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| name=Richard Phillip Ieyoub
| image=Richard Ieyoub of LA.jpg
| nationality=[[Lebanone|Lebanese]]-[[United States|American
| office=[[Louisiana]] Attorney General
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=1992
| term_end=2004
| preceded=[[William J. Guste]]
| succeeded=[[Charles C. Foti, Jr.]]
| office2=District Attorney of Calcasieu Parish
| term_start2=1984
| term_end2=1992
| preceded2=
| succeeded2=
| birth_date=August 11, 1944
| death_date=
| birth_place=[[Lake Charles]], Louisiana
| death_place=
| occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Business]]man
| alma_mater=Lake Charles High School<br>
McNeese State University<br>
[[Louisiana State University]] Law Center
| spouse=(1) Divorced<br>
(2) Caprice Brown Ieyoub
| children=From first marriage:<br>
Amy Claire, Nicole Ann, and Brennan Jude Ieyoub<br>
From second marriage:<br>
Richard Phillip, Jr., Khoury, Christian, and Anna Michael Ieyoub<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Phillip Assad and Virginia Khoury Ieyoub}}
'''Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Sr.''' (born August 11, 1944), is a [[Baton Rouge]] [[attorney]] and a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] former [[politician]] who was the [[Louisiana]]state Attorney General from 1992 to 2004. Earlier, from 1984 to 1992, he was the district attorney in [[Lake Charles]] for his native Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana. He is affiliated with the Baton Rouge firm Couhig Partners. Allied with his party's [[liberal]] wing, Ieyoub finished in third place in the nonpartisan blanket primary for the [[United States Senate]] in 1996, and for the Louisiana [[governor|govrnorship]] in 2003. He lost both of those races to fellow Democrats [[Mary Landrieu]] and [[Kathleen Blanco]].
==Background==
Ieyoub (pronounced "EYE-oob") is of [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] extraction. He was born in Lake Charles to Phillip Assad Ieyoub and the former Virginia Khoury. He graduated in 1962 from Lake Charles High School, later renamed Lake Charles Boston High School and since closed.<ref=whoswho>''Who's Who in America,'' 2006.</ref>
Ieyoub received his bachelor's degree in [[history]] in 1968 from McNeese State University (then College) in Lake Charles and his [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree in 1972 from [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in Baton Rouge. He was admitted to the bar and licensed to practice in Louisiana and before the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref name=whoswho/>
Early in his career, Ieyoub was a special prosecutor for the man whom he would succeed as attorney general, fellow Democrat [[William J. Guste|William J. "Billy" Guste, Jr.]], of [[New Orleans]]. Ieyoub was affiliated with the Lake Charles firm Baggett, McCall, Singleton, Ranier, and later established a solo practice. He also instructed criminal law on occasions at McNeese State. Ieyoub is a member of the [[Sierra Club]].<ref name=whoswho/>
During his tenure as district attorney, for which he was reelected in 1990, he headed the national Commission on Model State Drug Laws.<ref name=whoswho/>
==Poliical life==
===Three elections as attorney general===
When William Guste announced that he would not seek a sixth term as attorney general in 1991, Ieyoub filed for the position as the leading candidate. He was challenged by two fellow Democrats, future state Treasurer and subsequent Republican convert [[John Neely Kennedy]] and Winston Riddick, and the principal Republican choice that year, former state Representative and state Senator [[Ben Bagert|Bernard J. "Ben" Bagert, Jr.]], of New Orleans. Ieyoub led the field with 447,423 votes (31 percent) to Bagert's 312,960 (22 percent), Kennedy's 288,104 (20 percent), and Riddick's 224,200 (16 percent). Two other Republicans also ran and divided 11 percent of the primary vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, 1991.</>
Ieyoub and Bagert went into the [[general election]] at the same time that former Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] was being challenged by the one-time leader of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], then state Representative [[David Duke]] of [[Jefferson Parish, Louisiana]]. Ieyoub defeated Bagert by a wider margin than that by which Edwards finished off Duke. The Calcasieu district attorney won the race by a margin of more than two to one: 1,147,592 (69 percent) to 517,660 (31 percent). Bagert lost his own Orleans Parish in the election; the defeat ended Bagert's long career in state politics. Ieyoub's 1,147,592 vote tally was the highest numerical total ever obtained by a statewide candidate in Louisiana history until that time.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, 1991.</ref>
