Kenneth Roberts
Biography
Kenneth Roberts was born on September 19, 1944, in New Orleans,
Louisiana. He is the son of well-known meteorologist Nash C. Roberts
and Lydia Leblanc. He grew up in Metairie, Louisiana. He attended
public schools and participated in the 4-H club in high school. He
started his academic career at the University of New Orleans before
transferring to Louisiana State University, where he earned his
bachelor's and master's degrees in agricultural economics. After
receiving his master's degree, Roberts attended Oregon State
University and earned a PhD in natural resource economics. Upon
graduation from OSU, Roberts worked as a natural resource economist
and program director for the Clemson University Sea Grant program.
He then spent a year working for the National Sea Grant office as a
program monitor before returning to South Carolina. In 1978, Roberts
returned to Louisiana as a Marine Extension resource economist for
Louisiana Sea Grant. In 2001, he became the associate vice
chancellor and associate director of Extension for the Louisiana
State University AgCenter. He retired from the LSU AgCenter in the
fall of 2006.
Roberts' interview is housed in the T. Harry Williams Center for
Oral History at LSU Libraries Special Collections.
Roberts, Kenneth, interview by Wyatt Winnie, audio recording,
2014, 4700.2385, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley
Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.