Edward A. De La Houssaye, III, St. Martin, St. Mary & Iberia Parishes,
La.
Sixteenth Judicial District
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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 Edward A. delaHoussaye, III of the Sixteenth Judicial District,
Division C., was born on May 4, 1930, in Franklin, Louisiana. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. delaHoussaye, Jr., of Franklin, Lou-
isiana.
Judge delaHoussaye was educated in Franklin elementary, grammar, and
high schools, and attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge,
from 1946-1951. He graduated from L.S.U. with a B.S. Degree in Econ-
omics and Business Administration. He then attended Tulane University
School of Law, in New Orleans, from 1953-1956, and received his LL.B.
Degree there, and subsequently obtained the Juris Doctor Degree. In
1969, he was a graduate of the National College of State Trial Judges,
Reno, Nevada.
Having been admitted to practice before Louisiana Supreme Court on June
12, 1956, and subsequently admitted to practice before U.S. District
Courts
for Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana, Judge delaHoussaye set
up private practice in New Orleans, Louisiana. After approximately two
years, Judge delaHoussaye set up practice in Franklin, Louisiana.
During
this time he was appointed First Assistant District Attorney. His
practice ended in 1965 when he was appointed Judge, Division "C", 16th
Judicial District, State of Louisiana. He was later elected to this
position for a six-year term. His term expires in 1974.
Judge delaHoussaye was commissioned Second Lt. from ROTC in June, 1951.
He served two years with Office of Special Investigations, U.S.A.F. from
1951 to 1953, Korean War. He was separated with rank of 1st Lt.
U.S.A.F.
The organizations Judge delaHoussaye belongs to are: Knights of Columbus
(3rd and 4th Degree); Belleview Golf and Country Club (Past President);
Teche District, Evangeline Area Council (Past Chairman); Boy Scouts of
America (Member, Executive Board); Sons of American Revolution;
Louisiana
State, St. Mary Parish, and American Bar Associations; Democratic
Executive
Committee for Town of Franklin, La. (Past chairman); Beta Theta Pi
Social
Fraternity; Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity; Tulane University Law Alumni
Association; Moot Court Board, Tulane Law School, and he is presently
Vice-President of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile Judges and is a
member
of the Committee appointed to revise the Juvenile Laws and to draft a
Juvenile Code for the State of Louisiana. Judge delaHoussaye is listed
in "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities", and also in
Marquis-
"Who's Who in the South and Southwest", Twelfth Edition.
Judge delaHoussaye is married to the former Mary Kay Oakley. They were
married on December 21, 1957. They have five daughters -- Mary Downs,
Jeanne Marie, Heloise Marie, Lisette Anne, and Adrienne Claire. His
religious preference is Catholic. His hobbies are golf, hunting and
fishing.
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