Louella Cable was an aquatic biologist, the first female scientist hired by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, a prolific researcher, a great scientific illustrator, and an USD Alumna.

Drawing by Cable from Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries Volume XLVIII. Dr. Cable received B.A. (1926) and M.A. (1927) degrees from the University of South Dakota. She worked for the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, later called the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, from 1927 to 1970. Louella Cable, photograph from the Coyote yearbook.