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	The Board of Supervisors for the Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College System was created by the Louisiana State Constitution of 1974. The Board is vested with the responsibility via the Constitution and State Revised Statutes for the management and supervision of the institutions of higher education, statewide agricultural programs and other programs which comprise the Southern University System. Its powers are subject only to those which are granted by the State Constitution to the Louisiana State Board of Regents. The first official meeting of the Board of Supervisors was held in May 1975 on the Southern University campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
	Louisiana Congressional Districts


The members of the Board are appointed by the Governor of the State to overlapping six year terms. Their appointments are subject to confirmation by the Louisiana State Senate. The sixteen-member Board consists of two members from each of the State’s Congressional Districts, one member from the State at large and one student member. The student representative, who serves a one-year term, is elected annually from the current presidents of the student body on one of the System’s three campuses or the Law Center.

*District 1*		*District 2*
*Mr. Richard J. Caiton, Jr.*	*Atty. Warren A. Forstall*	*Atty. Dale N. Atkins*	*Mrs. Lea P. Montgomery*

*District 3*		*District 4*
*Mr. Herman Lee Hartman, Sr.*	*Mr. Louis Miller*	*Mr. Murphy Nash, Jr.*	*Ms. E. Jean Ware*
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*District 5*		*District 6*
*Mr. Achilles Williams*	*Mr. Myron K. Lawson*	*Mr. Johnny G. Anderson*	*Atty. Tony M. Clayton*

*District 7*		*At-Large*	*Student*
*Rev. Samuel C. Tolbert, Jr.*	*Ms. Mary Rideau Doucet*	*Rev. Jesse B. Bilberry*	*Ms. Afi C. Patterson*
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	©2008 Southern University Board of Supervisors Last Modified: 05/05/2008