Dr. Arnold Kilpatrick

President of Northwestern for 12 years, Dr. Arnold Kilpatrick oversaw extensive additions to the physical plant at the university and an increase in student enrollment to more than 1,500. During the Kilpatrick years, doctoral degrees and extensive two-year associate degrees were established, as well as the Educational Center at the former England Air Force Base in Alexandria.

The 1944 graduate of Northwestern taught and coached in Jackson Parish prior to becoming a basketball coach and athletic director at Northeast Louisiana University. He later served as chairman of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education at NLU before becoming the Dean of the College at Northwestern.