Dr. Albert Sam II, a Black vascular surgeon from Baton Rouge, was named to the Regents by Jindal after the governor pushed out a longtime White member of the board amid complaints about the lack of diversity on the panel.
Sam’s appointment came days before the Regents meet this week to hear a consultant’s recommendations about whether to merge SUNO and UNO. But Sam won’t be there for his first meeting as a board member, says Regents spokeswoman Meg Casper.