In 1995, Ieyoub won by an even larger margin than his historic showing in 1991. He polled 1,019,041 votes (76 percent) to 137,372 votes (10 percent) for the Republican [[Ed Tarpley]], then the district attorney for the 35th Judicial District based in Colfax. An anti-gambling activist, Tarpley lost to Ieyoub even his own Grant Parish. Two other candidates received the remaining 14 percent of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, 1995.</ref>
As attorney general, Ieyoub won a multimillion-dollar tobacco settlement for the state of Louisiana as compensation for the health care costs of smokers. He took a leading role in the formulation of the theory of ''parens patriae,'' which allows the state to sue on behalf of its citizens.<ref>State Attorney General Actions, the Tobacco Litigation, and the Doctrine of Parens Patriae by Theodore Eisenberg, Richard P. Ieyoub :: SSRN.</ref>
Attorney General Ieyoub cleared [[Fred Baden]] of wrongdoing stemming from an audit of municipal books in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], where Baden served as mayor from 1970 until his defeat in 1998.<ref name=adtt>Bret H. McCormick, "7-term Pineville Mayor Fred Baden remembered for 'big heart,'" ''Alexandria Town Talk,'' December 18, 2009.</ref> Legislative Auditor [[Dan Kyle]] claimed that Ieyoub had ignored critical evidence that would have found Baden guilty of [[malfeasance]] office. However, Ieyoub reported that a lengthy investigation concluded "there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution."<ref name=adtt/> Baden said at the time that he knew he would be cleared of the allegations. "I felt all along that I would be cleared of these allegations. ... I never did anything wrong. We never took anything from the city that we didn't earn."<ref name=adtt/>
Ieyoub claimed among his major accomplishments as attorney general the promotion of "initiatives that protect our children and help our children lead a better quality of life." He was active in the fight against [[narcotics]] through the Louisiana Coordinating Council on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug Abuse. Ieyoub worked closely with the National Council Against Drinking and Driving. His office has been nationally recognized for combating underage drinking and [[drunken driving]]. He established a statewide school safety program and created a high-technology unit that targets sexual predators on the Internet.
Ieyoub was a member of the National Association of Attorneys General.
===Falling short in the Senate race, 1996===
In 1996, Ieyoub announced that he would enter the primary to select a successor to the retiring U.S. Senator [[Bennett Johnston|J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], a popular moderate Democrat from [[Shreveport]] whose service dated back to 1972. Ieyoub faced fourteen other candidates, but only three had a serious level of support. Ieyoub competed for Democratic votes with outgoing state Treasurer [[Mary Landrieu]] of New Orleans. Two Republican candidates were also considered major players, David Duke again and state Representative [[Woody Jenkins]] of Baton Rouge, who had lost Senate races as a Democrat to Johnston in 1978 and to the retired [[Russell B. Long]] in 1980.<ref name=Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns,1996.</ref>
Jenkins led the field in the primary with 322,244 votes (26 percent). Landrieu trailed with 264,268 (22 percent). Ieyoub followed with 250,682 (20 percent), and Duke trailed with 141,489 (12 percent). All of the Republican candidates on the ballot received a total of 57 percent of the vote, whereas Landrieu and Ieyoub, the only Democrats, divided the remaining 43 percent. Jenkins hence advanced to the general election against Landrieu, with Ieyoub out of the running by just under 14,000 votes. Jenkins was handicapped, however, by the weakness in Louisiana of the Republican presidential nominee, former Senator [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]]. Dole lost Louisiana to incumbent President [[Bill Clinton]], and while Jenkins ran well ahead of Dole on the Republican ticket, he fell short once again. Landrieu would become Johnston's preferred successor in the Senate.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns,1996.</ref>
Ieyoub believed that "dirty tricks" by the Landrieu forces denied him the coveted second spot in the Senate general election. Later, Jenkins would accuse the Landrieu organization of having arranged for "dead persons" to cast pivotal ballots in Orleans Parish. Jenkins attempted to block Landrieu's swearing in, but Senate Republicans, led by [[Trent Lott]] of [[Mississippi]] voted to seat Landrieu based on the state's election certification.
