Ralph L. Ropp
| Ralph Loyd Ropp | |
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| 11th President of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana | |
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In office 1949–1962 |
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| Preceded by | Claybrook Cottingham |
| Succeeded by | F. Jay Taylor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 3, 1897 Latty, Paulding County, Ohio, USA |
| Died | March 31, 1982 (aged 85) |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Cemetery in Ruston, Louisiana |
| Spouse(s) | Effie Lee Jones Ropp |
| Children |
Linda Lou Ropp May |
| Parents | Edward F. and Viola Finnegan Ropp |
| Residence |
(1) , Louisiana (2) Ruston, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
| Occupation | College president; Professor |
| Religion | United Methodist |
Linda Lou Ropp May
Col. Ralph Edwin Ropp (deceased)
(1) , Louisiana
Ralph Loyd Ropp (March 3, 1897 – March 31, 1982) was an Ohio native who from 1949 to 1962 served as the 11th president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana, having preceded F. Jay Taylor.
Ropp was born in Latty in Paulding County in northwestern Ohio, Ropp was one of two sons of Ohio native Edward F. Ropp (1867-1935) and the former Viola M. Finnegan (1874-1960), originally from Illinois. Until he was twelve years of age, Ropp attended a one-room school and then graduated in 1913 from Latty High Schoo1. In 1923, he received a Bachelor of Science degree from the private regional institution, Ohio Northern University in Ada in Hardin County. In 1927-1928, he was the third national president of Society of Collegiate Journalists, then called Alpha Phi Gamma. Oddly, a previous Louisiana Tech president, John Keeny, for whom the university administration building is named, had also studied at Ohio Northern; his field was music.
On April 1, 1926, Ropp married the former Effie Lee Jones (1902-2000), an educator and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Ropps, who were United Methodist, had three children, Ralph Edwin Ropp (1928-1993), a colonel and director of internal information for the United States Army in Washington, D.C., later of DeRidder, Louisiana, Linda Lou Ropp May, and John M. Ropp (born 1930). In her later years, Effie Ropp had returned to live in Natchitoches, along with son John and daughter Linda May. After her mother's death, Linda May, divorced from Fred May of Seattle, Washington, subsequently left Natchitoches to return to Ruston.
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