Elwyn Nicholson
| Elwyn John Nicholson | |
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| Louisiana State Senator from District 8 (Jefferson Parish) | |
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In office May 1972 – March 1988 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | December 11, 1923 Westwego, Louisiana, US |
| Died | September 28, 2014 (aged 90) |
| Resting place | Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Rose Marie Wojtyna Nicholson (married c. 1946–2014, his death) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Marrero in Jefferson Parish |
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| Occupation | Businessman |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Mobile Army Surgical Hospital |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Okinawa in World War II |
Elwyn John Nicholson (December 11, 1923 – September 28, 2014) was a grocery store owner from Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, who served as a Democrat in the Louisiana State Senate from District 8 from 1972 to 1988 during the first three administrations of Governor Edwin Edwards and the interceding term of Republican David C. Treen. He was best known for his advocacy of the creation of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Barataria Preserve.
Though born in Westwego in Jefferson Parish,Nicholson was listed at the age of sixteen in the 1940 U.S. Census as residing in Eunice in St. Landry Parish in the 1940 U.S. Census, along with his grandfather, Ensche Jeansonni (born c. 1877), and his parents, John Nicholson, II (born c. 1903), and Eve Nicholson (born c. 1904).He graduated from Eunice High School and attended on a football scholarship Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge but after an injury transferred to Tulane University in New Orleans.
In 1944, Nicholson enlisted in the United States Army. Fluent in French, he became an interpreter in New Caledonia on the staff of General Douglas MacArthur. Having studied pre-medicine, he ran a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, or MASH unit, when he was transferred to Okinawa, where he met Rose Marie Wojtyna (born January 1923), an Army Nursing Corps officer whom he soon married.
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