UL - The University of Louisiana College of Sciences will be renamed the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences in honor of the university president who is retiring after more than three decades at the helm.

The university announced Friday that the UL System Board of Supervisors has approved the name change.

The new name becomes effective at the university’s commencement May 24.

Authement, who became president of the university in 1974, is scheduled to retire in June.

He will be succeeded by state Commissioner of Higher Education Joe Savoie.

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