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{{Infobox person
| name=Donald Julian Zadeck, Jr.
(Industrialist and civic figure in Shreveport, Louisiana)
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| birth_date=September 12, 1927
| birth_place=[[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]
| death_date=July 15, 2020 (aged 92)
| death_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
Clifton Ellis Byrd High School
[[Louisiana State University]] Law Center<br>
Louise S. McGehee School (New Orleans)<br>
Pine Manor College ([[Massachusetts]])
|spouse=Frances Katzenstein Zadeck (married 1951-2020, his death)<br>
'''Children''':<br>
Donald Zadeck, Jr. (deceased)
Julie Zadeck<br>
Frank Kenneth Zadeck
'''Parents''':<br>
Samuel Edward and Dorothy Glatstein Zadeck}}
'''Donald Julian Zadeck, Sr.''' (September 12, 1927 – July 15, 2020),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213088449/donald-julian-zadeck|title=Donald Zadeck|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=July 21, 2020}}</ref> was an industrialist and major civic figure in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]].
Zadeck was born in [[St. Louis]], [[Missori]], to Samuel Edward Zadeck and the former Dorothy Glatstein. The family moved to Shreveport in 109 and Samuel Edward Zadeck moved to Shreveport in 1933, where Zadeck resided until the time of his death. On November 22, 1951, Zadeck married the former Frances Katzenstein Zadeck. The couple has three children, Donald, Jr. (died 1995), his daughter, Julie Zadeck of Shreveport, and his son, Frank Kenneth Zadeck and his wife, the former Lisa Weiss, and their daughter, Rebecca Helen, all of Chappaqua, [[New York]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=donald-julian-zadeck&pid=196503255|title=Donald Zadeck|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=July 21, 2020}}</ref>
Donald attended Creswell Elementary School in Shreveport, graduated from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School and Centenary College of Louisiana. He entered the [[United States Army]] Air Force with service in the [[Philippines]] and [[Japan]] following [[World War II]]. After his discharge, he attended the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at [Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and served on ''The Louisiana Law Review.'' His obituary does not indicate if he was a practicing [[attorney]] but indicates that he earned his livelihood through the founding of the Zadeck Energy Group, Inc., and served as the president of the company.<ref name=obit/>
He was a president of the [[Jewish]] B'nai Zion Congregation in Shreveport, chairman of the [[Chamber of Commerce]] (1977), board chairman of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (1978-1979); president of the Committee of 100 (1980-1981), member of the State of Louisiana Board of Regents (1981-1986), now the Louiisana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. From 1989 to 1998, he was a member of the Shreveport Fire and Police Civil Service Board, of which he was the chairman of the board from 1990 to 1998. He was honored to be asked by Dr. Isaac "Ike" Muslow (1927-2020) to be the first chairman of the LSU Health Shreveport Foundation, a role that he filled from 1997 to 2008. In 1980 and 1981, he was named, respectively, the "Business Leader of the Year" by the Chamber of Commerce and then as "Mr. Shreveport." <ref name=obit/>
Zadeck died in Shreveport at the age of ninety-two and is interred there at Greenwood Cemetery.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zadeck, Donald}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Missouri]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:American Jews]]
| name=Donald Julian Zadeck, Jr.
(Industrialist and civic figure in Shreveport, Louisiana)
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| birth_date=September 12, 1927
| birth_place=[[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]
| death_date=July 15, 2020 (aged 92)
| death_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
Clifton Ellis Byrd High School
[[Louisiana State University]] Law Center<br>
Louise S. McGehee School (New Orleans)<br>
Pine Manor College ([[Massachusetts]])
|spouse=Frances Katzenstein Zadeck (married 1951-2020, his death)<br>
'''Children''':<br>
Donald Zadeck, Jr. (deceased)
Julie Zadeck<br>
Frank Kenneth Zadeck
'''Parents''':<br>
Samuel Edward and Dorothy Glatstein Zadeck}}
'''Donald Julian Zadeck, Sr.''' (September 12, 1927 – July 15, 2020),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213088449/donald-julian-zadeck|title=Donald Zadeck|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=July 21, 2020}}</ref> was an industrialist and major civic figure in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]].
Zadeck was born in [[St. Louis]], [[Missori]], to Samuel Edward Zadeck and the former Dorothy Glatstein. The family moved to Shreveport in 109 and Samuel Edward Zadeck moved to Shreveport in 1933, where Zadeck resided until the time of his death. On November 22, 1951, Zadeck married the former Frances Katzenstein Zadeck. The couple has three children, Donald, Jr. (died 1995), his daughter, Julie Zadeck of Shreveport, and his son, Frank Kenneth Zadeck and his wife, the former Lisa Weiss, and their daughter, Rebecca Helen, all of Chappaqua, [[New York]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=donald-julian-zadeck&pid=196503255|title=Donald Zadeck|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=July 21, 2020}}</ref>
Donald attended Creswell Elementary School in Shreveport, graduated from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School and Centenary College of Louisiana. He entered the [[United States Army]] Air Force with service in the [[Philippines]] and [[Japan]] following [[World War II]]. After his discharge, he attended the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at [Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and served on ''The Louisiana Law Review.'' His obituary does not indicate if he was a practicing [[attorney]] but indicates that he earned his livelihood through the founding of the Zadeck Energy Group, Inc., and served as the president of the company.<ref name=obit/>
He was a president of the [[Jewish]] B'nai Zion Congregation in Shreveport, chairman of the [[Chamber of Commerce]] (1977), board chairman of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (1978-1979); president of the Committee of 100 (1980-1981), member of the State of Louisiana Board of Regents (1981-1986), now the Louiisana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. From 1989 to 1998, he was a member of the Shreveport Fire and Police Civil Service Board, of which he was the chairman of the board from 1990 to 1998. He was honored to be asked by Dr. Isaac "Ike" Muslow (1927-2020) to be the first chairman of the LSU Health Shreveport Foundation, a role that he filled from 1997 to 2008. In 1980 and 1981, he was named, respectively, the "Business Leader of the Year" by the Chamber of Commerce and then as "Mr. Shreveport." <ref name=obit/>
Zadeck died in Shreveport at the age of ninety-two and is interred there at Greenwood Cemetery.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zadeck, Donald}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Missouri]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:American Jews]]