E.B. Robert

After serving as Assistant Superintendent of Schools in St. Landry Parish and earning his doctorate from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Edward Bane Robert returned to his alma mater as an instructor. In 1935, he was recruited by LSU as Director of Teacher Training. He served as Dean of the College of Education, during which time he facilitated the construction of a new complex for the LSU Laboratory School. The auditorium of the LSU Lab School is named in his honor.