+PROFOUND REALIZATION+ >we are discussing important people< >who are no longer in our dimension< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +DEATH IS A SAD BARRIER+ >life is a bright flash in the night sky< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >writing/thought brings memory< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1)+TRACKING A ROY FAMILY ODYSSEY+ (amazing synchronicity discovered) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2)+THANKING THOSE WHO HELPED+ >on this amazing path called life< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ROY-DEGRUY-CAVAROC+ (geneo-orientation) > the roy family is important to the degruy history in france and the >cavaroc history in new orleans< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PAUL ROY , ARCHITECT+ (now living in houston) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >such amazing synchronicity to discover that paul roy, baton rouge architect was best man in the wedding of +ABOUT 1964+ >my l.s.u. student louis acosta. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PAUL ROY WAS FRIEND AND 1954+ >redemptorist high school< +CLASSMATE OF MY 1st WIFE AND+ >marian elizabeth olsen< +ATTENDED OUR WEDDING+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(i can picture him in our photos taken +TALL-SMILING-FRIENDLY+ >by famed b.r. photog. fonville winans) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SMALL WORLD NOTE+ >i may have inspired paul to go into architecture as i was the first from +RARE 1952 VOCATION+ >redemptorist high school to go into architecture and then to >teach at l.s.u. and tulane<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ROY FAMILY IN TIME & SPACE+ > we must wonder if paul roy relates +VERSAILLES ADVOCATES+ >to the roys of our degruy and +BORDEAUX ORIGIN+ >cavaroc genealogic history<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +I WAS PLEASED TO FIND THAT PAUL+ +BECAME 1985 PRESIDENT OF THE+ (american inst./architects) +AIA CHAPTER IN BATON ROUGE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PAUL'S 1985 REWARD+ >as a high school youth he was very likeable, funny and relaxed and +A PLEASANT SURPRISE+ >not the serious professional type normally associated w/ serious +BUSINESS ORIENTATIONS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (thity years flashed by) >1985 WAS AN IMPORTANT YEAR< >france and japan< >FOR ME IN INTERNATIONAL< +PUBLICATION-EXHIBITION+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >paul and i were "ships in the night," he in louisiana and i in california but i had to imform him of +2004 CLASS REUNION+ >marian's 2003 death< ^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE AIA DIDNT ATTRACT ME &+ >(i attended as a student >our agendas differed) +ALTHOUGH LICENSED I NEVER+ (frank lloyd wright also) +JOINED IN LATER LIFE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(perhaps my friend and former student's +DESIGNER PHILIP MATZIGKEIT+ >discription of me as a mavarick is right) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT MY FOCUS+ >teaching gave me different goals< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >that said, may i add that people are definitely my thing and i wish to >acknowledge some b.r. architects< +1952-1959 & 1965-1967+ >who i fondly remember from those early baton rouge days ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >KARLO OIVANKI who let me design my +LA. STATE DEPT. OF INST+ >first buildings (churches) in 1952 (i was all of 20 years old) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >J. ROY HAASE the first independent +AIA PRESIDENT 1951+ >architect to hire me in 1953< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >PERRY BROWN where i designed a +AIA PRESIDENT, 1968+ >number of larger buildings 1954-56 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >O. J. BAKER head of the l.s.u. school of +AIA PRESIDENT, 1955-56+ architecture who hired me to teach despite the fact i had no degree. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PROFESSOR ROBERT HECK THE MOST+ +BRILLIENT SCHOLAR I HAVE KNOWN+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >was my greastest supporter in that beginning of my teaching career +L.S.U. 1965-1967+ >and i am forever grateful to him and pat staub my old +LSU PROFESSOR+ >friend from tulane days< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PAT AND I WERE AT TULANE THE+ >illness interupted education< >i had to leave after 1 year< +SUMMER OF 1952 UNTIL 1953+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >later a miracle happened for me< +JOHN W. LAWRENCE HEAD+ +OF TULANE ARCHITECTURE+ >a brillient leader< +HIRED ME TO TEACH+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >despite my still lacking a degree< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +I SUPPOSE I AM A MAVARICK+ (independent mind (webster) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >they are all dead now but< +I STILL THANK THEM+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ +BATON ROUGE ROOTS 1932-59+ >i also thank ron eden my oldest friend for a huge packet of baton rouge news +THE SHAW TRAVEL AGENTS+ (mexican honeymoon) +ARRANGED MY 1955 BLISS+ >clippings including a special l.s.u. >bicentennial morning advocate<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MAGNOLIA MOUND PLANTATION+ (vital degruy type 18c locus) +IS AS GOOD TODAY AS IT GETS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >magical baton rouge memory< +OF A VERY YOUNG/OLD BOY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california