Robert Angers
| Robert John Angers, Jr. | |
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| Born |
October 20, 1919 Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | October 13, 1988 (aged 68) Houston, Harris County, Texas |
| Residence | Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana |
| Occupation | Journalist; Businessman |
| Political party | Democrat, 1940-1960; Republican, 1960-1974; Independent, 1974-1988 |
| Spouse(s) | Geraldine Isabelle Beaulieu Angers (married, 1941-1988, his death) |
| Children | Robert Gerald, Judith Ann, Trent Michael, Stephen Brion, Winston Thomas, John Matthew, Glen Williams, and Jefferson Mark "Jeff" Angers |
| Parent(s) | Robert Junius Angers and Anna Mae Nunez Angers |
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(1) Angers's Acadiana Profile is the longest-running, still active independent magazine in Louisiana history. (2) In 1977. Angers helped to launch the interest group, the International Relations Association of Acadiana to promote goodwill, trade, and tourism with French and Spanish-speaking countries. (3) Rotary International established a Paul Harris Fellowship named in Angers's honor because of his work in the creation of a Rotary Academy of International Studies. (4) Angers's conservative writings prompted Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge to present Angers with its George Washington Award. (5) Though Angers made his only political race as a Louisiana Republican, he left the GOP after fourteen years and spent the remainder of his life as a registered Independent. |
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(1) Angers's Acadiana Profile is the longest-running, still active independent magazine in Louisiana history.
(2) In 1977. Angers helped to launch the interest group, the International Relations Association of Acadiana to promote goodwill, trade, and tourism with French and Spanish-speaking countries.
(3) Rotary International established a Paul Harris Fellowship named in Angers's honor because of his work in the creation of a Rotary Academy of International Studies.
(4) Angers's conservative writings prompted Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge to present Angers with its George Washington Award.
Robert John Angers, Jr. (October 20, 1919 – October 13, 1988), was an American journalist, businessman, and conservative politician. A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography describes Angers as "a tireless and unselfish promoter of good government, the Acadiana region, and free enterprise."
Angers was born in Abbeville, the seat of Vermilion Parish, to Robert J. Angers (1894–1965) and the former Anna Mae Nunez (1898–1988). He graduated from Catholic High School, then known as St. Peter's College of New Iberia. In 1940, he procured his Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. During World War II, Angers was a major of the United States Army's 24th Infantry Regiment. He received the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Bronze Star. In 1949, Angers graduated from the Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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