Relatives of Judge Edmund M. Reggie Who Received
Legislative Scholarships to Tulane [A, B] |
| Name |
Years |
Legislative Sponsor [C] |
Edmund M. Reggie, Jr.
(son) |
1971-72 (1) |
Rep. Allen C. Gremillion
D-Acadia Parish* |
Victoria Reggie
(daughter) |
1972-79 (7) |
Rep. John N. John, III
D-Acadia Parish [D] |
Denis Reggie
(son) |
1973-76 (3) |
Sen. James E. Fontenot
D-Acadia Parish |
Mariam Reggie
(daughter) |
1976-78 (2) |
Sen. Ned E. Doucet, Jr.
D-Acadia Parish |
| " " |
1978-80 (2) |
Sen. Cecil J. Picard
D-Acadia Parish |
| " " |
1980-85 (5) |
Rep. John C. "Juba" Diez
D-Ascension Parish [E] |
Gregory Reggie
(son) |
1979-82 (3) |
Rep. John N. John, III
D-Acadia Parish |
Raymond Reggie
(son) |
1980-84 (4) |
Sen. Cecil J. Picard
D-Acadia Parish |
Paul Reggie
(nephew) |
1982-83 (1) |
Rep. John N. John, III
D-Acadia Parish |
| " " |
1983-88 (5) |
Rep. Donald J. Thibodeaux
D-Acadia Parish |
| " " |
1988-89 (1) |
Rep. Chris John
D-Acadia Parish [D] |
*Louisiana parishes are equivalent to counties in other states.
Endnotes
- Source: Tyler Bridges, "Scholarships to Insiders," The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, October 15, 1995, p. A-13. The newspaper sued Tulane twice to obtain the list of legislators and their nominees for scholarships. Judge Reggie has denounced the published report, calling the tally of 34 years of scholarships "lies" (personal communication, March 10, 2005).
- Tulane reported a 2003 Comprehensive Fee of $33,492 to The Princeton Review (http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/), accessed 8/19/03. Thus, at 2003 rates, the value of 34 years of scholarships would be in excess of $1.1 million.
- Parishes represented by the legislative sponsors named in ref. [A] above were obtained from: 1) Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1877-2008, Louisiana House of Representatives, March, 2005, pp. 8, 9 & 12; and 2) Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880-2008, Louisiana State Senate, March, 2004, p. 8. Both publications are available from the Louisiana State Legislature Web Portal (http://legis.state.la.us/), accessed 3/17/05.
- In 1975, Tulane unilaterally adopted a resolution to extend the legislative scholarship program to include the professional schools, thus permitting Victoria Reggie and other family members to attend Tulane Law School tuition free. The original intention of the scholarship program was to provide a liberal arts education through the bacclaurate and not beyond. As stated in Attorney General Opinion 87-225: "It is our opinion that the graduate and professional schools were not included in the scholarship provisions of Act 43 of 1884. ... Therefore, it our opinion that Tulane University may limit the award of legislative scholarships to only those students in the undergraduate school."
- According to Act 43 of 1884, Sec. 6, each state legislator may
nominate a bona fide citizen or resident of his own district or parish for a free tuition. Judge Reggie was a resident of Crowley
in Acadia Parish. (For more detail, see: Vicki Hyman, "Mud: Campaign soiled by mudslinging over senate seat,"
The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, September 29, 1994, p. B-1.) Later constitutional amendments changed the nomination requirements to give each legislator "the right to nominate one student from among the citizens of the state," thus permitting legislators from one parish to nominate candidates from another. See: Attorney General Opinion 93-839.
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