The Louisiana Academy of Sciences was founded in 1927. Dr. Israel Maizlish, Associate Professor of Physics at Centenary College of Louisiana, was instrumental in establishing the organization and served as its first president from 1927 to 1929. The organization hosts annual meetings which typically include addresses, papers on research, and demonstrations. The organization also publishes a journal, "The Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences," which includes “peer-reviewed manuscripts from all fields of the sciences and science-affiliated disciplines (namely science education and science and humanities), especially but not exclusively pertaining to Louisiana and the southeastern region of the United States” (Vol. 68, 2022).

The goals of the organization are: “To unite scientists of Louisiana for the purpose of encouraging research and education in all branches of science. To encourage and conduct scientific discussions, to publish and disseminate scientific material, to conduct enterprises deemed to promote the causes of science, to foster applications of science to the problems of humanity. To encourage and assist teachers in Louisiana’s elementary and secondary schools with the caliber of instruction necessary to generate and maintain interest in all areas of science. To serve as an active voice representing science in both higher education and K-12 in Louisiana” (Vol. 68, 2022).

Source: Harry J. Bennet, “The First Half-Century of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences: 1927-1977” The Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Vol. 45 (1982): 7-88.