Notable New Orleanians: A Tricentennial Tribute

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SPONSORS Academy of the Sacred Heart ............................................................................................................................................................160 Archbishop Shaw High School ..........................................................................................................................................................142 Aunt Sally’s Pralines ..........................................................................................................................................................................172 Brother Martin High School ..............................................................................................................................................................146 Cabrini High School .........................................................................................................................................................................161 Joseph C. Canizaro ...........................................................................................................................................................................200 Compucast Web, Inc./Experience New Orleans.................................................................................................................................191 CrescentCare.....................................................................................................................................................................................162 Delgado Community College ............................................................................................................................................................148 Dillard University..............................................................................................................................................................................169 Ed. Smith’s Stencil Works, Ltd. .........................................................................................................................................................206 Eustis Engineering, L.L.C..................................................................................................................................................................215 Fromherz Engineers, Inc ...................................................................................................................................................................212 Gardner Realtors ...............................................................................................................................................................................214 Gotham Lofts....................................................................................................................................................................................178 Hancock Whitney .............................................................................................................................................................................182 Hotel Storyville.................................................................................................................................................................................188 Jones Walker LLP..............................................................................................................................................................................193 The Kearney Companies, Inc. ...........................................................................................................................................................197 KPMG LLP........................................................................................................................................................................................192 Laitram, LLC.....................................................................................................................................................................................210 Liberty Bank and Trust......................................................................................................................................................................195 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine ..............................................................................................150 Mandina’s Restaurant ........................................................................................................................................................................194 Metairie Bank....................................................................................................................................................................................174 Metairie Park Country Day School ....................................................................................................................................................168 Meyer The Hatter..............................................................................................................................................................................196 Mount Carmel Academy ...................................................................................................................................................................152 Neal Auction Company.....................................................................................................................................................................189 New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary .......................................................................................................................................167 New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau...................................................................................................................................158 Ochsner Baptist ................................................................................................................................................................................165 Pan-American Life Insurance.............................................................................................................................................................176 Parkway Bakery & Tavern.................................................................................................................................................................180 Patrick F. Taylor Foundation .............................................................................................................................................................134 PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans ................................................................................................................................................................186 Port of New Orleans .........................................................................................................................................................................184 Roubion Construction Co., LLC........................................................................................................................................................208 Royal Sonesta New Orleans...............................................................................................................................................................190 Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans .........................................................................................................................................213 Southern University at New Orleans .................................................................................................................................................144 St. Mary’s Academy ...........................................................................................................................................................................163 St. Mary’s Dominican High School ....................................................................................................................................................154 Stuart Hall School for Boys ...............................................................................................................................................................166 Tulane University ..............................................................................................................................................................................156 Ursuline Academy of New Orleans....................................................................................................................................................164 Xavier University of Louisiana...........................................................................................................................................................140 NOTABLE NEW ORLEANIANS: A Tricentennial Tribute 216
About the Author ABOUT THE AUTHOR W ILLIAM D. REEVES William Dale Reeves was born in New Orleans in 1941. He received a B.A. from Williams College, and a Ph. D. from Tulane University in 1968. He worked for eight years in a real estate investment trust and as president of an insurance company. Since 1990 he has been a full-time contract historian. His books include De La Barre: Life of a French Creole Family in Louisiana (1980); Historic City Park: New Orleans (1992); Westwego: From Cheniere to Canal (1996); Manresa on the Mississippi: For the Greater Glory of God (1996); Paths to Distinction: Dr. James White, Governor E. D. White and Chief Justice Edward Douglass White of Louisiana (1999); Historic Louisiana: An Illustrated History (2003); From Tally-Ho to Forest Home: The History of Two Louisiana Plantations (2005); Le Pavillon Hotel: A Century of Triumph (2008); Hotel Monteleone (2011); His publications include an article on the Public Works Administration in the Journal of American History (1973); “A Transitional Plantation House in Louisiana Architecture” in Arris, the Journal of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians VIII (1997); and “Two Hundred Years of Maritime New Orleans: An Overview” in Tulane Maritime Law Journal (Winter 2010). ABOUT THE AUTHOR 217
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T HE L OUISIANA H ISTORICAL S OCIET
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T HE L OUISIANA H ISTORICAL S OCIET
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LEGACY SPONSORS Through their gener
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INTRODUCTION On the occasion of the
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This volume would
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In every decade, the Society has co
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J EAN B APTISTE L E M OYNE DE B IEN
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U RSULINE S ISTERS AND M OTHER M AR
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G ILBERT A NTOINE DE S T . MAXENT (
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continued to paint and raise the ch
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wrote neo-classic poems celebrating
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1916. Returning home, he practiced
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1. Durham is mentioned in several s
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epresentative, state senator and at
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A. N. Yiannopoulos found “the 180
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18th century until the Civil War an
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distinguished reputation in the war
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years of their deaths. The Memoirs
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his death in 1846. One of his great
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J AMES H. CALDWELL (1793-1863) Jame
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houses of New Orleans. Made to comp
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A RCHBISHOP A NTOINE B LANC (1792-1
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the breakup of the city. As a refor
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Lacroix’s end was not so honorabl
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H ENRIETTE D ELILLE (1812-1862) In
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William Woodward, 1859-1939, Old Ur
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current, or against the wind, but n
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School of José Salazar, Pierre-Jos
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Comte de Beaujolais. French Commiss
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Detail, Marie Adrien Persac (ca. 18
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community was abandoned after 1850
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Charles de Armas, PLAN/OF TEN LOTS
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George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-
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George H. Grandjean, Plan/MICHOUD P
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Louis H. Pilié, PLAN OF A VALUABLE
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Unknown Artist, Roy Alciatore (1902
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Michael P. Smith, Allison "Tootie"
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J AMES R OBB (1814-1881) Antebellum
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D R . LOUIS C HARLES R OUDANEZ (182
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L EON G ODCHAUX (1824-1899) At the
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Born in 1829 New Orleans, Gottschal
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Company, the National Rice Milling
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eflections led to short stories, so
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R ODOLPHE L UCIEN D ESDUNES (1849-1
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first president of the Levee Board.
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J OSEPH V ACCARO (1855-1945) AND F
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A constant interest was the structu
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Matas was one of the first to suppo
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contributed a chapter on African-Am
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St. Louis and other points on the i
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and which, in 1966, became The Hist
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of Art.1 His architectural work mad
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By the end of World War II Ochsner
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Richard Strauss. 1 The N. O. Opera
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A LBERT W. D ENT (1904-1987) The ad
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C HINK H ENRY (1910-1974) Clarence
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With her siblings and nephews, Ella
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water the industry drilled from flo
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treasurer of the New Orleans Spring
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C OSIMO M ATASSA (1926-2014) Record
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Ambrose’s idea for a local D-Day
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Black activist Bill Rouselle said a
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Ursuline Convent. COURTESY OF THE L
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SHARING THE HERITAGE Historic profi
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QUALITY OF LIFE Healthcare provider
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was able to expand his own individu
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two family members or friends, at n
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Business; Education and Counseling;
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college or life after high school.
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Public Administration, and a new Sm
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with its college-preparatory curric
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In the fall of 1931, a freshman cla
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Early history points to Sister Mary
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five foreign countries-a huge respo
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A quality education is imperative t
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