Article: Louisiana issues statement on the death of Dr. Ray P. Authement

[BeauCajun]

Hopefully we can all drive to Lafayette next Friday. Still won’t be able to gather. He took over at a low point for the university.

It was today.

[CajunEXPRESS]

It was today.

That’s what I thought, then I saw the Friday15th somewhere. Clearly that Friday the 15th isn’t correct.

[NewsCopy]

Dozens of cars lined E. University Avenue on Friday morning, as people drove by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's administration building to honor Ray Authement, the legendary former university president who died Sunday.

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[KapCajun]

It was today.

Was anyone there or drove by who may report on the response? I would love to know! Thanks

[HelmutVII]

They had a pretty steady flow. It wasn't backed up though.

[Turbine]

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[talktomewillis]

I went early. There was a steady flow but no backup as mentioned earlier. There was a large picture of him at the entrance with the Pride of Acadiana in the background. When you got to the front of Martin Hall, the UL Alma Mater was playing in a loop. There was a policeman there who took any cards, notes, etc. and put them in a large basket. You didn't get out of your vehicle.

[CajunNation]

I had an upperclassman tell me about debugging my Fortran programming before going through the keypunch process. It kept me from spending so many late nights having to keypunch multiple times.

On the MULTICS, I understood we had a graduate working at NASA that got us the computer for the price of picking it up at the train station. First time I ever ran into computer gaming. Zork could be addictive, even without graphics.

Fortran, now there's a blast from the past.

[levetsj]

https://multicians.org/site-usl.html

[Boomer]

When I left UL Athletic staff, Doc sent me one of the nicest and kindest letters one could imagine....thanks and sincerity and an inspiration to the future.....we had been pretty close in some situations about the athletic program and the rebound of the basketball program....thank the Lord they worked out! RIP Doc!