Andrew Lane Plauch

PLAUCHE' Andrew Lane Plauch¨ died peacefully at his home on Wednesday, August 9, 2006. He was born in DeRidder, Louisiana , on October 6, 1919 , the son of Samuel W. Plauch¨ and Cornelia Lane Plauch¨. The family moved to Lake Charles in his early childhood and he was educated in the public schools in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He attended Tulane University , graduating from undergraduate school in 1942. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa as an undergraduate. He graduated, was married to the former Althea Livaudais, and commissioned as a second lieutenant in United States Navy on the same day. He served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific during World War II on the Heavy Cruiser USS Portland and later became a naval aviator and qualified as an Aircraft Carrier Fighter Pilot. Following the war, he returned to Tulane University where he earned his law school degree in 1947, was elected to the Order of the Coif, and served as Civil Law Editor of the Tulane Law Review. He and his family returned to Lake Charles , where he began law practice with his father and his brother. He became Senior Partner of the law firm of Plauch¨, Smith & Nieset. He was selected as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American College of Probate Counsel and the American Bar Foundation. He served on the United States Fifth Circuit Nominating Committee and as chair of the Magistrate Selection Committee for the United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana, Lake Charles Division. For many years, he was a member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Louisiana State Bar Association. He served as president of the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association. He belonged to numerous professional associations, including the American Bar Association, the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association, the International Association of Insurance Counsel, the Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel, and the Maritime Law Association of the United States. He served as Chairman of the Biracial Committee to integrate Lake Charles and belonged to the National Council of Christians and Jews. He was a parishioner of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. In addition to his involvement in local activities, Mr. Plauch¨ was a long time and ardent supporter of Tulane University. He served as Vice-chairman of the President's Council of Tulane University, a Member of the Dean's Council of the Tulane School , and a member of the Board of Advisory Editors of the Tulane Law Review. He was National Associates Chairman and a member of the Tulane Alumni Association and the Tulane Green Wave Club. He was preceded in death by his wife Althea Livaudais of New Orleans. He is survived by three children, Mercedes Plauch¨ Nieset and her husband James R. Nieset, Andrew L. Plauch¨ Jr. and his wife Diane Plauch¨, and Mary Plauch¨ McNulty and her husband Michael J. McNulty III, by 12 grandchildren, Susan Nieset Hudlow, James Robert Nieset Jr., John Kearney Nieset, Amy Nieset Drew, Caroline Plauch¨ Gallagher, Amanda Plauch¨ Jones, Stephanie Goliwas Huger, William J. Goliwas, Jr., Caroline Worley Goliwas, Michael J. McNulty IV, Lane Plauch¨ McNulty, William A. McNulty, and by 13 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, August 11, 2006 at Johnson Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 12, 2006 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Monsignor Harry Greig will officiate. Private burial will follow at the Plauch¨ Family Cemetery at Lane Plantation. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Lake Charles or to Tulane University Rebuilding Effort, 218 Gibson Hall, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118.