Louisiana State University was directly involved with the Bell X-1 program, "Glamorous Glennis", research flights which led to the first manned flight exceeding the speed of sound in level flight. Dr. Williams was on the Aeronautical Board of NACA, and was responsible for hiring many of the "pioneers" of what has now become America's Space Program, NASA. Michael I. Jordan, Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley is also an LSU alumnus. Louisiana State University The Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Certified Capital Company program models. CAPCOs were first implemented in the State of Louisiana in the 1980s. Initially, the Louisiana Program authorized a two dollar tax credit match for each dollar in capital invested. Certified Capital Company Certified Capital Companies ("CAPCOs") are generally debt lending based programs that employ future state tax credits as a subsidy to these funds. CAPCOs have been operated in the District of Columbia and eight states, including: Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, New York, Texas, and Wisconsin. Generally, CAPCOs sponsor their specific programs in states through legislation with the claims of economic development, job creation and retention, and