Name |
Elmore Joseph Degrange [1] |
Prefix |
Prof. |
Birth |
17 Aug 1928 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1930 |
2137 Orleans Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana |
- aged 1 and 5/12 (census taken 15 April); born in Louisiana as with both parents
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Obituary |
According to his obituary,
"Elmore Joseph DeGrange died on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at age 77, of an apparent heart attack at the Atlanta Airport while enroute from visiting his Katrina damaged home in New Orleans East. A retired Professor of Foreign Languages and Humanities from Southern University N.O. He received his Ph.D. from Tulane University in 1970. Served in the US Army during the Korean War as a Radio Operator. Member of the Secular Franciscan Order. Son of the late George Leon DeGrange, Sr. and the late Norma Warrick DeGrange. . . . " |
Death |
18 Apr 2006 |
Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia |
- He died in the airport of a heart attack.
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Burial |
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana |
Notes |
- This note appears in the Milwaukee Journal (via UPI) on Jan. 25, 1963 under the headline "Three Negroes Enroll at Tulane":
"Three negroes registered at Tulane University Friday, the first of their race to gain entrance to the previously all-white instution. The three Negroes were identified as Percell Church, Elmore De Grange and Mrs. Pearlie Elloie, all of New Orleans. There were no jeers or catcalls when they arrived."
He completed a dissertation entitled "The Poetry of Manuel del Cabral" (Tulane, 1970 ) to receive a Ph.D. in the department of Spanish and Portuguese.
I assume that this is the correct order for his wives, and the placement of his child and step-children.
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Person ID |
I11319 |
Last Modified |
30 Dec 2023 |