Asma Boustany Saloom

{{Infobox person | name=Asma Ann Boustany Saloom​​​ (Owner of large department store in her adopted city of Lafayette, Louisiana)​ | nationality=[[Lebanon|Lebanese-American​​​ | birth_date=November 6, 1894​​ | birth_place=Deir El Kamar, Lebanon | death_date=September 8, 1979 (aged 86)​ | death_place=Lafayette, LouisianaCovington, St. Tammany Parish
​ Resting place:
​ St. John's Cathedral Cemeter in Lafayette​ | spouse=Kaliste Saloom, Sr. (married 1907-1925, his death) Children:
Alice Marie Saloom
Clarence Joseph Saloom
Beatrice Marie Saloom
Mary Agnes Azar
Judge Kaliste Saloom, Jr.
Isabelle Ann Haik
Richard George Saloom
Parents:
Mr. and Mrs. Yakout Michael Frem Boustany}}

Asma Ann Boustany Saloom (November 1, 1892 – September 8, 1979) was a business woman in 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 businesswoman 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.

The Saloom children were Alice Marie Saloom (1909-2006), Clarence Joseph (Saloom 1910-1996), Beatrice Marie Saloom (1915-1997) Mary Agnes Azar (1916-2008), Kaliste Saloom, Jr., Isabelle Ann Haik (1920-2007), and Richard George Saloom (1924-1999). Kaliste, Jr., a a youth worked in the accounts department and delivered goods to customers by bicycle or horse-drawn wagon. For forty years he was the municipal court judge in Lafayette. A highly regarded local official, he obtained national recognition and in 2016, the year before his death, inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame, based in Winnfield in north Louisiana. He was also an historian.

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