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Donald attended Creswell Elementary School and graduated from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School and Centenary College, all three institutions in Shreveport. 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/>

Donald attended Creswell Elementary School and graduated from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School and Centenary College, all three institutions in Shreveport. 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/>

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). 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/>

Zadeck died in Shreveport at the age of ninety-two and is interred there at Greenwood Cemetery.<ref name=obit/>