In Memoriam: Ernest James Gaines, 1933-2019
Ernest J. Gaines, the celebrated author and long-time educator at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, died earlier this month at his home in Oscar, Louisiana. He was 86 years old.
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In Memoriam: S. Rudolph Martin Jr., 1935-2016
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