Edward Sidney Bopp | |
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Louisiana State Representative for District 103 (Orleans and St. Bernard parishes) |
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In office 1977–1984 |
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Preceded by | Richard Alvin Tonry |
Succeeded by | Edward Ripoll |
Personal details | |
Born |
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
November 28, 1930
Died | September 16, 2015 | (aged 84)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Patricia Planche Bopp |
Relations | Leander Henry Perez, III (son-in-law and grandson of Leander Perez) |
Children |
Dr. Felix P. Bopp |
Residence |
New Orleans, Louisiana Louisiana, USA |
Alma mater |
Alcee Fortier High School |
Occupation |
Bank director Businessman |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Military service | |
Service/branch | United States Navy Reserve (1948-1952) |
Dr. Felix P. Bopp
Captain E. Michael Bopp
Eric A. Bopp
Sydney Bopp Perez
New Orleans, Louisiana
Alcee Fortier High School
University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy
Edward Sidney Bopp, Jr., known as Eddie Bopp (November 28, 1930 – September 16, 2015), was a pharmacist and lawyer from his native New Orleans, Louisiana, who served from 1977 to 1984 as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 103 encompassing part of Orleans and St. Bernard parishes.
Bopp graduated in 1949 from Alcee Fortier High School in New Orleans. From 1948 to 1952, he served in the United States Navy Reserve. He obtained a pharmacy degree in 1955 from the University of Mississippi at Oxford, Mississippi, and was engaged for a number of years in that profession, including assignments as an adjunct professor at the University of Louisiana at Monroe and Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. He and his wife owned from 1960 to 1968 St. Bernard Drugs and the Albert & Wegmann Pharmacies in St. Bernard Parish. They also owned the Contesta Apartments. From 1967 to 1968, he was the state president of the Louisiana Pharmaceutical Association. In 1957, he studied at the American Institute of Banking. From 1956 to 1996, he was a director of the St. Bernard Bank and Trust Company (since Hibernia National Bank and Capital One). He has also owned properties in the French Quarter of New Orleans.