Ieyoub was elected to his third term as attorney general in 1999 without opposition.
===The gubernatorial campaign, 2003===
In 2003, Ieyoub entered the gubernatorial race to succeed Republican [[Mike Foster|Murphy James "Mike" Foster, Jr.]], who was ineligible to seek a third term.
As a gubernatorial candidate, Ieyoub declared himself a [[NASCAR]] fan, at least from the economic development consideration if not personal interest. "I'm a NASCAR fan from the standpoint of what it can do for economic development in Louisiana. It's been a tremendous economic development help for [[North Carolina]], [[Florida]], and other states that have NASCAR tracks," Ieyoub said.<ref>Richard Ieyoub envisions NASCAR gold, Capitol Watch, September 5, 2003.</ref>
Ieyoub picked up many endorsements in his gubernatorial bid, including the Louisiana Sheriffs Association, the [[AFL-CIO]], the City Marshals Association, and the Black Organization for Leadership Development (BOLD) in New Orleans.
Whereas Ieyoub had competed with Landrieu for Democratic base votes for the Senate in 1996, he was in competition with two other Democrats for such votes in 2003: outgoing Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of [[Lafayette]] and former [[U.S. Representative]] [[Buddy Leach|Anthony Claude "Buddy Leach, Jr.]], who had residences in his hometown of Leesville in Vernon Parish as well as Ieyoub's own Lake Charles.
Meanwhile, the Republican frontrunner, [[Bobby Jindal]], later the U.S. representative]] for Louisiana's 1st congressional district in the New Orleans suburbs, seemed to have sewed up one of the general election berths. Ieyoub hence would have to surpass the showings of both Blanco and Leach to gain the coveted second spot.
Jindal led in the primary for the first general election berth with 33 percent of the vote. The Number 2 finisher was not Ieyoub but Blanco, who polled 18 percent, just over half of Jindal's initial total. Ieyoub drew 223,513 votes (16 percent), some 27,000 raw votes below his Senate showing seven years earlier. Leach finished in fourth place with 187,872 (14 percent). One may argue that Leach's votes in particular cost Ieyoub the coveted second spot. In fifth place was another Democrat [[Randy Ewing]], the outgoing state Senate President from Quitman in Jackson Parish, who finished with 123,936 (9 percent). There was speculation that Ewing's votes may have come at the expense of either Jindal or Blanco.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, 2003.</ref>
==Personal life==
Ieyoub married the former Caprice Brown on February 3, 1995. Also an attorney, the second Mrs. Ieyoub worked under her future husband in the Louisiana Attorney General's office; she also holds a doctorate in higher education administration. The couple has four children: Richard Phillip, Jr., Khoury, Christian, and Anna Michael Ieyoub. He also has three grown children from a previous marriage: Amy Claire, Nicole Ann, and Brennan Jude Ieyoub.<ref name=whoswho/> Orleans gastroenterologist Steve Price, a friend of Ieyob's since childhood, recalls that Ieyoub regularly quotes his role model, Sir [[Winston Churchill]]. According to Dr. Price, Ieyoub "has a great sense of family. He showed just how much when he gave a kidney to his brother" in 1977. Another New Orleans friend, John Litchfield, says that Ieyoub is "truly genuine and down to earth. The thing people probably don't appreciate is how truly genuine he is and how he cares about people. For most politicians, that's unusual."
Ieyoub is a [[Roman Catholic]], a memberof the Immaculate Conception Parish in New Orleans.<ref>http://www.neworleanschurches.com/jesuits/jesuits.htm ''Immaculate Conception Parish.</ref>
In 2016, Ieyoub was inducted into the [[Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]] in Winnfield. Richard Ieyoub to be inducted into La.'s Political Museum Hall of Fame | Louisiana Record</ref>
In 2021, Ieyoub donated $21,000 to his alma mater, McNeese State University for various campus initiatives.<ref>McNeese Receives Donation from Ieyoub Family | McNeese State University
==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]
[[Category:Inductees of the Louisian Political Museum and Hall of Fame]]
| name=Richard Phillip Ieyoub
| image=Richard Ieyoub of LA.jpg
| nationality=[[Lebanone|Lebanese]]-[[United States|American
| office=[[Louisiana]] Attorney General
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=1992
| term_end=2004
| preceded=[[William J. Guste]]
| succeeded=[[Charles C. Foti, Jr.]]
