[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3018]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  COMMEMORATING MR. LOUIS MICHOT, JR.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Louisiana (Mr. Landry) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. LANDRY. Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I rise today 
as Louisiana mourns the loss of another member of the Greatest 
Generation. Yesterday evening, Mr. Louis Michot, Jr., passed away, and 
he passed away at the ripe old age of 89. As I visited with his son 
this morning on the telephone, he had a nice remark of saying, you 
know, my dad would constantly say that if he knew he was going to live 
that long, he would have taken better care of himself. Imagine that.
  Mr. Michot was born in 1922 in south central Louisiana. At the age of 
24, he bravely served our country during World War II in the Marine 
Corps. After serving his country, he came back and began living the 
American Dream. He became an entrepreneur. He started his own 
businesses. In 1958, he bought a restaurant franchise which he expanded 
all across south Louisiana. He ventured into other businesses, from 
cattle ranching to real estate to oil and gas.
  Later, in 1960, Mr. Michot sought to serve his community and his 
State. He was elected to the State House of Representatives, where he 
served for 4 years before making a run for Governor. He reentered the 
political arena in 1968, when he won a seat on the Louisiana State 
Board of Education, and went on to serve the State as the State 
superintendent from 1972 to 1976.
  Outside the political sphere, Mr. Michot was an admirable community 
leader, a faithful husband, a loyal friend, and a proud father of 10 
beautiful children. He passed on his belief of civic responsibility and 
serving his community to his children; three of them served in public 
office, one continuing to serve as a district judge, another as a State 
senator, and another on the parish council. He was a longtime member of 
the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, and he received the esteemed 
Lafayette Civic Cup for his many community service efforts in 1994.
  As Mr. Michot is laid to rest, it is my hope that we reflect upon his 
life and learn from the shining examples of selfless service and civic 
duty that he set forth. Though I'm sure he will be missed by many, I'm 
confident that his legacy of hard work and determination will live on 
for many generations through his children and their children.

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