Jack Donahue (politician)
| John Leo "Jack" Donahue | |
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| Louisiana State Senator for District 11 (St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes) |
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Assumed office 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Schedler |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 19, 1944 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
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(1) Missing |
| Children |
Six children or stepchildren |
| Parents | Mr. and Mrs. John L. Donahue, Sr. |
| Residence |
Mandeville St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Tulane University |
| Occupation | Building contractor |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
(1) Missing
Six children or stepchildren
including
John Leo Donahue, Jr., known as Jack Donahue (born August 19, 1944) is a building contractor and philanthropist in Mandeville, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 11 (St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes). A runaway winner in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007, Donahue, with 64.5 percent of the ballots, defeated fellow Republican Pete Schneider of Slidell, a term-limited member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Donahue carried the backing of the outgoing senator, Tom Schedler, also of Mandeville and similarly term-limited under Louisiana law. Late in 2010, Schedler became the Louisiana Secretary of State.
Donahue, a native of the New Orleans area, was born to John L. Donahue, Sr. (1920–1993), a contractor, and the former Rita Marie De Lesseps (1922–1993), a real estate agent and homemaker. The parents died within six months of each other. Donahue has a brother, Terrence Michael Donahue (born 1953), and two sisters, Kathleen Marie Donahue (born 1942) and Patricia Donahue (born 1956), all of Mandeville. He received a degree in civil engineering in 1967 from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He then pursued graduate studies in advanced foundation design from Tulane University in New Orleans. In 1970, Donahue and his father formed Spartan Building Corporation. In 1979, Donahue started his own firm, the still extant Jack Donahue Contractors. In 1986, Donahue joined his friend Robert F. Favret in DonahueFavret Contractors, Inc. The firm has sixty employees, with $70 million in annual sales. It is the largest construction company on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain. DonahueFavret clients have included Albertson’s, Pep Boys, Target, Circuit City, Lowe's, Embassy Suites, Holiday Inn, Best Western, the United States Coast Guard, and the U.S. Postal Service. The firm has garnered prestigious awards, including a citation from the Vieux Carré Commission for restoration of historic buildings in New Orleans. It has garnered the Platinum Step Award granted by his fellow contractors. In 2007, Donahue received $11 million in constructions contracts from the gambling industry in Louisiana.
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