| office2=District Attorney of Calcasieu Parish
| term_start2=1984
| term_end2=1992
| preceded2=
| succeeded2=
| birth_date=August 11, 1944
| death_date=
| birth_place=[[Lake Charles]], Louisiana
| death_place=
| occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Business]]man
| alma_mater=Lake Charles High School<br>
McNeese State University<br>
[[Louisiana State University]] Law Center
| spouse=(1) Divorced<br>
(2) Caprice Brown Ieyoub
| children=From first marriage:<br>
Amy Claire, Nicole Ann, and Brennan Jude Ieyoub<br>
From second marriage:<br>
Richard Phillip, Jr., Khoury, Christian, and Anna Michael Ieyoub<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Phillip Assad and Virginia Khoury Ieyoub}}
'''Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Sr.''' (born August 11, 1944), is a [[Baton Rouge]] [[attorney]] and a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] former [[politician]] who was the [[Louisiana]]state Attorney General from 1992 to 2004. Earlier, from 1984 to 1992, he was the district attorney in [[Lake Charles]] for his native Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana. He is affiliated with the Baton Rouge firm Couhig Partners. Allied with his party's [[liberal]] wing, Ieyoub finished in third place in the nonpartisan blanket primary for the [[United States Senate]] in 1996, and for the Louisiana [[governor|govrnorship]] in 2003. He lost both of those races to fellow Democrats [[Mary Landrieu]] and [[Kathleen Blanco]].
==Background==
Ieyoub (pronounced "EYE-oob") is of [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] extraction. He was born in Lake Charles to Phillip Assad Ieyoub and the former Virginia Khoury. He graduated in 1962 from Lake Charles High School, later renamed Lake Charles Boston High School and since closed.<ref=whoswho>''Who's Who in America,'' 2006.</ref>
Ieyoub received his bachelor's degree in [[history]] in 1968 from McNeese State University (then College) in Lake Charles and his [[Juris Doctor]]ate degree in 1972 from [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in Baton Rouge. He was admitted to the bar and licensed to practice in Louisiana and before the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref name=whoswho/>
Early in his career, Ieyoub was a special prosecutor for the man whom he would succeed as attorney general, fellow Democrat [[William J. Guste|William J. "Billy" Guste, Jr.]], of [[New Orleans]]. Ieyoub was affiliated with the Lake Charles firm Baggett, McCall, Singleton, Ranier, and later established a solo practice. He also instructed criminal law on occasions at McNeese State. Ieyoub is a member of the [[Sierra Club]].<ref name=whoswho/>
During his tenure as district attorney, for which he was reelected in 1990, he headed the national Commission on Model State Drug Laws.<ref name=whoswho/>
==Poliical life==
===Three elections as attorney general===
When William Guste announced that he would not seek a sixth term as attorney general in 1991, Ieyoub filed for the position as the leading candidate. He was challenged by two fellow Democrats, future state Treasurer and subsequent Republican convert [[John Neely Kennedy]] and Winston Riddick, and the principal Republican choice that year, former state Representative and state Senator [[Ben Bagert|Bernard J. "Ben" Bagert, Jr.]], of New Orleans. Ieyoub led the field with 447,423 votes (31 percent) to Bagert's 312,960 (22 percent), Kennedy's 288,104 (20 percent), and Riddick's 224,200 (16 percent). Two other Republicans also ran and divided 11 percent of the primary vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, 1991.</>
Ieyoub and Bagert went into the [[general election]] at the same time that former Governor [[Edwin Edwards]] was being challenged by the one-time leader of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], then state Representative [[David Duke]] of [[Jefferson Parish, Louisiana]]. Ieyoub defeated Bagert by a wider margin than that by which Edwards finished off Duke. The Calcasieu district attorney won the race by a margin of more than two to one: 1,147,592 (69 percent) to 517,660 (31 percent). Bagert lost his own Orleans Parish in the election; the defeat ended Bagert's long career in state politics. Ieyoub's 1,147,592 vote tally was the highest numerical total ever obtained by a statewide candidate in Louisiana history until that time.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, 1991.</ref>
