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Rickey L. "Rick" Nowlin (born July 30, 1948) is a Natchitoches engineer, businessman, and politician who is the first ever president of the reorganized Natchitoches Parish government. A Republican, Nowlin defeated the Democrat Gerald "Jerry" Longlois in the nonpartisan blanket primary held for the new position on November 6, 2012. The election was held in conjunction with the U.S. presidential and congressional contests. Nowlin received 9,283 votes (59.2 percent) to Longlois' 6,393 (40.8 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Louisiana election returns, November 6, 2012 )〕 From 2008 to 2012, Nowlin was a one-term member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 23 (Natchitoches, DeSoto, and Red River parishes). Nowlin and the still-serving State Senator Gerald I. Long are the first Republicans since Reconstruction to represent Natchitoches Parish in the Louisiana legislature.〔List of Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives Since 1812: http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2008.pdf; List of Members of the Louisiana State Senate Since 1880: http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/s1880-2004.pdf#search='c.c.%20taddy%20aycock'〕 The two took their oaths of office on January 14, 2008, the same day that Republican Governor Bobby Jindal was inaugurated. ==Background== Nowlin was born to Louis M. Nowlin (November 16, 1918 – July 1, 2001) and Jocie R. Nowlin (May 21, 1921 – August 30, 2000. He, his brother, and two sisters were reared in Ferriday, a city in Concordia Parish near the Mississippi River. Nowlin graduated from Ferriday High School in 1966. Among his classmates was Dan Richey, who served as a Democrat in the Louisiana House (1976–1980) and the Louisiana Senate (1980–1984), and is now affiliated with the Louisiana Family Forum, a conservative interest group which supported Nowlin in his legislative campaign. In his 2007 campaign, Nowlin secured the endorsement of the National Federation of Independent Business.〔(NFIB.com - Small Business Endorses Rick Nowlin in House District 23 )〕 Nowlin attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1971.〔(Project Vote Smart - Representative Rick Nowlin - Biography )〕 He was a member of Eta Kappa Nu honor electrical society, Sigma Nu social fraternity (which endorsed Nowlin in the campaign),〔(Rick Nowlin for state representative | Sigma Nu Fraternity at Louisiana Tech University | Eta Zeta Chapter )〕 and Omicron Delta Kappa honor society. He was listed in ''Who's Who in American College and Universities''. The next year, Nowlin procured a Master of Business Administration degree with honors from Louisiana Tech and was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma honor business society.〔(Rick Nowlin for Louisiana State Representative - District 23 )〕 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「Rick Nowlin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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