Prof Randolph M. Howes, MD, PhD Dr. Howes was born on a small strawberry farm East of Ponchatoula, Louisiana. He attended Southeastern Louisiana University (SLU) and was honored as a SLU Legend, and as an Outstanding SLU Alumnus, along with Robin Roberts of ABC News Good Morning America. SLU articles referred to him as "a da Vinci in cowboy boots." While working on double doctorate degrees at Tulane University School of Medicine, Dr. Howes worked as a technician on the isolation of thyrotropin releasing factor with Nobel Laureate, Dr. Andrew V. Schally, studied under Dr. Richard Steele, whose