In 1995, Ieyoub won by an even larger margin than his historic showing in 1991. He polled 1,019,041 votes (76 percent) to 137,372 votes (10 percent) for the Republican [[Ed Tarpley]], then the district attorney for the 35th Judicial District based in Colfax. An anti-gambling activist, Tarpley lost to Ieyoub even his own Grant Parish. Two other candidates received the remaining 14 percent of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, 1995.</ref>
As attorney general, Ieyoub won a multimillion-dollar tobacco settlement for the state of Louisiana as compensation for the health care costs of smokers. He took a leading role in the formulation of the theory of ''parens patriae,'' which allows the state to sue on behalf of its citizens.<ref>State Attorney General Actions, the Tobacco Litigation, and the Doctrine of Parens Patriae by Theodore Eisenberg, Richard P. Ieyoub :: SSRN.</ref>
Attorney General Ieyoub cleared [[Fred Baden]] of wrongdoing stemming from an audit of municipal books in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], where Baden served as mayor from 1970 until his defeat in 1998.<ref name=adtt>Bret H. McCormick, "7-term Pineville Mayor Fred Baden remembered for 'big heart,'" ''Alexandria Town Talk,'' December 18, 2009.</ref> Legislative Auditor [[Dan Kyle]] claimed that Ieyoub had ignored critical evidence that would have found Baden guilty of [[malfeasance]] office. However, Ieyoub reported that a lengthy investigation concluded "there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution."<ref name=adtt/> Baden said at the time that he knew he would be cleared of the allegations. "I felt all along that I would be cleared of these allegations. ... I never did anything wrong. We never took anything from the city that we didn't earn."<ref name=adtt/>
Ieyoub claimed among his major accomplishments as attorney general the promotion of "initiatives that protect our children and help our children lead a better quality of life." He was active in the fight against [[narcotics]] through the Louisiana Coordinating Council on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug Abuse. Ieyoub worked closely with the National Council Against Drinking and Driving. His office has been nationally recognized for combating underage drinking and [[drunken driving]]. He established a statewide school safety program and created a high-technology unit that targets sexual predators on the Internet.
Ieyoub was a member of the National Association of Attorneys General.
===Falling short in the Senate race, 1996===
In 1996, Ieyoub announced that he would enter the primary to select a successor to the retiring U.S. Senator [[Bennett Johnston|J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], a popular moderate Democrat from [[Shreveport]] whose service dated back to 1972. Ieyoub faced fourteen other candidates, but only three had a serious level of support. Ieyoub competed for Democratic votes with outgoing state Treasurer [[Mary Landrieu]] of New Orleans. Two Republican candidates were also considered major players, David Duke again and state Representative [[Woody Jenkins]] of Baton Rouge, who had lost Senate races as a Democrat to Johnston in 1978 and to the retired [[Russell B. Long]] in 1980.<ref name=Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns,1996.</ref>
Jenkins led the field in the primary with 322,244 votes (26 percent). Landrieu trailed with 264,268 (22 percent). Ieyoub followed with 250,682 (20 percent), and Duke trailed with 141,489 (12 percent). All of the Republican candidates on the ballot received a total of 57 percent of the vote, whereas Landrieu and Ieyoub, the only Democrats, divided the remaining 43 percent. Jenkins hence advanced to the general election against Landrieu, with Ieyoub out of the running by just under 14,000 votes. Jenkins was handicapped, however, by the weakness in Louisiana of the Republican presidential nominee, former Senator [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]]. Dole lost Louisiana to incumbent President [[Bill Clinton]], and while Jenkins ran well ahead of Dole on the Republican ticket, he fell short once again. Landrieu would become Johnston's preferred successor in the Senate.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns,1996.</ref>
Ieyoub believed that "dirty tricks" by the Landrieu forces denied him the coveted second spot in the Senate general election. Later, Jenkins would accuse the Landrieu organization of having arranged for "dead persons" to cast pivotal ballots in Orleans Parish. Jenkins attempted to block Landrieu's swearing in, but Senate Republicans, led by [[Trent Lott]] of [[Mississippi]] voted to seat Landrieu based on the state's election certification.
