John P. Laborde

Founded in 1960, the LSU Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt foundation composed of business, professional and civic leaders. The Foundation manages most of the investments and serves as trustee for most of the endowed funds and other private assets contributed for the benefit of the University.

Laborde Products, Inc. provides diesel engines and diesel-powered equipment. The firm offers heavy-duty engines, equipment, service and support to marine and industrial and oilfield markets. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Covington, LA.

United Gas Pipeline Co. distributes natural gas. The private company is based in Houston, TX.

Stewart Enterprises, Inc. provides funeral, cemetery products and services in the death care industry. It offers a complete line of funeral and cremation merchandise and services, along with cemetery property, merchandise and service. The company operates through three segments: Funeral, Cemetery and Corporate Trust Management. The Funeral Homes segment offers a complete range of funeral services and products, which includes family consultation, worship and funeral services, transportation services, removal and preparation of decedents, online remembrance registries and legacies, caskets, urns and flowers. The Cemetery segment involves the sale of cemetery property and related merchandise, including lots, lawn crypts, family and community mausoleums, monuments, markers and burial vaults. It also provides burial site openings and closings and inscriptions. The Corporate Trust Management segment consists of trust management fees and funeral merchandise and service trust earnings recognized with respect to preneed contracts delivered during the period. Stewart Enterprises was founded by Albert Stewart in 1910 and is headquartered in Jefferson, LA.

VT Halter Marine, Inc. is engaged in the design, construction, and repair of ships. It offers comprehensive packages covering shipbuilding projects from blueprint to blue water. The firm provides small to medium size ship construction to commercial and government clients. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Pascagoula, MS.

BellSouth LLC operates as a telecommunications holding company. It provides wire line communication services including local exchange, network access, intra local access, and internet services. The firm also offers print and online directory advertising. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.