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Brief History....
from "The LSU College of Engineering, Vol 1, Origins
and Establishment, 1860-1908" written by Dan R. Frost
and Kou K. Nelson. The LSU College of Engineering, Origins
and Establishment, 1860-1908 is now available. The book can
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1853
- Legislation passes the creation of a board of seven trustees
to oversee building of the seminary, appoint faculty, organize
the curriculum, and disburse funds. top
1859
- Board elects its initial faculty of five professors, appoints
William T. Sherman as the seminary's superintendent and professor
of engineering and David F. Boyd as professor of ancient languages.
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1860
- Jan. 2, the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning opens with
five professors, a few months later the board changes the name
to Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy.
- Nov. 1, Seminary's second session, has 130 cadets, Sherman
promises to continue as superintendent unless Louisiana seceded.
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1861
- Jan. 10, Louisiana's state militia seizes the US arsenal at
Baton Rouge
- Jan. 26, Louisiana legislature passes its Ordinance of Secession
- Feb. 20, Sherman resigns as president of the seminary
- March, Lincoln assumes Presidency of U.S. top
1862
- Apr. 1, Board reopens seminary with George Lay, acting supervisor
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1863
- Apr. 1, Student rebellion
- Apr. 23, Session dissloves, school remains closed until the
end of the war. top
1865
- Oct. 2, Louisiana State Seminary and Military Academy officially
reopens; organizes the Special School of Engineering; Samuel
Lockett hired as Professor of Engineering.
1867
- American Society of Civil Engineers established top
1869
- June 30, Louisiana State Seminary's first commencement
- Oct. 15, seminary's main building burns down
- November, Classes relocate to the Institute for the Deaf,
Blind and Dumb in Baton Rouge; the school remains at this temporary
address for eighteen years. top
1870
- Louisiana State School renamed Louisiana State University
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1876
- Louisiana State University merges with Louisiana State Agricultural
and Mechanical College top
1880
- July 1, David Boyd accused of mismanagement, forced out of
presidency of LSU; board hires William P. Johnston as President
of LSU; American Society of Mechanical Engineers established
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1883
- Jan. 19, Johnston leaves LSU to organize the privately endowed
Tulane University (previously The University of Louisiana);
board appoints Nicholson to fill vacancy
1884
- Nicholson resigns as President, but remains as mathematics
professor; board rehires David Boyd as President and Professor
of Civil Engineering; American Institute of Electrical Engineers
founded top
1885
- Sugar experiment station organized in Kenner, LA; William
Stubbs is hired to direct station; Stubbs efforts help relieve
financial pressure on the Kenner Station; aids in development
of the Chemical Engineering department by focusing research
on sugar analysis; four year general engineering degree offered.
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1886
- Jan. 13, Mechanical lab burns down, new lab constructed; US
Army barracks and 200 acres are donated to LSU;
- December, Boyd resigns a second time, Thomas Boyd (his brother)
takes the temporary appointment of President for seven months;
Nicholson takes Presidency again top
1890-1891
- Cadets in the mechanical department are paid ten cents an
hour to help maintain buildings top
1907
- Electrical Engineering officially established top
1908
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers founded; first formal
course in Chemical Engineering offered at LSU; LSU formally
organizes departments into colleges; Colleges include College
of Engineering, Arts and Sciences, Agriculture, Audubon Sugar
School, a Law School and Teachers College. LSU offered instruction
in the four major engineering fields, civil, mechanical, electrical,
and chemical. top
Facts
LSU Trivia
Did you know....
That David F. Boyd, for whom David Boyd Hall is named, had Sherman
release him from a Union prison camp?
That Samuel H. Lockett, civil engineering professor, was an
accomplished artist and soldier?
That Charles Coates, hired as professor of chemistry, was the
university's first football coach? He is accredited with naming
the team the "Tigers". top
Enrollment Facts by Class 2001
1st year students/Freshman.......................891
2nd year students/Sophomore......................689
3rd year students/Junior.........................511
4th year students/Senior.........................724
Total...........................................2903 top
Undergraduate Degrees Awarded by Program Academic Year 1996
-1997
Biological & Agricultural Engineering............21
Chemical Engineering.............................58
Civil Engineering................................43
Computer Engineering.............................83
Electrical Engineering...........................84
Environmental Engineering........................23
Industrial Engineering...........................24
Mechanical Engineering...........................87
Petroleum Engineering............................27
Total...........................................400 top
Graduate Enrollment Fall 1997 and Degrees Awarded Academic Year
1996 - 1997
Master's Enrollment..............................184
Master's degrees Awarded.........................105
Doctoral Enrollment..............................153
Doctoral Degrees Awarded..........................23
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Number of Faculty in Each
Department
Figures are the head count of full time faculty and the full
time equivalent (FTE) of part time faculty for each engineering
department. Department........................................Full....Part
Biological and Agricultural Engineering............10......0
Chemical Engineering...............................17......1.0
Civil Engineering..................................13......0
Electrical and Computer Engineering................14......0.45
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering....3......1.0
Mechanical Engineering..............................8......0
Petroleum Engineering...............................3......0
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