The Byron R. Kantrow Professor of Law was established by the LSU Board of Supervisors in 1998. Generous contributions made by the Byron R. Kantrow family—Mrs. Byron R. Kantrow, Byron K. Kantrow, Jr., Michael J. Kantrow, and Lee C. Kantrow—made this professorship possible. Mr. Kantrow, a 1931 graduate of the Law Center, was widely admired and respected for his many contributions to the community, to Louisiana and to the legal profession.