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==Civic service==
 
==Civic service==
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His civic service began with the [[Mississippi River]] flood of 1927. During World War II, he served on the registration board of [[Selective Service Act|Selective Service]] for Lafayette Parish. He was also a member of the Louisiana Council of Naval Affairs and an officer for his local [[Boy Scouts]], [[Girl Scouts]], [[Red Cross]], and [[March of Dimes]]. He helped to organize the Lafayette Young Man’s Business Club and was affiliated with Kiwanis International and the Lafayette  Community Chest. He was a member of the board of the "good government" group, the Louisiana Public Affairs Research Council, initially formed by [[Ed Steimel]]. He was also a board member of the American Bank and Trust Company in Lafayette. For more than twenty years, he chaired the Lafayette Municipal Auditorium Committee. In 1972, he served on the Lafayette Charter Commission.<ref name=lahist/>
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His civic service began with the [[Mississippi River]] flood of 1927. During World War II, he served on the registration board of [[Selective Service System|Selective Service]] for Lafayette Parish. He was also a member of the Louisiana Council of Naval Affairs and an officer for his local [[Boy Scouts]], [[Girl Scouts]], [[Red Cross]], and March of Dimes. He helped to organize the Lafayette Young Man’s Business Club and was affiliated with Kiwanis International and the Lafayette  Community Chest. He was a member of the board of the "good government" group, the Louisiana Public Affairs Research Council, initially formed by [[Ed Steimel]]. He was also a board member of the American Bank and Trust Company in Lafayette. For more than twenty years, he chaired the Lafayette Municipal Auditorium Committee. In 1972, he served on the Lafayette Charter Commission.<ref name=lahist/>
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Boustany worked to preserve historical records at the [[Roman Catholic]] St. John’s Cathedral in Lafayette and was involved in 1962 in the financing of the Camellia Pageant at what is now the University of Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He donated land for Women’s and Children’s Hospital and endowed a professorship in home economics at USL. In 1959, he was King Gabriel XX in the Southwest Louisiana [[Mardi Gras]] Association. In 1962, he received the "Lafayette Civic Cup." In 1983, [[Pope]] [[John Paul II]] named Boustany as a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. He was also active in the Catholic men's organizaton, the [[Knights of Columbus]].<ref name=lahist/>  
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Boustany worked to preserve historical records at the [[Roman Catholic]] St. John’s Cathedral in Lafayette and was involved in 1962 in the financing of the Camellia Pageant at what is now the University of Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He donated land for Women’s and Children’s Hospital and endowed a professorship in home economics at USL. In 1959, he was King Gabriel XX in the Southwest Louisiana [[Mardi Gras]] Association. In 1962, he received the "Lafayette Civic Cup." In 1983, [[Pope]] [[John Paul II]] named Boustany as a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. He was also active in the Catholic men's organizaton, the [[Knights of Columbus]].<ref name=lahist/>
    
==Death==
 
==Death==
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