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'''Elsie Jean McGivney Boese''' (pronounced BOW-SE; January 19, 1925 – April 7, 2004), known as '''Jean Boese''', was the [[poet laureate]] of [[Louisiana]] from 1980 to 1988 and from 1996 until her death.<ref name=poetlaureates/> She was also the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Republican National Committee|national committeewoman]] from Louisiana and the first woman to serve on the [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] Civil Service Commission, with tenure from 1975 to 1979<ref name=biographies>{{cite web|url=https://www.biographies.net/people/en/jean_boese|title=Jean Boese|publisher=Biographies.net|accessdate=April 5, 2019}}</ref>
'''Elsie Jean McGivney Boese''' (pronounced BOW-SE; January 19, 1925 – April 7, 2004), known as '''Jean Boese''', was the poet laureate of [[Louisiana]] from 1980 to 1988 and from 1996 until her death.<ref name=poetlaureates/> She was also the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Republican National Committee|national committeewoman]] from Louisiana and the first woman to serve on the [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] Civil Service Commission, with tenure from 1975 to 1979<ref name=biographies>{{cite web|url=https://www.biographies.net/people/en/jean_boese|title=Jean Boese|publisher=Biographies.net|accessdate=April 5, 2019}}</ref>
Boese was a daughter of John Roderick McGivney and the former Elsie Buist. She graduated in 1942 from the Louise S. McGehee School, a female academy) in her native [[New Orleans]]. In 1945, at the age of twenty, she graduated from the former H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, the women's division of [[Tulane University]]. On May 20, 1946, she married Herman Lamar Boese (June 28, 1924 – February 26, 2004). The couple moved to Alexandria, where Dr. Boese, a proctologist, established his medical practice.<ref name=whoswho>Jean Boese, ''Who's Who in America'', 1972-1973 edition.</ref>
Boese was a daughter of John Roderick McGivney and the former Elsie Buist. She graduated in 1942 from the Louise S. McGehee School, a female academy) in her native [[New Orleans]]. In 1945, at the age of twenty, she graduated from the former H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, the women's division of [[Tulane University]]. On May 20, 1946, she married Herman Lamar Boese (June 28, 1924 – February 26, 2004). The couple moved to Alexandria, where Dr. Boese, a proctologist, established his medical practice.<ref name=whoswho>Jean Boese, ''Who's Who in America'', 1972-1973 edition.</ref>
==Louisiana poet laureate==
==Louisiana poet laureate==
Boese was first appointed as [[poet laureate]] by Republican [[Governor]] [[David C. Treen]] and retained in the third administration of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. She returned for a second stint a poet laureate under appointment of Republican Governor [[Mike Foster]]. from 1996 to 2004. She was succeeded as poet laureate in 2005 by Brenda Marie Osbey of New Orleans, an appointee of Democratic Governor [[Kathleen Blanco]]. <re name=poetlaureates>{{cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/poets/louisiana.html|title=Previous laureates|publisher=Library of Congress|date=February 23, 2018|accessdate=April 5, 2019}}</ref> There are two samples of her work at the end of this article.
Boese was first appointed in 1980 as poet laureate by Republican [[Governor]] [[David C. Treen]] and retained in the third administration of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] from 1984 to 1888. She returned for a second stint as poet laureate from 1996 to 2004 under appointment of Republican Governor [[Mike Foster]].
She was succeeded as poet laureate in 2005 by Brenda Marie Osbey of New Orleans, an appointee of Democratic Governor [[Kathleen Blanco]]. <ref name=poetlaureates>{{cite web|url=http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/poets/louisiana.html|title=Previous laureates|publisher=Library of Congress|date=February 23, 2018|accessdate=April 5, 2019}}</ref> There are two samples of her work at the end of this article.
==Civic leader==
==Civic leader==
At the time of her death, Boese was survived by her son, Robert Lamar Boese (born 1947), daughter-in-law, Dierdre Digiglia Boese (born 1957), and granddaughters, Erin and Kelly Boese, all of Broussard in [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]].
At the time of her death, Boese was survived by her son, Robert Lamar Boese (born 1947), daughter-in-law, Dierdre Digiglia Boese (born 1957), and granddaughters, Erin and Kelly Boese, all of Broussard in [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]].
==References==
==References==
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