La Branche to Leave Louisburg College

Louisburg College President Mark La Branche, who has led the school for eight years, is leaving to become president of Martin Methodist College in Tennessee.  La Branche has won praise for rejuvenating Louisburg, a private, two-year college that had faced serious questions about its survival. Mike Boddie, chairman of the college’s trustee board, called La Branche’s leadership “transformational.”