See details for Dr. Norman Francis' funeral

Details for Dr. Norman Francis' funeral
NEW ORLEANS - AUGUST 29 2010: (AFP-OUT) First Lady Michelle Obama sits with Norman Francis, president of Xavier University as U.S. President Barack Obama prepares to speak at Xavier University on August 29, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana, the five year anniversary of when Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast and the storm took over 1,800 lives and devastated the region. Photo credit A.J. Sisco-Pool/Getty Images

The community will be able to pay its final respects to the late Norman Francis March 2 and 3.

Francis' body will lie in repose at the Xavier University Convocation Center from 9 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. on March 2.

Francis led the university for more than four decades.

Funeral mass will be said the following day at 10 a.m. at St. Louis Cathedral, following visitation from 8 a.m. through 9:30.

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