In Memoriam: Dr. Robert Alost

Remembered as a mastermind and visionary.
It is with a very heavy heart that we announce this news. Mastermind, visionary, and founding father of LSMSA, Dr. Robert Alost has passed.

Remembered as larger than life by the students who knew him, Dr. Alost worked alongside Rep. Jimmy D. Long, Sr., Sen. Don Kelly, and Gov. David Treen to secure the necessary funding and facilities and pass the initial legislation that created LSMSA. Together with a very limited staff, he embarked on a statewide campaign to recruit the very first group of students and served as the school's first Executive Director from 1982-1986. Upon leaving, he became president of Northwestern State University where he then created the Louisiana Scholars College.

"We can not begin to count the number of students and families positively impacted by Dr. Alost's work in education," said Dr. Steve Horton, LSMSA executive director. "He was a visionary beyond measure, and our deepest condolences are with his family at this time." 

"Dr. Robert Alost, the mastermind behind the school, drives a pickup truck, raises cattle and knows most of his students by name," published Dixie Magazine by The Times Picayune on Dec. 11, 1983.
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