University of Louisiana
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At present, no single institution exists with the specific, official name of the University of Louisiana.
[edit] Historical and modern references
- In 1847 the original University of Louisiana was established as a public university in New Orleans. Previously known as the Medical College of Louisiana (est. 1834), the college added law and collegiate undergraduate departments to become the University of Louisiana. The name was revised in 1884 when the university was reorganized into the private Tulane University of Louisiana. The university was transferred from state control and renamed in honor of benefactor Paul Tulane, a wealthy merchant who bequeathed more than $1 million to endow a university for the city where he had earned his fortune. Today, it is commonly referred to as Tulane University.
- In 1995 the Louisiana Board of Trustees (est. 1974) was renamed to the University of Louisiana Board of Supervisors. The passage of legislative Act 45 concurrently created the new name University of Louisiana System for the system overseeing eight public universities located throughout the state, which are distinctive from the universities in the Louisiana State University System and the Southern University System.
- In 1999 two public universities changed their names to each become a city-identified University of Louisiana:
- The University of Southwestern Louisiana (est. 1900) was renamed the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
- Northeast Louisiana University (est. 1931) was renamed University of Louisiana at Monroe.
[edit] Other references
- Xavier University of Louisiana (est. 1925), a private university, bears University of Louisiana as part of its official name. The "of Louisiana" portion differentiates it from other universities named Xavier University.
- On April 27, 1984 the Louisiana Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities voted by a 17-1 margin to drop the “Southwestern” from then-named University of Southwestern Louisiana (USL). The name University of Louisiana only lasted a few days. In May of 1984, the Louisiana Board of Regents took the issue to district court, asserting that only the state legislature could rename state universities. District Judge William H. Brown agreed with the plaintiffs and stripped USL of its unauthorized new name. This decision was later upheld by the Louisiana State Supreme Court.
- University of Louisiana was a fictional university in the 1988 film Everybody's All-American and the 1998 film The Waterboy.
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