| | One of seven children of Loyola and Stanford Bardwell, Sr., he and all his siblings were all named for prestigious universities, [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Duke University|Duke]], [[Princeton University|Princeton]], [[Auburn University|Auburn]], [[Cornell University|Cornell]], and [[Tulane University|Tulane]]. His late sister was T'lane Bardwell Berry. Bardwell graduated from Baton Rouge High School and attended the business school at the [[University of Michigan]] at Ann Arbor, [[Michigan]], and later graduated in 1965 from the LSU Law Center. A participant in the Reserve Officers Training Corps, he was a veteran of the [[United States Air Force]]. he was commissioned an officer in the Judge Advocate General Corps serving in the [[Azores]] Islands attaining the rank of captain.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=stanford-o-bardwell&pid=189264656|title=Stanford Bardwell obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|date=June 11, 2018}}</ref> | | One of seven children of Loyola and Stanford Bardwell, Sr., he and all his siblings were all named for prestigious universities, [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Duke University|Duke]], [[Princeton University|Princeton]], [[Auburn University|Auburn]], [[Cornell University|Cornell]], and [[Tulane University|Tulane]]. His late sister was T'lane Bardwell Berry. Bardwell graduated from Baton Rouge High School and attended the business school at the [[University of Michigan]] at Ann Arbor, [[Michigan]], and later graduated in 1965 from the LSU Law Center. A participant in the Reserve Officers Training Corps, he was a veteran of the [[United States Air Force]]. he was commissioned an officer in the Judge Advocate General Corps serving in the [[Azores]] Islands attaining the rank of captain.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=stanford-o-bardwell&pid=189264656|title=Stanford Bardwell obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|date=June 11, 2018}}</ref> |
| − | Bardwell worked in an adult [[Bible]] study and prison ministry at the First [[Presbyterian]] Church of Baton Rouge. He was active too in Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge, the Governor's Criminal Justice Commission, Rotary International, and the Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce.<ref name=bardwelldeath/> | + | Bardwell worked in an adult [[Bible]] study and prison ministry and was a [[deacon]] and elder at the First [[Presbyterian]] Church of Baton Rouge. He was active too in Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge, the Governor's Criminal Justice Commission, Rotary International, and the Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce.<ref name=bardwelldeath/> |
| | He and his wife, the former Leslie Groves (born January 5, 1944),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/leslie-bardwell/e36126711780|title=Leslie Bardwell|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=June 11, 2018}}</ref> have three children, Brian Bardwell of [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], and from Baton Rouge, son Patrick and daughter, Erin Irby, and three grandchildren.<ref name=obit/> | | He and his wife, the former Leslie Groves (born January 5, 1944),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/leslie-bardwell/e36126711780|title=Leslie Bardwell|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=June 11, 2018}}</ref> have three children, Brian Bardwell of [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], and from Baton Rouge, son Patrick and daughter, Erin Irby, and three grandchildren.<ref name=obit/> |