Fueling Knowledge: LSU’s ties to oil and gas stretch back to the 1930s

Fueling Knowledge: LSU’s ties to oil and gas stretch back to the 1930s

An aerial photograph of LSU's campus circa 1938. (LSU Hill Memorial Library photo) This is part one of a two-part investigative series about the long-held relationship between the fossil fuel industry and LSU and was reported in partnership with WWNO, WRKF and Floodlight. You can listen to the accompanying Sea Change podcast here.  To LSU administrators 55 years ago, the front yard of fraternity houses seemed like the “least objectionable” locat…