Ralph Izard, 2014 LSU Manship HOF Inductee
Ralph Izard (former associate dean and acting dean of the Manship School) has been active at the Manship School as both teacher and administrator since 2001, holding the Sig Michelson/CBS Professorship. Beyond the positive effect he had on the lives of many students, his greatest passion is to improve the number of minority journalists in the profession, especially at the management level. He is responsible for making the Manship School a national leader in this area. He set up the Forum for Media Diversity website, organized seminars and symposia, conducted panels, wrote many grants and helped raise funds for the Chair in Media Diversity (now called the Chair in Media, Race and Cultural Literacy.) Dr. Izard’s life-long contribution to the field of journalism has consistently been of benefit to the Manship School