NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Leah Jackson (jacksonl@nsula.edu)
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466

11/16/2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATCHITOCHES -Alvin C. Moreau Jr. of Baton Rouge and Steve Tannehill of Olla have been named to the Northwestern State University Foundation Board of Directors.

A native of Baton Rouge, Moreau played football at NSU and was elected to the All Gulf States Conference team. He graduated from NSU in 1966 with a degree in education and a minor in English. He taught for four years before returning to school, enrolling in the physical therapy program at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. He has worked as a practicing physical therapist since 1974. He is CEO of Moreau Physical Therapy, which consists of two clinics in the Baton Rouge, a third clinic in Port Barre and a fourth in Zachary. He is a member of NSU's Graduate N Club and was instrumental in initiating the Buddy Bonnette Memorial Scholarship.

"I owe Northwestern and the Northwestern family so much. I can never repay the NSU family for what they did for me," Moreau said. "I am so honored to be a part of the Foundation so that I can see it continue to do for its students what it did for me."

Married since 1970 to Margarette Ackal Moreau, Moreau and his wife have four children, Eugenie, Al III, Matthew and Michael, and five grandchildren.

Tannehill graduated from Northwestern in 1977, attended law school at Louisiana State University and worked as a wood contractor until 1981. He has been a Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society field representative for the last 25 years and a registered representative with Woodmen Financial Services since 2001. He is a member of the National Association of Fraternal Insurance Counselors and the Million Dollar Round Table.

Tannehill and his wife, Pamela Menefee Tannehill, have two children, Stephanie and William. He is a member of the United Methodist Church of Urania and is an active supporter of LaSalle High School athletics and the Olla-Tullos-Urania Senior Citizens Organization.

"I am honored to be able to serve on the board, knowing that I may be able to help a student that wound not otherwise be able to attend college," Tannehill said.

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