Judge Frank M. Dougherty, Caddo, Bienville and Claiborne Parishes,
Louisiana
Second Judicial District
File prepared by D.N.P.
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From "Biographies of Louisiana Judges" edited by J.
Cleveland Fruge'
for the Louisiana District Judges Association, publishers.
1971.
Reproduction permitted without written permission provided credit
line is retained. Copyright, 1971, J. Cleveland Fruge'.
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Judge Frank M. Dougherty, who commenced his judicial career in
October, 1958, was born in Angelina County, Texas, July 26, 1912,
the second of three sons born to Frank E. and Della Pitts Dougherty,
both deceased.
He received his education in the public schools of east Texas,
at Baylor University and at Loyola University and holds a law degree
from each university.
During the Second World War he served 33 months in the South
Pacific
with the Fifth Amphibious Force and the Second marine Divisions 18th
Regiment.
He participated in a number of campaigns including, among others,
Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian.
He is married to the former Miss Paulyn Gill of Claiborne Parish
and they have two children, Ruth a student at Louisiana College, and
John Michael a student at Claiborne Academy, Homer, Louisiana.
The judge is a skilled hunter and fisherman and an expert marksman
and has vigorously pursued these sports since childhood. However,
serious physical injuries which he received in 1962, when a horse fell
on him, together with declining health have limited his participation
in recent years.
It is well known to his friends that his love for the outdoors
stands
next to his love for his family. The impounding of the free running
streams
of the state and the destruction of the great hardwood forests of the
delta
region have caused him much sorrow.
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