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{{Infobox person
| name =Robert John Angers, Jr.<br>
(Louisiana journalist and magazine publisher)
| birth_date=October 10, 1919
| birth_place=Abbeville, Vermilion Parish<br> [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_date=October 13, 1988 (aged 69)
| death_place=[[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]], [[Texas]]
| occupation=[[Journalist]]; [[Business]]man
| residence =[[Lafayette]], Louisiana
|spouse=Geraldine Isabelle Beaulieu Angers (married, 1941-1988, his death)
|children=Robert Gerald, Judith Ann, Trent Michael, Stephen Brion, Winston Thomas, John Matthew, Glen Williams, and Jefferson Mark "Jeff" Angers
|parents=Robert Junius Angers and Anna Mae Nunez Angers
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]], 1940-1960; [[Republican Party|Republican]], 1960-1974; [[Independent]], 1974-1988
|footnotes='''Notes''' :<br>
(1) Angers's ''Acadiana Profile'' is the longest-running, still active independent [[magazine]] in Louisiana history.
(2) In 1977. Angers helped to launch the International Relations Association of Acadiana to promote goodwill, trade, and tourism with [[France|French]] and [[Spain|Spanish]]-speaking countries.
(3) Rotary International established a Paul P. Harris Fellowship named in Angers's honor because of his work in the creation of a Rotary Academy of International Studies.
(4) Angers's [[conservative]] writings prompted [[Freedoms Foundation]] of [[Valley Forge]] to present Angers with its George Washington Award.
(5) Though Angers made his only political race as a Louisiana [[Republican Party|Republican]], he left the GOP after fourteen years and became an [[Independent]] voter.
}}
'''Robert John Angers, Jr.''' (October 20, 1919 – October 13, 1988), was an [[United States|American]] [[journalist]], [[busines]]man, and [[conservative]] [[politician]]. ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' describes Angers as "a tireless and unselfish promoter of good government, the Acadiana region, and free enterprise."<ref name=dlb>Robert John Angers, ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'', Lafayette: Louisiana Historical Association, 1999, pp. 4-5.</ref>
==Background==
Angers was born in Abbeville in Vermilion Parish, to Robert J. Angers (1894–1965) and the former Anna Mae Nunez (1898–1988).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=Angers&|title=Anna Mae Nunez Angers|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=January 29, 2009}}</ref> He graduated from Catholic High School in New Iberia. In 1940, he procured his Bachelor of Arts in journalism from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. During [[World War II]], Angers was a [[major (rank)|major]] of the [[United States Army]]'s 24th Infantry Regiment. He received the [[Combat Infantryman Badge]] and the [[Bronze Star]]. In 1949, Angers graduated from the [[Command and General Staff College]] in [[Fort Leavenworth, Kansas]].<ref name=dlb/>
==Journalism career==
Angers began his journalism career upon graduation from LSU with his hometown, ''Abbeville Progress.'' After wartime service, he became in 1945 the advertising manager in 1945 of the ''Weekly Iberian'' and ''New Iberia Enterprise.'' With his father and brother, Allen, Angers co-owned Angers Real Estate Agency in New Iberia from 1946 to 1950, when he became the publisher of the ''Franklin Banner-Tribune'' in Franklin in St. Mary Parish. During his fifteen years at the ''Banner-Tribune,'' the newspaper converted from a weekly to a daily publication and won 150 state and national press association awards.<ref name=dlb/>
In 1961, Angers co-founded with future [[Lafayette]] [[Mayor]] [[Kenny Bowen]] the public relations firm of Angers, Bowen and Associates in Lafayette He sold his interest to Bowen in 1962. Bowen ran for mayor unsuccessfully as a Republican, but he was victorious after he changed his registration to Democrat From 1966 to 1968, Angers was an editorial writer and columnist of the ''Lafayette Daily Advertiser.'' He founded the ''Jeanerette Weekly Journal'' (1964–1965), ''Southwest Louisiana Capitalist'' (1963), and [Acadiana Profile'' magazine (1968), which covers twenty-two South Louisiana parishes and is the longest-running still active magazine in Louisiana history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/20081011235349/http://www.acadianhouse.com:80/acadianaprofilemagazine/
|title=''Acadiana Profile'': The Magazine of the Cajun Country |publisher=acadianaprofilemagazine |accessdate=January 28, 2009}}<ref>
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20081011235349/http://www.acadianhouse.com:80/acadianaprofilemagazine/ |archivedate=October 11, 2008 }}</ref> Assisted by his wife, Angers edited and published ''Acadiana Profile'' from 1968 to 1985, when his son took over the management.<ref name=lda>"Business Editor Bob Angers dies," ''Lafayette Daily Advertiser,'' October 14, 1988, p. 17.</ref> From 1967 to 1968, Angers was also editor of ''Latin American Report'' magazine in [[New Orleans]]. He founded the Acadian News Agency, which syndicated his public affairs editorials to Louisiana newspapers. Trent Angers acquired the news agency in 1970.<ref name=dlb/>
