2016 Louisiana Political Museum Hall of Fame inductees

The Louisiana Political Museum has announced the 2016 Louisiana Political Hall of Fame Inductees.
Induction activities begin in Lafayette on Saturday, March 12, with a reception from 6 to 7p.m. at the Cajundome Convention Center Festival Ballroom (second floor), with a banquet to follow at 7 p.m.
Tickets for the induction banquet can be purchased from the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame for $100 each (open seating) by calling (318) 628-5928 prior to Feb. 26. All tickets must be reserved and paid in advance.

BOLLINGER, DONALD T. “BOYSIE”: Donald T. “Boysie” Bollinger is chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bollinger Enterprises, LLC, which in part serves as a family office. He is the former chairman and CEO of Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., a family-owned business established in 1946; a full service marine construction and ship repair company. Bollinger serves on numerous boards of directors, including chairman of the board of First Bank and Trust. He also actively serves on the board of directors of the University Medical Center Management Corporation and the Audubon Commission. Additionally, Bollinger devotes considerable time to professional and civic organizations. He serves as chairman of the Nicholls State University Foundation. He has served as vice chairman of the United States Coast Guard Foundation and has served as chairman of the following: Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation, The National World War II Museum, Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), Business Council of New Orleans, The Nature Conservancy of Louisiana, Young Presidents Organization, United Way of South LA and the New Orleans Region of the Boy Scouts of America. He has served as an elected delegate to Louisiana’s Constitutional Convention in 1973 and served on the Louisiana Board of Regents and the University of Louisiana System Board.
Bollinger currently serves on the National Petroleum Council. He previously served on the President’s Export Council under the administration of President George H.W. Bush. He is past chairman of the Governor’s Maritime Advisory Task Force and former chairman of the board of commissioners, Port of New Orleans. In addition, he served as a commissioner for the American Battle Monuments Commission, under the administration of President George W. Bush. Bollinger was also a member of the Louisiana Recovery Authority and Bring New Orleans Back Commission, both of which were involved in the rebuilding of New Orleans and Louisiana after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In 1971, Bollinger earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of Louisiana - Lafayette. He is married to Joy LeBlanc, has three sons and five grandchildren.
HAYNIE, RANDY K.: A native of Lafayette, Haynie attended and graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana — working summers as an oilfield roughneck — and graduated with a bachelor of science in biology, chemistry, and mathematics. After college, he gained a taste for politics by serving as an assistant sergeant-at-arms for the Louisiana Senate, then becoming the personal aide of former Sen. Edgar “Sonny” Mouton, and taking part in Mouton’s gubernatorial campaign. Fueled by a personal desire and passion to give corporations and professionals superior representation before state government, he formed Haynie & Associates. Today, Haynie & Associates’ high-profile client roster includes General Electric, General Motors, Bollinger, Fluor, Altria, JPMorgan Chase, Northrop Grumman, Louisiana Oilfield Contractors Association, New Orleans Saints, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, NFL, and Caesar’s Entertainment. In addition, since 1983, Haynie owns Louisiana Governmental Studies, which publishes an annual legislative directory and a grass roots guide to lobbying the Louisiana legislature every four years. Haynie is extensively involved in civic and professional organizations, serving a wide variety of elected and appointed positions. He is also an avid collector of historic Louisiana objects, including state, parish, municipal, merchant, and bank notes, dating to the 1800s; tickets issued by the first Louisiana Lottery Company; photos of Louisiana governors and memorabilia related to their terms of office; several early maps of Louisiana; and original paintings by well-known Louisiana artists. The Louisiana collection is showcased at Long-View, Haynie’s Baton Rouge office that was once the home of former Louisiana Governor Earl K. Long.
IEYOUB, RICHARD: Ieyoub is a Baton Rouge lawyer and a Democratic politician who was the attorney general of Louisiana from 1992 to 2004. Ieyoub was the Calcasieu Parish district attorney in Lake Charles from 1984 to 1992, and is now with the Baton Rouge firm Couhig Partners. As attorney general, Ieyoub won a multimillion dollar tobacco settlement for the state of Louisiana as compensation for the health care costs of smokers. He took a leading role in the formulation of the theory of parens patriae, which allows the state to sue on behalf of its citizens. Ieyoub claimed among his major accomplishments as attorney general the promotion of “initiatives that protect our children and help our children lead a better quality of life.” He was active in the fight against narcotics through the Louisiana Coordinating Council on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug Abuse. Ieyoub worked closely with the National Council Against Drinking and Driving. His office has been nationally recognized for combating underage drinking and drunken driving. He established a statewide school safety program and created a high-technology unit that targets sexual predators on the Internet. Ieyoub was a member of the National Association of Attorneys General.
