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Weill graduated in 1955 from [[Louisiana State University]] in the state capital of [[Baton Rouge]]. He then completed the [[United States Army]] Counter Intelligence School as  a special agent. He was first lieutenant of the Counter Intelligence Corps in [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]]. He was discharged from the military in 1957.<ref name=amuseum/>

Weill graduated in 1955 from [[Louisiana State University]] in the state capital of [[Baton Rouge]]. He then completed the [[United States Army]] Counter Intelligence School as  a special agent. He was first lieutenant of the Counter Intelligence Corps in [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]]. He was discharged from the military in 1957.<ref name=amuseum/>

   

   

In 1958, Weill he established the first advertising/public relations firm in Baton Rouge. In 1963, he was introduced to Louisiana Public Service Commissioner John J. McKeithen by Judge Edmund Reggie and soon took over the management of McKeithen's successful gubernatorial campaign. From 1964 to 1968, he served as executive secretary to McKeithen in the latter's first term as governor. Considered the "father of modern political public relations in Louisiana," Weill also handled campaigns for three other Louisiana governors, McKeithen's predecessor and successor, [[Jimmie Davis]] and Edwin Edwards, and Edwards' successor and second predecessor, David C. Treen. He trained the [[Democratic]] strategist [[James Carville]], a mastermind of the election in 1992 of [[Bill Clinton]] as U.S. president.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lpb.org/programs/legends/weill.html|title=About Gus Weill|publisher=lpb.org|accessdate=August 21, 2012}}</ref>He also groomed other public relations specialists, who became his competitors, such as Raymond Strother, manager of the [[Gary Hart]] presidential campaign, and Roy Fletcher, affiliated with [[Patrick J. Buchanan]].<ref name=amuseum/> In all, Weill managed some 350 campaigns. He was involved in the political promotion of the Louisiana Superdome in [[New Orleans]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.la.gov/tabid/227/Default.aspx

In 1958, Weill he established the first advertising/public relations firm in Baton Rouge. In 1963, he was introduced to Louisiana Public Service Commissioner John J. McKeithen by Judge Edmund Reggie and soon took over the management of McKeithen's successful gubernatorial campaign. From 1964 to 1968, he served as executive secretary to McKeithen in the latter's first term as governor. Considered the "father of modern political public relations in Louisiana," Weill also handled campaigns for three other Louisiana governors, McKeithen's predecessor and successor, [[Jimmie Davis]] and Edwin Edwards, and Edwards' successor and second predecessor, David C. Treen. He trained the [[Democratic]] strategist [[James Carville]], a mastermind of the election in 1992 of [[Bill Clinton]] as U.S. president.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lpb.org/programs/legends/weill.html|title=About Gus Weill|publisher=lpb.org|accessdate=August 21, 2012}}</ref>He also groomed other public relations specialists, who became his competitors, such as Raymond Strother, manager of the [[Gary Hart]] presidential campaign, and Roy Fletcher, affiliated with [[Patrick J. Buchanan]].<ref name=amuseum/> In all, Weill managed some 350 campaigns. He was involved in the political promotion of the Louisiana Superdome in [[New Orleans]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.la.gov/tabid/227/Default.aspx|

title=Oral Histories: Gus Weill|publisher=sos.la.gov|accessdate=August 21, 2012}}</ref>Weill also convinced McKeithen to implement the state agency CODOFIL, the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana, an idea originally proposed by [[U.S. Representative]] James Domengeaux.<ref name=amuseum/>

title=Oral Histories: Gus Weill|publisher=sos.la.gov|accessdate=August 21, 2012}}</ref>Weill also convinced McKeithen to implement the state agency CODOFIL, the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana, an idea originally proposed by [[U.S. Representative]] James Domengeaux.<ref name=amuseum/>

 

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