Camille Gravel
| Camille Francis Gravel, Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 10, 1915 Alexandria, Louisiana |
| Died | December 23, 2005 (aged 90) Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
University of Notre Dame |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Katherine David Gravel (married, 1939–1979, her death) |
| Children |
Grady David Gravel |
University of Notre Dame
The Catholic University of America
(1) Katherine David Gravel (married, 1939–1979, her death)
Grady David Gravel
Mark Alan Gravel
Charles Gregory Gravel
Ann G. Vanderslice
Eileen G. Cappel
Martha G. Antoon
Virginia G. Carbo
Margaret Lynn Gravel
Deceased children:
Richard Alvin Gravel
Camille F. Gravel, III
Camille Francis Gravel, Jr. (August 10, 1915 – December 23, 2005), was an attorney and Democratic politician from Alexandria, Louisiana.
Gravel spent much time and money supporting the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII honored him with the "Order of St. Gregory" for his service to the church.
Gravel graduated in 1935 from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. From 1937 to 1939, he attended law school at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., but he once explained that he just could not stick to the books. At a time when a legal degree was not required to become a lawyer, Gravel "read for the law" and passed the bar exam in 1940.
Gravel introduced Louis Berry, the first African-American lawyer to have been admitted to the Alexandria Bar Association. Berry later said that no other white attorney in Alexandria agreed to introduce him.
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