Ieyoub was elected to his third term as attorney general in 1999 without opposition.
===The gubernatorial campaign, 2003===
In 2003, Ieyoub entered the gubernatorial race to succeed Republican [[Mike Foster|Murphy James "Mike" Foster, Jr.]], who was ineligible to seek a third term.
As a gubernatorial candidate, Ieyoub declared himself a [[NASCAR]] fan, at least from the economic development consideration if not personal interest. "I'm a NASCAR fan from the standpoint of what it can do for economic development in Louisiana. It's been a tremendous economic development help for [[North Carolina]], [[Florida]], and other states that have NASCAR tracks," Ieyoub said.<ref>Richard Ieyoub envisions NASCAR gold, Capitol Watch, September 5, 2003.</ref>
Ieyoub picked up many endorsements in his gubernatorial bid, including the Louisiana Sheriffs Association, the [[AFL-CIO]], the City Marshals Association, and the Black Organization for Leadership Development (BOLD) in New Orleans.
Whereas Ieyoub had competed with Landrieu for Democratic base votes for the Senate in 1996, he was in competition with two other Democrats for such votes in 2003: outgoing Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of [[Lafayette]] and former [[U.S. Representative]] [[Buddy Leach|Anthony Claude "Buddy Leach, Jr.]], who had residences in his hometown of Leesville in Vernon Parish as well as Ieyoub's own Lake Charles.
Meanwhile, the Republican frontrunner, [[Bobby Jindal]], later the U.S. representative]] for Louisiana's 1st congressional district in the New Orleans suburbs, seemed to have sewed up one of the general election berths. Ieyoub hence would have to surpass the showings of both Blanco and Leach to gain the coveted second spot.
Jindal led in the primary for the first general election berth with 33 percent of the vote. The Number 2 finisher was not Ieyoub but Blanco, who polled 18 percent, just over half of Jindal's initial total. Ieyoub drew 223,513 votes (16 percent), some 27,000 raw votes below his Senate showing seven years earlier. Leach finished in fourth place with 187,872 (14 percent). One may argue that Leach's votes in particular cost Ieyoub the coveted second spot. In fifth place was another Democrat [[Randy Ewing]], the outgoing state Senate President from Quitman in Jackson Parish, who finished with 123,936 (9 percent). There was speculation that Ewing's votes may have come at the expense of either Jindal or Blanco.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, 2003.</ref>
==Personal life==
Ieyoub married the former Caprice Brown on February 3, 1995. Also an attorney, the second Mrs. Ieyoub worked under her future husband in the Louisiana Attorney General's office; she also holds a doctorate in higher education administration. The couple has four children: Richard Phillip, Jr., Khoury, Christian, and Anna Michael Ieyoub. He also has three grown children from a previous marriage: Amy Claire, Nicole Ann, and Brennan Jude Ieyoub.<ref name=whoswho/> Orleans gastroenterologist Steve Price, a friend of Ieyob's since childhood, recalls that Ieyoub regularly quotes his role model, Sir [[Winston Churchill]]. According to Dr. Price, Ieyoub "has a great sense of family. He showed just how much when he gave a kidney to his brother" in 1977. Another New Orleans friend, John Litchfield, says that Ieyoub is "truly genuine and down to earth. The thing people probably don't appreciate is how truly genuine he is and how he cares about people. For most politicians, that's unusual."
Ieyoub is a [[Roman Catholic]], a memberof the Immaculate Conception Parish in New Orleans.<ref>http://www.neworleanschurches.com/jesuits/jesuits.htm ''Immaculate Conception Parish.</ref>
In 2016, Ieyoub was inducted into the [[Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]] in Winnfield. Richard Ieyoub to be inducted into La.'s Political Museum Hall of Fame | Louisiana Record</ref>
In 2021, Ieyoub donated $21,000 to his alma mater, McNeese State University for various campus initiatives.<ref>McNeese Receives Donation from Ieyoub Family | McNeese State University
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ieyoub, Richard}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]
[[Category:Inductees of the Louisian Political Museum and Hall of Fame]]