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Henderson recalled the mid-1980s when budget shortfalls in Louisiana threatened higher education and NSU's future was uncertain. Alost was named the university's president in the midst of that crisis. "He poured himself into this institution to ensure that this institution would not only survive but thrive, and if you look at the growth that occurred in the most difficult of times, it was because of Bobby Alost," Henderson said. Alost was president of the university from 1986-1996. He died 2020 at age 85. Before becoming president, Alost served NSU as a faculty member, department head and dean. He was also co-founder of the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts and director of the school from 1982 to 1986.