Lawson Swearingen
| Lawson Lewis Swearingen, Jr. | |
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Lawson and Sharon Harrelson Swearingen
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| Louisiana State Senator from District 34 (Ouachita Parish) | |
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In office 1980–1991 |
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| Preceded by | H. Lawrence Gibbs, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | John C. Ensminger |
| President of the University of Louisiana at Monroe | |
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In office 1991–2001 |
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| Preceded by | Dwight D. Vines |
| Succeeded by | James E. Cofer Sr. |
| Personal details | |
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May 27, 1944 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Sharon Harrelson Swearingen |
| Children |
Lawson Lewis (Chip) Swearingen, III |
| Residence | Fairhope, Alabama, USA |
| Occupation | Former university president |
| State Senator Swearingen left the legislature to become president of his alma mater, which was renamed as the University of Louisiana at Monroe during Swearingen's ten-year tenure as president from 1991 through 2001. | |
Lawson Lewis (Chip) Swearingen, III
Attorney; State Senator; Professor
Lawson Lewis Swearingen, Jr. (born May 27, 1944), is a former Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate, having represented District 34 (Ouachita Parish) from 1980 to 1991, and a former president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, whose tenure extended from 1991 through 2001.
Swearingen was born in San Antonio, Texas, to Lawson Swearingen, Sr. (1919–2011), and the former Jeanette Christine "Jean" Cadwallader (1922-2012). The senior Swearingen was a World War II veteran, a graduate of Louisiana Tech University, and an executive with Commercial Union Insurance in Ruston, Louisiana, and, later, Boston, Massachusetts. The paternal grandparents of Swearingen, Jr., were Annie Marie Estlinbaum and Henry Douglas Swearingen of Eagle Lake, Texas.
Swearingen's mother, Jean, daughter of the Reverend Chester Sabin Cadwallader and the former Carrie Kendall, met her husband at Baylor University in her native Waco, Texas. While the couple resided in Ruston, she was for twelve years the Lincoln Parish deputy clerk of court. She was active in Baptist women's groups and assisted her husband while they were living in Boston to organize Billy Graham's 1980 New England Crusade.
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