– internationally recognized trial lawyer, conservationist and patron of the arts Calhoun Allen (1921–1991) – Mayor of Shreveport from 1970 to 1978, utilities commissioner from 1962 to 1970, and city council member in 1991 until his death that year Lonnie O. Aulds (1925–1984, Class of 1950) – Louisiana state representative from Caddo Parish from 1968 to 1972; real estate developer in Shreveport Brady Blade – drummer, music producer, founded record label Brick Top Recordings LLC, and owner of Blade Studios Algie D. Brown (Class of 1934, 1910–2004) – member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Caddo Parish from 1948 to 1972 Riemer Calhoun (Class of 1930, 1909–1994) – member of the Louisiana State Senate for Caddo and DeSoto parishes from 1944 to 1952 Cecil K. Carter, Jr. (1929–1987) – Louisiana state senator for Caddo Parish, 1972 to 1976 Sherri Smith Buffington – member of the Louisiana State Senate since 2004 John William Corrington – poet and author; early television writing pioneer George W. D'Artois (transferred to LSU in Baton Rouge) – Shreveport public safety commissioner 1962–1976 Taylor Scott Davis - church musician and composer John Allen Dixon (Class of 1940, 1920–2003) – Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court Scott Durbin – member of the children's music group Imagination Movers George Dement (1922–2014) – mayor of Bossier City from 1989 to 2005; attended after World War II but did not graduate; holds honorary doctorate from Centenary D. L. Dykes, Jr. (1917–1997) – pastor of First United Methodist Church in Shreveport from 1955 to 1984; urged racial harmony in civil rights movement; known for opposition to "Religious Right" Lenny Fant (Class of 1950, 1923–1998) – basketball coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, 1957–1979 William J. Fleniken – U. S. attorney, 1950–1953; judge of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court, 1961–1979 Thomas Wafer Fuller (Class of 1890) – state senator, newspaper publisher, Webster Parish school superintendent William Pike Hall, Sr. – state senator for Caddo and DeSoto parishes from 1924 to 1932, Shreveport attorney John Spencer Hardy (Class of 1938, 1913–2012) – Lieutenant General of the United States Air Force, later member of the Centenary board of directors and the Hall of Fame Lovette Hill – former head baseball coach for the University of Houston James Hoyt (baseball) – pitcher, most recently for the Los Angeles Angels Cal Hubbard – former professional football player, member of Baseball Hall of