -- now Carol Browning and Math Chair at Drury College, MO

Riordan, Robert (1986.1, Kuo) -- U. California at Irvine

Ashford, Stella (1986.3, Perlis) -- Professor, Southern U., Baton Rouge, LA

Shim, Youngsook (1987.2, Kuo) -- Chinhae National U., Korea

Berger, Ruth (1988.1, Hurrelbrink) -- Memphis St. U.

Betounes, Mylan (Redfern) (1988.1, Kuo) -- U. Southern Mississippi

Reid, Talmage (1988.1, Oxley) -- U. Mississippi

Rivero, Francisco (1988.1, Perlis) -- Chairman, U. Merida, Venezuela

Russell, Robert (1988.1, Hurrelbrink) -- 2nd Phd, Carnegie Mellon

Akkari, Safwan (1988.2, Oxley) -- Purdue U., Fort Wayne, Indiana

Chon, Inheung (1988.2, Lawson) -- Women's College, Korea

Phenis, Patrick (1988.2, Nobile) -- U. Maryland /OverseasProgram in Korea

Reyes, Edgar (1988.2, Fabec) -- SE La U.

Tzvieli, Dvora (1988.2, Reid) -- Computer scientist, to Bell Labs, NJ

Garcia, Pepita (1988.3, Hildebrant) -- U. Puerto Rico, Aricebo

Carpenter, Jenna (1989.1, Perlis) -- La Tech U.

Palfrey, Thomas (1989.2, Perlis) -- Xavier U., New Orleans

Ruge, Michael H (1989.3, Weis) -- Siemans Chemical Co., Munich

Chen, Sheng (1990.2, Perlis) -- SW Texas St., . San Marcos

Gu, Diana (1990.2, Reid) -- SW Texas St., . San Marcos

Gubser, Bradley (1990.2, Oxley) -- Hiram College, Ohio

Pfeffer-Johnston, Carolyn (1990.2, Richardson) -- Hill Asst. Prof ., Rutgers - Florida Atlantic U. - Vexcel Corporation

Beaulieu, Patricia (1991.1, Perlis) -- U. of LA.-Lafayette

Stuart, Donna (1991.1, Perlis) -- U. Nebraska, Omaha

Moss, Don (1991.2, Richardson) -- Drury College, Springfield, MO

Wargo, Lawrence (1991.3, Oxley) -- U. New Orleans

Kingan, Robert (1992.1, Hurrelbrink) -- Utah-based computer company

Lee, Jung-Soon (1992.1, Kuo) -- Southern U., Baton Rouge, LA

Asadian, Fariborz (1992.2, Kuo) -- Fort Valley State College, GA

Aucoin, Karen (1993.1, Hildebrant) - McNeese St. U, Louisiana

Dumesnil, Jill (1993.1, Hildebrant) -- Steven F. Austin U., TX

Lee, Kyoung-Sim (1993.1, Kuo) -- Women's College, Korea

Curole, Mark (1993.2, Fabec) -- Colby College, Georgia -industry

Martin, Heath (1993.2 Johnston) -- Purdue U., then U. Central Florida

Myers, Leigh Ann (1994.1, Hurrelbrink) -- NW Louisiana U.

Park, Robert (1994.1, Richardson) -- Southern U., LA; then Raytheon, Los Angeles

Wu, Haidong (1994.2, Oxley) -- Southern U., Baton Rouge; then Univ. of Mississippi

Kingan, Sandra (1994.2, Oxley) -- Oakland U., Rochester, Michigan; then Penn State Harrisburg.

Edie, Richard (1994.2, Ferreyra) -- SE Louisiana U.; Logistic Services International (Jacksonville, FL)

Dobson, Edward (1995.1, Bollobas) -- Oklahoma State U.

Kim, Mihi (1995.1, Neubrander) -- Ewha Women's University /Kyung-Hee University

Knuckles, Craig (1995.1, Wolenski) -- Lake Forest College, Illinois

Paris, Stephen (1995.1, Gilmer) -- NE Louisiana U. now a Graduate Faculty member at Florida State University

Ahmad, Hamza (1995.2, Ohm) -- Research Associate, Trieste, Yarmouk U., Jordan; Lincoln University (PA), and now Associate Professor at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU), MI.

Chimitza, Basinyi (1995.2, Gilmer) -- Univ. of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

Mills, Allan D (1995.2, Oxley) -- Tennessee Tech

Nido, Juan Antonio (1995.2, Nobile) -- Universidad Sonora/Universidad Metropolitana, Mexico

Vijayan, Colathur (1995.2, Richardson) -- State Technical Institute, Memphis, Tennessee; then FedEx Corporate Services; then Oracle.

Gonzalez, Genaro (1995.3, Lawson) -- Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo

Shi, Genbao (1995.3, J. Goldstein) -- TCI Software, New Mexico, then Innovative Emergency Management

Wang, Kunyang (1996.1, J.Goldstein) -- computer business, Dallas, TX

Zou, Dong-Ya (1996.1, Kuo) -- Southern Ontario College, Canada.

Colwell, Nancy (1996.2, Perlis) --Adrian College, Michigan

Cook, Darwin (1996.2, Richardson) -- Daniel Webster College, NH; Alfred University , New York

Fitzgerald, Jeanne (1996.2, Lax) -- James Madison University , VA

Leo, John W (1996.2, Oxley) -- Armstrong State University , Savannah, GA

Stevens, Wayne (1996.2, Gilmer) -- Southeastern Louisiana University

Kim, Jaehoo (1996.3, Smolinsky) -- Kyeongbuk University , Daegu City, Korea

Lim, Yongdo (1996.3, Lawson) -- Tenure-track Professorship, Kyungpook National University

Natov, Jonathan (1997.1, Smolinsky) -- Tenured Assoc. Professor, New York Tech. College - CUNY

Guisse, Amadou Belly (1997.1, Lawson) -- Southern U., Baton Rouge; then Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Dittmann, John J. Jr. (1997.2, Oporowski) -- Univ. of New Orleans; now Xavier U., New Orleans.

