ACADEMIC SOCIETIES | School of Medicine

A native of Pascagoula, Mississippi born in 1904, Dr. Hull graduated from high school at the early age of 15.  He attended undergraduate studies at Louisiana State University before attending Tulane Medical School graduating in 1927.  He was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha as a student.

Dr. Isaac "Ike" Muslow was born on April 4, 1926 in Oil City, LA. He attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Centenary College of Louisiana, and Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, where he did an internship at Charity Hospital.

John Clifton McDonald was born in Baldwyn, Mississippi, on July 25, 1930.  He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from Mississippi College in 1951 and his Medical Degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 1955. 

Dr. Darryl Williams was the Dean of the LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport from 1986-1990. He completed medical school and an Internal Medicine Residency at Baylor College of Medicine. He received a Masters of Public Health from the University of Texas Health Sciences at Houston School of Public Health. 

Dr. Perry Rigby was a previous Dean of the LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine from 1978-1985. In addition to this, he served as the Chancellor for the LSU Medical Center from 1985-1994 at which time the Chancellor was over both the Shreveport and New Orleans Medical Centers.

Dr. Chesson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and received a bachelor’s degree in Science from University of Texas at Austin. He then attended University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas where he received a Doctor of Medicine degree and completed his Residency in Neurology.