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Randy Lew Ewing (born February 10, 1944) is a timberbusinessman from Jackson Parish, who as a Democrat, represented District 35 (Jackson, Lincoln, Union, and part of Ouachita parishes) in the Louisiana State Senate from 1988 to 2000. He was the State Senate President in his last term from 1996 to 2000, which corresponded with the first term of Republican Governor Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Jr. ==Background== Ewing recalls that his father, Laster Cleo "Lew" Ewing (1912-2004), was given a job at the Louisiana State University student farm in Baton Rouge during the depths of the Great Depression through the intervention of Governor Huey Pierce Long, Jr. Though he had first attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, L. C. Ewing was therefore able to study at LSU,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=L. C. Ewing obituary )〕 from which he graduated in 1935.〔 Randy Ewing explained accordingly: "My father's stories of LSU, Huey Long, and Baton Rouge because almost mystical in my family. This life-changing opportunity for a 19-year-old poverty-stricken boy from Chatham bore great influence on subsequent generations" of the Ewing family. Ewing's mother, the former Louise Williams (1917-2001), known as "Topper Ewing", devoted much of her time and to their United Methodist church as well as other community and civic endeavors.〔 Ewing is married to the former Rosemary Upshaw. They have two children, Ashley E. Manning of Monroe and Brandon Ewing of Ruston. He graduated in 1962 from Jonesboro-Hodge High School. In 1966, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in business and finance from the E.J. Ourso College of Business at LSU. He studied history there under the famous professor Stephen Ambrose. Ewing owns Ewing Timber Co., a business in Quitman, a small town north of the parish seat of Jonesboro. Ewing maintained his Senate office in the nearby larger city of Ruston in Lincoln Parish. In Ruston, he is a director of American Bank and the private Cedar Creek School. He has served on the board of the Louisiana Methodist Children's Home in Ruston. He and Mrs. Ewing have long supported Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of the USA. Ewing is a member of the Lions Club. He is a past president of the Louisiana Forestry Association, an organization in which his father was also active, and a former chairman of the Louisiana Forestry Commission. He is also a former member of the Louisiana Ad Valorem Tax Commission. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Randy Ewing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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