==Congressional campaign, 1964==
Angers was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] until 1960, when he joined the [[Republican Party]]. In 1964, he supported [[Charlton Lyons]] for [[governor of Louisiana]]. In July 1964, Angers was a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], at which he supported [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] for [[U.S. President]]. He lashed out at the then all Democratic congressional delegation from Louisiana, calling the members "so-called southern conservatives who are really [[liberal]]s ... that vote with [[Lyndon Johnson]] on nearly all major bills."<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' July 16, 1964, p. 1.</ref>
Angers himself ran as the GOP candidate for the Lafayette-based 3rd congressional district seat against the 16-year [[incumbent]], Democrat Edwin Edward Willis of St. Martinville. Angers received 31,806 votes (37.7 percent) to Willis's 52,532 (62.3 percent) and lost every parish in the district. In [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]], Angers procured 49.6 percent of the vote and outpolled Goldwater there by 3.5 percentage points. Three other Republicans ran unsuccessfully for U.S. House seats from Louisiana that year: future [[Governor]] [[David C. Treen]] in the New Orleans suburbs, Floyd O. Crawford (1907–1995) of Baton Rouge, and [[William Stewart Walker]] of Winnfield, who opposed the conservative Democrat [[Speedy Long]] in the since defunct 8th congressional district.<ref>Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 3, 1964.</ref> Angers was a Louisiana delegate to the 1968 [[Republican National Convention]] which nominated the [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]]-[[Spiro Agnew|Agnew]] ticket. In 1974, however, Angers left the GOP and re-registered as an [[Independent]].<ref name=dlb/>
==Civic activities==
Angers was a member of the St. Pius Roman Catholic Church of Lafayette. He was also affiliated with a plethora of organizations, including the journalism society, [[Sigma Delta Chi]], the New Iberia Port Commission, Kiwanis International, and the Rotary Club, which endowed a Paul P. Harris Fellowship in his name. He was the founding secretary of the Louisiana Intracoastal Seaway Association, and a charter member of the Caribbean-American Freedom League, which worked with [[Cuba]]n exile groups in unsuccessful efforts to overthrow the [[communist]] government of [[Fidel Castro]]. Angers was a director of the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana. He was a former president of the Louisiana Press Association, the Franklin Chamber of Commerce (1953), and the Louisiana Jaycees (1949).<ref name=dlb/> He founded and served as the first president of the International Relations Association of Acadiana and the International Good Neighbor Council. He founded these organizations to promote trade, [[tourism]] and goodwil in French and Spanish-speaking countries.<ref name=lda/>
Angers received the George Washington Honor Medal from [[Freedoms Foundation]] in [[Valley Forge]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Prior to his death, he received the Lafayette Board of Realtors "Good News Award".<ref name=dlb/> He was also cited by the Louisiana Farm Bureau for its "Special Press Award" for his lifetime endeavors of promoting and writing about agriculture.<ref name=lda/>
==Family==
On August 31, 1941, Angers married the former Geraldine Isabelle Beaulieu (born March 3, 1921) of Jeanerette in Iberia Parish, the daughter of Gerald A. Beaulieu, Sr., and the former Laurice Hebert. The couple had seven sons and a daughter: Robert Gerald, Judith Ann, Trent Michael, Stephen Brion, Winston Thomas, John Matthew, Glen Williams, and Jefferson Mark. Another son died at birth.<ref name=dlb/>
Angers died at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. His passing came three months after the death of his mother. He is interred at Lafayette Memorial Park.<ref name=lda/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:American Authors]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Former Democrats]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category: World War II]]
| name =Robert John Angers, Jr.<br>
(Louisiana journalist and magazine publisher)
| birth_date=October 10, 1919
| birth_place=Abbeville, Vermilion Parish<br> [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_date=October 13, 1988 (aged 69)
| death_place=[[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]], [[Texas]]
| occupation=[[Journalist]]; [[Business]]man
| residence =[[Lafayette]], Louisiana
|spouse=Geraldine Isabelle Beaulieu Angers (married, 1941-1988, his death)
|children=Robert Gerald, Judith Ann, Trent Michael, Stephen Brion, Winston Thomas, John Matthew, Glen Williams, and Jefferson Mark "Jeff" Angers
|parents=Robert Junius Angers and Anna Mae Nunez Angers
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]], 1940-1960; [[Republican Party|Republican]], 1960-1974; [[Independent]], 1974-1988
|footnotes='''Notes''' :<br>
(1) Angers's ''Acadiana Profile'' is the longest-running, still active independent [[magazine]] in Louisiana history.
