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The Foureaux Society  In association with the LSU Alumni Association, the Boyd Professors are happy to honor students with a 4.0 grade point average in each of their first two semesters with a minimum of 15 credit hours per semester. Each spring a reception is given at which the students each receive a cash award.  These students are designated members of the Foureaux Society.  (Contact: M. Blackwell <mblackwell@lsu.edu>)
2007.  The Foureaux Society met at the Lod Cook Alumni Center Monday 30 April 2007 for the induction of 126 new members. Members are those who maintained a 4.0 GPA for at least 15 credit hours in their first two semesters at LSU. Inductees received membership certificates and a small cash award. One of LSU’s distinguished faculty, Bruce Sharky, Department of Landscape Architecture, was the speaker, and he emphasized the importance of study abroad. Sharky has taken LSU undergraduates to Mexico, China, and several other countries. The reception following the talk provided an opportunity for students to have informal discussions with Sharky and the Boyd Professors about their careers. The Foureaux Society was created and named by the late Boyd Professor William H. Patrick in 1996. Cliff Vannoy, Lindsay Turner, and other members of the staff of the LSU Alumni Association, and Bradford Edwards, Records and Registration, helped to make this event a success.
 Bruce Sharky, speaker for the 2007 Foureaux Society meeting and new member Nabil K. Thalji. [Members and more pictures]
From the LSU Alumni News Summer 1999/Vol. 75/no. 2/p. 5
Academic Excellence   A group of 127 students were recognized for perfect scholarship as the newest inductees into LSU's Foureaux Society during a reception at the Lod Cook Alumni Center April 21.  An honorary student organization, the Foureaux Society was formed to recognize sophomores who maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average during their freshman year at LSU. New inductee Emily Hyfield appreciated the honor.  "It's great that the university recognizes students for their achievements," she said. Hosting the event were LSU's Boyd Professors, those faculty attaining the highest profession rank awarded by the university, and the LSU Alumni Association [LSUAA].  Dr. William Patrick, Boyd Professor and LSU Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute Director, initiated the program in 1996. Each new inductee received a cash award and a certificate of membership from the LSU AA. 
Some Foureaux Society Members maintain 4.0 GPAs to become University Medalists at graduation:
Julie Kerrigan Guste, 1999
Gabriel Michael Krajicek, 1999
Valerie Kay Burgess, 2003
Hina Narendra Dave 2003
Kate Alice Wilkinson 2003
Wesley Louise Lee 2003
Anne Marie St. Romain 2003
Kurt Krolikowski 2005
Foureaux Society Members represent a diverse group as can be seen from this small sample:
Andrew Bain
Julie Marie Beattie
Valerie Kay Burgess
Coila F. Fontenot
James C. Jones
Kurt Krolikowski
Laura Likos
Nancy L. Malone
Andrew S. Roberts
Jonas N. Samuelsson
David M. Sherfesee
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Meredith Blackwell
1 May 2007