LSUE Awards First Recipient of Buster Gahn, Jr. Scholarship

LAFAYETTE, La. – LSU Eunice is proud to announce that Fire Captain Clebe Stutes is the first recipient of the Buster Gahn, Jr. Memorial Scholarship.  An official celebration was recently held at the Lafayette Parish Fire Department headquarters in downtown Lafayette.

Stutes is a captain with the Lafayette Parish Fire Department.  The scholarship provides funds for the duration of his studies with LSUE while he works towards as associate’s degree in Applied Science in Fire and Emergency Services.

The scholarship is aimed to help deserving students currently enrolled in LSUE’s Fire and Emergency Services program with preference to Lafayette Parish Fire Department employees that are attending LSUE.   Other considerations will be emergency response personnel for Acadiana area Fire Departments that want to pursue an associate degree in Fire and Emergency Services at LSU Eunice.

The late Gahn, Jr. was a respected firefighter and arson investigator for the Lafayette Fire Department for 34 years, retiring in 2016 after joining the department in 1982.   

If you would like to help contribute to this or any other scholarship opportunities, please contact the LSU Foundation at foundation@lsue.edu.