(2) In 1977. Angers helped to launch the International Relations Association of Acadiana to promote goodwill, trade, and tourism with [[France|French]] and [[Spain|Spanish]]-speaking countries.
(3) Rotary International established a Paul P. Harris Fellowship named in Angers's honor because of his work in the creation of a Rotary Academy of International Studies.
(4) Angers's [[conservative]] writings prompted [[Freedoms Foundation]] of [[Valley Forge]] to present Angers with its George Washington Award.
(5) Though Angers made his only political race as a Louisiana [[Republican Party|Republican]], he left the GOP after fourteen years and became an [[Independent]] voter.
}}
'''Robert John Angers, Jr.''' (October 20, 1919 – October 13, 1988), was an [[United States|American]] [[journalist]], [[busines]]man, and [[conservative]] [[politician]]. ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' describes Angers as "a tireless and unselfish promoter of good government, the Acadiana region, and free enterprise."<ref name=dlb>Robert John Angers, ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'', Lafayette: Louisiana Historical Association, 1999, pp. 4-5.</ref>
==Background==
Angers was born in Abbeville in Vermilion Parish, to Robert J. Angers (1894–1965) and the former Anna Mae Nunez (1898–1988).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=Angers&|title=Anna Mae Nunez Angers|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=January 29, 2009}}</ref> He graduated from Catholic High School in New Iberia. In 1940, he procured his Bachelor of Arts in journalism from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. During [[World War II]], Angers was a [[major (rank)|major]] of the [[United States Army]]'s 24th Infantry Regiment. He received the [[Combat Infantryman Badge]] and the [[Bronze Star]]. In 1949, Angers graduated from the [[Command and General Staff College]] in [[Fort Leavenworth, Kansas]].<ref name=dlb/>
==Journalism career==
Angers began his journalism career upon graduation from LSU with his hometown, ''Abbeville Progress.'' After wartime service, he became in 1945 the advertising manager in 1945 of the ''Weekly Iberian'' and ''New Iberia Enterprise.'' With his father and brother, Allen, Angers co-owned Angers Real Estate Agency in New Iberia from 1946 to 1950, when he became the publisher of the ''Franklin Banner-Tribune'' in Franklin in St. Mary Parish. During his fifteen years at the ''Banner-Tribune,'' the newspaper converted from a weekly to a daily publication and won 150 state and national press association awards.<ref name=dlb/>
In 1961, Angers co-founded with future [[Lafayette]] [[Mayor]] [[Kenny Bowen]] the public relations firm of Angers, Bowen and Associates in Lafayette He sold his interest to Bowen in 1962. Bowen ran for mayor unsuccessfully as a Republican, but he was victorious after he changed his registration to Democrat From 1966 to 1968, Angers was an editorial writer and columnist of the ''Lafayette Daily Advertiser.'' He founded the ''Jeanerette Weekly Journal'' (1964–1965), ''Southwest Louisiana Capitalist'' (1963), and [Acadiana Profile'' magazine (1968), which covers twenty-two South Louisiana parishes and is the longest-running still active magazine in Louisiana history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/20081011235349/http://www.acadianhouse.com:80/acadianaprofilemagazine/
|title=''Acadiana Profile'': The Magazine of the Cajun Country |publisher=acadianaprofilemagazine |accessdate=January 28, 2009}}<ref>
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20081011235349/http://www.acadianhouse.com:80/acadianaprofilemagazine/ |archivedate=October 11, 2008 }}</ref> Assisted by his wife, Angers edited and published ''Acadiana Profile'' from 1968 to 1985, when his son took over the management.<ref name=lda>"Business Editor Bob Angers dies," ''Lafayette Daily Advertiser,'' October 14, 1988, p. 17.</ref> From 1967 to 1968, Angers was also editor of ''Latin American Report'' magazine in [[New Orleans]]. He founded the Acadian News Agency, which syndicated his public affairs editorials to Louisiana newspapers. Trent Angers acquired the news agency in 1970.<ref name=dlb/>
==Congressional campaign, 1964==