JONES, SAM HOUSTON: Deceased. Jones broke the 12-year hold on the governor’s office enjoyed by the Long faction in Louisiana politics. Following the “Louisiana Scandals” of 1939 which focused voters’ attention on the corruption of Long’s followers, Jones won the gubernatorial election of 1940 defeating Earl Long. Jones had no experience in state government but promised — and delivered — an honest administration. He enacted civil service legislation, established competitive bidding for state purchases, and abolished the practice of annual voter registration. Gov. Jones governed during wartime, a difficult period to administer new policies. The reduction of executive power further hindered him. The governor did continue several of the Long programs including free lunches for school- children, equal pay for black and white teachers, increased funding of state colleges and aid to the blind, elderly and indigent families. Chiefly, he restored state and national respect for Louisiana. Gov. Jones did not build a political dynasty. He ran again in 1948, against Earl Long but, as one historian wrote, “Long out-promised Jones.” Jones’ heritage of good government continues in a group he helped found, the Public Affairs Research Council.
MAMOULIDES, JOHN: Mamoulides started Tulane Law School in 1957 upon discharge from the Active Duty Air Force. During school he worked full time at the Whitney National Bank at night in the accounting department and flew with the Air Force Reserves at Alvin Callendar Naval Air Station. Upon completion of law school, he worked full time for the Federal Aviation Agency as an Air Traffic Controller in the New Orleans Center from 1960 until 1963 while he was starting a general practice of law. Mamoulides was appointed assistant district attorney in 1966 in Jefferson Parish and became executive assistant in 1968. Later, Mamoulides was appointed district attorney upon the retirement of the previous district attorney. In August 1972 he was elected for his first term as district attorney and was reelected in 1978, 1984, and 1990. Mamoulides retired from the office of district attorney in 1996, after serving 30 years and was then appointed by David M. Barrett as a legal consultant to the Office of the Independent Counsel.
MOODY III, BRAXTON “B.I.” : The University of Louisiana at Lafayette renamed its College of Business Administration after Moody in recognition of his service to the business industry in Acadiana as well as his community involvement. Currently, Moody is chairman of The Moody Company and of Louisiana State Newspapers, Inc., both located in Lafayette. Moody has had a tremendous impact on the Acadiana area. Moody graduated from Rayne High School and attended Auburn University. His college career was interrupted by service in the United States Navy during World War II. After the war, Moody returned and entered then-SLI where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in accounting. Following graduation, Moody was the founding partner in the CPA firm of Moody, Broussard, Poché & Guidry. He also served as president and chief executive officer of Chart House, Inc., in Lafayette and chairman of the board for First National Bank of Lafayette. His services on boards of directors include Rayne State Bank & Trust Company, First National Bank of Crowley, Acadia Savings and Loan Administration, First Commerce of New Orleans, Coastal Chemical Company of Abbeville, Lastarmco Inc. of Abbeville, Riviana Foods Inc. of Houston, Celeron Oil Company Inc. of Lafayette and Quantum Restaurants Inc. of New York. Moody is married to the former Thelma Hebert of Rayne and they are the parents of nine children. They have 49 grandchildren, 49 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
SALOOM JR., KALISTE: Saloom was born May 15, 1918, in Lafayette, the fifth of seven children to Lebanese immigrants Kaliste and Asma Boustany Saloom. In 1935, he graduated from Cathedral High School, now Cathedral-Carmel School. Saloom then earned his bachelor’s degree in arts in 1939 from the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning, now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The university bestowed its highest honor, the Outstanding Graduate Award, to Kaliste Saloom Jr. He earned his bachelor of law degree from Tulane University in New Orleans. Immediately after graduation from Tulane in May 1942, Saloom began training for the Army. By August 1942, he was selected to be a member of the Counterintelligence Corps. He served in the military from June 1942 to November 1945. Upon returning home from the war, Saloom opened his own law office and by 1948, he was assigned to be city attorney for Lafayette. Saloom was elected to the position of judge for the City Court of Lafayette to fill a vacancy. From 1953 to 1983, Saloom served as the only judge for the City Court of Lafayette. On Oct. 19, 1958, Saloom married his wife Yvonne, a Mississippi native who had just earned her bachelor’s degree from Newcomb College, the women’s school of Tulane University. Saloom finally retired from his judgeship in 1993, after 40 years of service to the Lafayette community. He remains active in service to his community.

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Louisiana Political
Family of Officeholders
The Chehardy Family
Lawrence A. Chehardy was born on March 10,1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Chehardy was a long time tax assessor for Jefferson Parish and also served in the Circuit Court of Appeals. Chehardy married Louise Ramoneda. Their three children are Lawrence Edward, Susan Marie and Carolyn Chehardy.
Susan Chehardy has served as a judge in the 24th Judicial Court and on the Louisiana 5th Circuit of Appeals.
Lawrence E. Chehardy retired after more than three decades as the longest-serving Jefferson Parish Assessor.