On March 25, 1968, [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]], a former state House member from Columbia in Caldwell Parish, who had tapped Delony as the House Speaker, dedicated the Vail M. Delony Data Processing Center at the Louisiana Department of Public Safety in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=delony>{{cite web|url=http://eastcarrollparishlouisianagenealogy.com/2009_09_20_archive.html | On March 25, 1968, [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]], a former state House member from Columbia in Caldwell Parish, who had tapped Delony as the House Speaker, dedicated the Vail M. Delony Data Processing Center at the Louisiana Department of Public Safety in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=delony>{{cite web|url=http://eastcarrollparishlouisianagenealogy.com/2009_09_20_archive.html |