Notable New Orleanians: A Tricentennial Tribute
An illustrated history of New Orleans paired with the histories of companies that have helped shape the city.
An illustrated history of New Orleans paired with the histories of companies that have helped shape the city.
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Top: Joseph C. Canizaro.<br />
Bottom: Lykes Center, 1972<br />
Orleans as a member of the Archdiocese Finance<br />
Council and as Chair of Notre Dame Seminary’s<br />
Priestly Formation Campaign. He is also a<br />
Trustee Emeritus on the Board of Ave Maria<br />
University in Naples, Florida, where he formerly<br />
served as Chairman of its Finance Committee.<br />
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina’s devastation<br />
called forth the determination of the entire<br />
community in response, and Canizaro dedicated<br />
his efforts wholeheartedly to the massive<br />
rebuilding effort. Working across political aisles<br />
to forge solutions to the city’s pressing needs, he<br />
conferred with Karl Rove for President Bush<br />
extensively, and played a key role in forming the<br />
advisory panel to create a “blueprint” for the<br />
future of <strong>New</strong> Orleans, seeking to find ultimate<br />
positive outcomes for the destruction and displacement<br />
that had occurred.<br />
Over the years, if there has been a civic<br />
organization working for the benefit of the<br />
community, chances are that Canizaro has<br />
been actively involved with it and most often<br />
in a key leadership role.<br />
Giving back to his community has always<br />
been a core precept for Canizaro, as is evidenced<br />
by his work across a broad range of<br />
civic groups, including the <strong>New</strong> Orleans<br />
Chamber of Commerce, where he served as a<br />
Board member and chaired the Economic<br />
Development Council. An ongoing concern<br />
for the economic well-being of the city has<br />
fueled his efforts on behalf of the Poydras<br />
Street Task Force, the Community Resource<br />
Partnership, and the French Market<br />
Corporation, to name but a few. Canizaro has<br />
also served on the Housing Authority of <strong>New</strong><br />
Orleans as Chairman of Strategic Planning.<br />
Working to enhance <strong>New</strong> Orleans’ quality<br />
of life has long been a priority of Canizaro’s.<br />
He has been active with such cultural organizations<br />
as the Louisiana Council for the<br />
Performing Arts, the <strong>New</strong> Orleans Ballet, the<br />
<strong>New</strong> Orleans Opera, and the <strong>New</strong> Orleans<br />
Philharmonic Symphony.<br />
In addition to his aforementioned membership<br />
on Tulane’s President’s Council, Canizaro<br />
was also the former Chairman of the Tulane<br />
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