FROM STAFF REPORTS

R. Blake Chatelain, an Alexandria bank executive, became Chairman of the LSU Board of Supervisors on Thursday, succeeding James P. Roy, whose one-year term as chairman expired.

Monroe hotel owner and developer James W. Moore Jr. was unanimously elected chairman-elect, according to a news release.

As he took the gavel as the new board chair, Chatelain thanked Roy for his “tireless, dedicated service to the university system” and praised him for giving “110 percent to LSU.”

“No doubt, we have many challenges ahead, but our board has complete confidence in our President and our Chancellors and we are certain that by working together we will meet the issues of the day head on,” Chatelain said. “We all take pride in the accomplishments of our athletic teams, when they meet our competition on the field.  Let’s not rest until we are equally as passionate and committed to winning in all areas of academics.”

Chatelain, appointed by Governor Bobby Jindal to the LSU Board from Louisiana’s Fifth Congressional District in 2008, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Red River Bank in Alexandria.