Fame and the Professional Football Hall of Fame Whitfield Jack (attended 1924, 1906–1989) – Shreveport attorney and World War II United States Army office; major general in United States Army Reserve Edward Kennon – Shreveport-area developer and former member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission (1973–1984) Clyde Lee – former head football coach for the University of Houston Seth Lugo (2008–2011) – pitcher for the San Diego Padres Max T. Malone – former state senator from Caddo and Bossier parishes, businessman James M. McCoy (Class of 1966), sixth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. Eldred Kurtz Means (March 11, 1878 - February 19, 1957) Minister, author Charlotte Moorman – avant-garde performance artist Taylor W. O'Hearn – former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, studied for bar exam through Centenary W. Darrell Overdyke (Class of 1928, 1907–1973) – historian, faculty member ca. 1929 until his death Robert Parish – basketball player, four-time NBA champion, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame Buddy Parker – professional football player and head coach of Detroit Lions and Pittsburgh Steelers Clarence Cullam Pope – Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas Robert G. Pugh (Class of 1946, 1924–2007) – Shreveport attorney, civic leader, and gubernatorial advisor E.S. Richardson (Class of 1936, 1875–1950) – former president of Louisiana Tech University Edward White Robertson (1823–1887) – United States Representative from Louisiana Versha Sharma (Class of 2008) - current Editor-in-chief at Teen Vogue Virginia Shehee (Class of 1943, 1923–2015) – first woman elected to the Louisiana State Senate; businesswoman and philanthropist Linus A. Sims – educator who founded Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond Hal Sutton – PGA Tour golfer; captain of the 2004 U.S. Ryder Cup team Rose Van Thyn (Class of 2002, 1921–2010), honorary doctorate – Auschwitz concentration camp survivor, holocaust educator Jeffrey P. Victory (Class of 1967, born 1946) – associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court Dayton Waller (Class of 1947, 1925–2015) – Shreveport businessman and former state representative Steve Weddle (Class of 1992) – poet and author Patrick C. Williams (born 1963) – state representative for Caddo Parish since 2007 Louise Yazbeck (1910-1995) - composer J. Smith Young (1834–1916) – member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana James Logie Dobie (Class of 1956, 1934–2017) – paleontologist and herpetologist, Auburn University faculty (1967–1996) Kathy Johnson (1959-) - American olympic gymnast, silver and gold medalist Faculty and staff Katherine Jackson French (1875-1958) -