Angers was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] until 1960, when he joined the [[Republican Party]]. In 1964, he supported [[Charlton Lyons]] for [[governor of Louisiana]]. In July 1964, Angers was a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], at which he supported [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] for [[U.S. President]]. He lashed out at the then all Democratic congressional delegation from Louisiana, calling the members "so-called southern conservatives who are really [[liberal]]s ... that vote with [[Lyndon Johnson]] on nearly all major bills."<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' July 16, 1964, p. 1.</ref>
Angers himself ran as the GOP candidate for the Lafayette-based 3rd congressional district seat against the 16-year [[incumbent]], Democrat Edwin Edward Willis of St. Martinville. Angers received 31,806 votes (37.7 percent) to Willis's 52,532 (62.3 percent) and lost every parish in the district. In [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]], Angers procured 49.6 percent of the vote and outpolled Goldwater there by 3.5 percentage points. Three other Republicans ran unsuccessfully for U.S. House seats from Louisiana that year: future [[Governor]] [[David C. Treen]] in the New Orleans suburbs, Floyd O. Crawford (1907–1995) of Baton Rouge, and [[William Stewart Walker]] of Winnfield, who opposed the conservative Democrat [[Speedy Long]] in the since defunct 8th congressional district.<ref>Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 3, 1964.</ref> Angers was a Louisiana delegate to the 1968 [[Republican National Convention]] which nominated the [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]]-[[Spiro Agnew|Agnew]] ticket. In 1974, however, Angers left the GOP and re-registered as an [[Independent]].<ref name=dlb/>
==Civic activities==
Angers was a member of the St. Pius Roman Catholic Church of Lafayette. He was also affiliated with a plethora of organizations, including the journalism society, [[Sigma Delta Chi]], the New Iberia Port Commission, Kiwanis International, and the Rotary Club, which endowed a Paul P. Harris Fellowship in his name. He was the founding secretary of the Louisiana Intracoastal Seaway Association, and a charter member of the Caribbean-American Freedom League, which worked with [[Cuba]]n exile groups in unsuccessful efforts to overthrow the [[communist]] government of [[Fidel Castro]]. Angers was a director of the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana. He was a former president of the Louisiana Press Association, the Franklin Chamber of Commerce (1953), and the Louisiana Jaycees (1949).<ref name=dlb/> He founded and served as the first president of the International Relations Association of Acadiana and the International Good Neighbor Council. He founded these organizations to promote trade, [[tourism]] and goodwil in French and Spanish-speaking countries.<ref name=lda/>
Angers received the George Washington Honor Medal from [[Freedoms Foundation]] in [[Valley Forge]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Prior to his death, he received the Lafayette Board of Realtors "Good News Award".<ref name=dlb/> He was also cited by the Louisiana Farm Bureau for its "Special Press Award" for his lifetime endeavors of promoting and writing about agriculture.<ref name=lda/>
==Family==
On August 31, 1941, Angers married the former Geraldine Isabelle Beaulieu (born March 3, 1921) of Jeanerette in Iberia Parish, the daughter of Gerald A. Beaulieu, Sr., and the former Laurice Hebert. The couple had seven sons and a daughter: Robert Gerald, Judith Ann, Trent Michael, Stephen Brion, Winston Thomas, John Matthew, Glen Williams, and Jefferson Mark. Another son died at birth.<ref name=dlb/>
Angers died at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. His passing came three months after the death of his mother. He is interred at Lafayette Memorial Park.<ref name=lda/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Angers, Robert}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:American Authors]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Former Democrats]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category: World War II]]