James R. West has been professor of trumpet at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana since 1978. Well-known as an educator and active in the International Trumpet Guild[1], he is a writer for the International Trumpet Guild Journal and is principal trumpet of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge, or simply Louisiana State University (LSU) is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. ... Founded Incorporated 1699 16 January 1817  County East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor Melvin Kip Holden Area  - Total  - Water 204. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...