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Hainkel is also the eponym of the [http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?ID=106 John J. Hainkel Jr. Home and Rehab Center], a New Orleans unit of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. Hainkel championed funding for the facility during his time in the Senate.

Hainkel is also the eponym of the [http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?ID=106 John J. Hainkel Jr. Home and Rehab Center], a New Orleans unit of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. Hainkel championed funding for the facility during his time in the Senate.

''The Picayune'''s Anderson noted that Hainkel loved traditions: his birthday at a Tulane baseball game, for instance, and frequent parties for Tulane, LSU, and Southeastern sports contests, in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, or Hammond. Anderson called him a "one-man tourism bureau" who promoted his love of Louisiana wherever he went. "His politicking was one-on-one: stumping the corner stores, roadside stands and restaurants of his district, shucking [[oyster]]s at a school fair or tossing [[pumpkin]]s in a parade."

''The Picayune'''s Anderson noted that Hainkel loved traditions: his birthday at a Tulane baseball game, for instance, and frequent parties for Tulane, LSU, and Southeastern sports contests, in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, or Hammond. Anderson called him a "one-man tourism bureau" who promoted his love of Louisiana wherever he went. "His politicking was one-on-one: stumping the corner stores, roadside stands and restaurants of his district, shucking [[oyster]]s at a school fair or tossing pumpkins in a parade."

Senator Robert J. Barham, a Republican from Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish, Republican, said of his fallen colleague: "It will be surreal when you show up for the session and look for John Hainkel, and he won't be there."

Senator Robert J. Barham, a Republican from Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish, Republican, said of his fallen colleague: "It will be surreal when you show up for the session and look for John Hainkel, and he won't be there."