Baeumer, Boris (1997.2, Neubrander) --Research Assistant Professor, U. of Nevada at Reno; now Prof ., University of Otago, New Zealand.

Heck, Brian (1997.2, Hurrelbrink) --Tenure-track Professorship, Charleston Southern U., SC; then Nicholls State U., Thibodaux, LA.

Paslaski, George (1997.3, Sundar) -- Integrated Energy Systems / Capitol One

Brusamarello, Rosalie (1998.1, Morales) -- Universidad Estadual de Maringa

Wu, Zhaoyang (1998.2, Oxley) -- Innovative Emergency Management, Baton Rouge. Now Assoc. Professor at Nanjing University, China.

Pascal, Jesus (1998.3, Ferreyra) -- Department Director, then Dean College of Arts and Sciences, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo

Wu, Pou-lin (1998.3, Oxley) -- Innovative Emergency Management, Baton Rouge, LA

Hawkins, Sidney (1999.1, Perlis) -- Xavier U., New Orleans, LA (tenured)

Matthews, Gretchen (Crouch) (1999.1, Lax) -- post-doctoral Assistant Professorship at U. of Tennessee -- then Clemson University .

Lu, Bin (1999.2, Lawson) -- Visiting Associate Professor, St. Cloud U., Minnesota; Post-Doc at University of Arizona; now tenure track at Sacramento State University, CA.

Ru, Xueping (1999.2, Dorroh) -- Innovative Emergency Management, Baton Rouge, LA

Stan, Aurel Iulian (1999.2, Kuo) --Northwestern U., Evanston, Illinois -- Univ. of Rochester, New York. Then LSU, Shreveport.

Turner, Galen (1999.2, Oxley) -- Stephen F. Austin University , TX

Whipple, Gretchen (1999.2, Madden) -- Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York; then Chair at Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC

Whitaker, John (1999.3, Kuo) -- Furman University; NC; Wittenberg University, Ohio; Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio

2000s

Zhong, Jianyuan (Aug. 2000, Gilmer) -- Asst. Prof ., Louisiana Tech University, now tenure track at California State University Sacramento.

Cruz, Angel (Aug. 2000, Ferreyra) -- Asst. Prof., University of Puerto Rico

Zhuang, Yu (Aug. 2000, Neubrander) -- Asst. Prof ., Texas Tech University , Lubbock, TX

Salazar, Gary (Aug. 2000, Lax) -- Asst. Prof ., Trinity University , San Antonio, TX

Chu, Chin-Te (Dec. 2000, Richardson) -- Asst. Prof ., Wenzao Ursuline University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ngobi, Said (Dec. 2000, Kuo) -- Asst. Prof ., Alabama State University , Montgomery, Alabama.

Osburn, Robert (May 2001, Hurrelbrink) -- 2 Year Research Post-doc, McMaster University , Ontario, followed by 2 Year Research Post-doc, Queens University , Ontario. Now an invited guest at Max Planck Institute.

Berman, Glenn R. (May 2001, Ding) -- Asst. Prof . at Lynchburg College, Virginia.

Guneri, Cem (Aug., 2001, Lax) -- Asst. Prof . at Sabanci University , Istanbul, Turkey.

Somodi, Marius (Aug., 2001, Perlis) -- Asst. Prof . at University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls.

Walker, Uroyoan (Aug., 2001, Morales) -- Asst. Prof . at University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez.

Luttamaguzi, Jamiiru (May, 2002, Ferreyra) -- Asst. Prof . at Georgia College and State University , Milledgeville, Georgia, and now Asst. Prof . at Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Elizabeth City State University , Elizabeth City, NC 27909.

Flory, Simone (May, 2002, Neubrander) -- Embedded Systems International Corp. in Colorado Springs, CO.; Senior Risk Analyst at Centrix Financial, Denver.

Murray, Brian J, (Aug., 2002, van Wamelen) -- Department of Defense.

Nelson, Victor Samuel (Aug., 2002, Litherland) --Asst. Prof. at Whittier College, CA, -- University of California, Riverside.

Kang, Changheon (Aug., 2002, Perlis) -- Instructor at Cheju National University, Korea.

Cardetti, Fabiana (Aug., 2002, Ferreyra) -- University of Connecticut, Storrs.

Slay, David (Dec., 2002, Fabec) -- McNeese State University , LA.

Kanno, Jinko (Aug. 2003, Ding) -- Asst. Prof ., Louisiana Tech University , Ruston, LA.

Harris, John (Aug. 2003, Gilmer) -- Tenure Track Asst. Prof ., University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast.

Blankenship, Robin (Aug. 2003, Oporowski) -- Appalachian State University , Boone, NC.

Wang, Haohao (Aug. 2003, Adkins) -- Southeast Missouri State University .

Holcomb, Michael (Aug. 2003, Hoffman) -- Emory and Henry College, VA.

Ionita, Costel (Aug. 2004, Hurrelbrink) -- Tenure track Asst. Prof. at Hiram College, Ohio.

Johansen, Troels (Aug. 2004, Olafsson) -- HARP-sponsored Research Post-Doc in harmonic analysis at Universit�t Paderborn (Germany), with a 1-term visit at the University of Iowa for spring, 2005.

Kovacs, Mihaly (Aug. 2004, Neubrander) -- Assistant Professor, Mathematics Institute, Department of Mathematical Analysis, University of Miskolc, Hungary.

Mihai, Vochita (Aug. 2004, Sengupta) -- LSU.