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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 211
BY SENATOR LONG
A RESOLUTION
To commend and congratulate Jerry Pierce for fifty years of service at Northwestern State
University of Louisiana.
WHEREAS, Jerry Pierce has served a long and distinguished career of fifty years at
Northwestern State University of Louisiana (NSU) and has been for many the public face
of the university; and
WHEREAS, he began his career in journalism while in high school, where he served
on the Springhill Press and served as a correspondent for wire services, daily newspapers,
and weekly papers in Natchitoches and Coushatta, Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, himself a graduate of NSU, Mr. Pierce began his career at the Times-
Picayune in 1961, and quickly became the paper's executive sports editor; and
WHEREAS, he returned to his alma mater in 1965, to serve as sports information
director, and for the next fifty years, he would serve in several positions at NSU, including
sports information director, news bureau director, and his current position as Vice President
of External Affairs; and
WHEREAS, as a member of the NSU faculty, he has written over ten thousand
stories and articles for the Natchitoches Times and other publications, some of which were
anthologized in "Prayer Meetings and Pink Flamingos", which was published by the
Association of Electric Cooperatives in 2002; and
WHEREAS, he was instrumental in bringing the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame to
Natchitoches in the 1970's and served as the director of that program for over two decades;
and
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WHEREAS, he is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, including the
Mac Russo Award for Distinguished Service to the Louisiana Sports Writers Association,
the Natchitoches Mayor's Award for Community Service, the American Legion's
Natchitoches Parish Man of the Year Award, the Natchitoches Parish Chamber of
Commerce's President's Award, and the City of Natchitoches Achievement Appreciation
Award; and
WHEREAS, during his long and successful career, Jerry Pierce has shown himself
to be a giving and caring member of his community, a dedicated journalist, a loving
husband, and an inspiration to the many students and faculty at NSU whose lives he has
touched.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate Jerry Pierce for fifty years of dedicated service to
Northwestern State University of Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Jerry
Pierce.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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