Lou Zaeske
| Louis W. "Lou" Zaeske, Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 17, 1941 San Antonio, Bexar County Texas, USA |
| Died | August 30, 2011 (aged 69) Bryan, Brazos County, Texas |
| Occupation | Engineer; Political activist |
| Political party | Republican-turned-Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Jo Ann Macha Zaeske (married 1964–2011, his death) |
| Children | Two children |
| Parent(s) | Louis and Agnes V. Zaeske |
Louis W. "Lou" Zaeske, Jr. (December 17, 1941 – August 30, 2011) was a mechanical engineer and a political activist from Bryan, Texas. In 1988, he founded the interest group, the American Ethnic Coalition, which lobbied for English as the official language of the United States.
Zaeske was born at Randolph Air Force Base, then Randolph Field, in San Antonio, the son of Louis Zaeske, Sr. (1906–1991) and Agnes V. Zaeske (née Prihoda; 1910–1999). Louis and Agnes Zaeske are interred at New Bremen Cemetery near Coy City in Karnes County, Texas.
The senior Zaeske made his career in the United States Air Force, and the family lived in various parts of the United States. Zaeske graduated in 1964 from Texas A&M University in College Station Station with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. He was a member of the TAMU Corps of Cadets and a squadron commanding officer. He subsequently studied at the graduate level at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. For more than thirty-five years, he operated Zaeske Engineering Company in Bryan.
Himself of German and Czech descent, Zaeske was heavily involved in the promotion of Czech heritage groups. He frequently made public presentations on the migration of the Czech peoples from Eastern Europe. For many years, Zaeske was the president of the Brazos Valley Czech Heritage Society in Bryan. Zaeske was a member of the Czech Educational Foundation of Texas, which has established chairs for Czech studies at TAMU, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of North Texas at Denton.
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