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'''Asma Ann Boustany Saloom''' (November 1, 1892 &ndash; September 8, 1979)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101835284/asma-ann-saloom|title=Asma Ann Boustany Saloom|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 19, 2020}}</ref> was a [[business]] woman in her adopted city of [[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]].

'''Asma Ann Boustany Saloom''' (November 1, 1892 &ndash; September 8, 1979)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101835284/asma-ann-saloom|title=Asma Ann Boustany Saloom|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 19, 2020}}</ref> was a [[business]]woman in her adopted city of [[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]].

Born in Deir El Kamar, [[Lebanon]], the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yakout Michael Frem Boustany (pronounced BOO STANY), she arrived in Lafayette in 1907 as the bride of Kaliste Saloom, Sr. He died on February 3, 1925, and Mrs. Saloom was a widow for the remaining fifty-four years of her life. In 1910, the Salooms established a large clothing store, Saloom's, which in 1960 was cited by Lafayette [[Chamber of Commerce]] as the oldest home-owned retail establishment in continuous operation for the preceding fifty years. She was honored by the Lafayette Business and Professional Women’s Club for her career as a [[business]]woman and widowed parent. She donated land for the Kaliste Saloom state highway and the Kaliste Saloom Fire Station. She was involved in the League of Women Voters, St. Mary’s Orphanage Guild, and American Legion Auxiliary. She was a charter member of the Lafayette Azalea Trail and supported efforts of the Lafayette Ladies Garden Club. She was a long-term  sustaining member of University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-s/|title=Saloom, Anna Ann Boustany|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 19, 2020}}</ref>

Born in Deir El Kamar, [[Lebanon]], the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yakout Michael Frem Boustany (pronounced BOO STANY), she arrived in Lafayette in 1907 as the bride of Kaliste Saloom, Sr. He died on February 3, 1925, and Mrs. Saloom was a widow for the remaining fifty-four years of her life. In 1910, the Salooms established a large clothing store, Saloom's, which in 1960 was cited by Lafayette [[Chamber of Commerce]] as the oldest home-owned retail establishment in continuous operation for the preceding fifty years. She was honored by the Lafayette Business and Professional Women’s Club for her career as a [[business]]woman and widowed parent. She donated land for the Kaliste Saloom state highway and the Kaliste Saloom Fire Station. She was involved in the League of Women Voters, St. Mary’s Orphanage Guild, and American Legion Auxiliary. She was a charter member of the Lafayette Azalea Trail and supported efforts of the Lafayette Ladies Garden Club. She was a long-term  sustaining member of University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-s/|title=Saloom, Anna Ann Boustany|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 19, 2020}}</ref>