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Education: BSCE, USL 1959; DipRel, Father Palomo
Seminary; MS Management, Catholic University; USDOE Security
Academy, Dip; Harvard University Security Program, Dip; MSCE,
Catholic University, PhD(ABD), Catholic University; MA
Theology, Notre Dame Graduate School; DMin(Pastoral
Psychology), Virginia Theological Seminary.
SPOUSE: Anne Katherine Ducote'
Plaisance – We met at St. Anthony Elementary and Bunkie High
School. Her interests are dietetics, cooking, family,
genealogy, art, reading, music, plays, opera, fishing,
camping, and water aerobics
Parents: Paul J. Avila Plaisance,
Sr. & Louise Bernadette Grevenig Plaisance
Personal Interests and leisure;
Theology, Psychology, Education, Architecture, Reading,
Fitness, Martial Arts, Gardening, Music, Art, Opera and
Travel, Reading, Fishing, Camping.
Personal Information: Children:
3 Grandchildren: (actually grandnieces) 2
Career History: Area Engineer,
LA. Dept. of Public Works; Resident Engineer, England AFB,
LA.; Pacific Director of Construction, Guam, M.I.; TRIDENT
Base Operations Engineer; TRIDENT Base, Chief of
Construction Management; Chief Construction Engineer &
Adjunct Professor, Civil Engineer Officer's School, U.S.
Navy; Adjunct Assistant Prof. of Engineering, Catholic
University of America, Washington, D.C.; Deputy Manager,
U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Manager, U.S. Strategic
Petroleum Reserve; Director, U.S. Strategic Petroleum
Reserve; Deacon Pastoral Assistant, Various Catholic
Parishes; Minister of Christian Education, Alexandria, VA.;
Clinical Pastoral Education Chaplain's School, Alexandria,
VA.
Professional Achievements:
Registered Professional Engineer (PE) and Land Surveyor in
Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi; Outstanding Engineer in
the Pacific; Who's Who in Worldwide Construction Experts;
TRIDENT Submarine Base Construction Medal; Member of the
Sons of the American Revolution, Member of the Society of
the War of 1812; Dept. of Navy Senior Grade EEO Counselor;
US Dept of Energy Hostage Negotiator; Wrote legislation for
Arming and Arrest Authority of U.S. Strategic Petroleum
Reserve Protection Force; Vice-Chairman of US Dept. of
Energy EEO Council; Founding Member of US Dept. of Energy
Hispanic Association(HADOE).
Working status; Duty in School,
Attending Clinical Pastoral Education Chaplain’s School.
Major Events and Accomplishments:
Graduation from Engineering School; Marriage; Licensing as
Professional Engineer; ; Birth of Children; Federal Civil
Service Appointment; Ordination to the Catholic Diaconate;
Completion of Masters Programs; Appointment as Adjunct
Professor of Civil Engineering; Selection and Appointment to
Senior Executive Service; selection to attend the Harvard
University; serving as Minister of Christian Education;
achieving of Black Belt; awarding of D.Min. Degree; and
serving as Chaplain in a large Retirement Community.
My recollections of BHS:
Important relationships with Anne and my friends. I wish I
had applied myself. I also would have liked participation in
every organization and activity. Under those conditions, the
balance would have been one of more growth and proficiency.
The last fifty years: We raised
3 children and helped raise a niece. By early education and
original profession I attended SLI, graduated in 1959, and
became an Architectural Civil Engineer and Land Surveyor. I
also completed diaconal studies at Father Palomo Seminary
and was ordained in 1973. I served as a Deacon Pastoral
Assistant in multiple parishes. I was Adjunct Professor at
Catholic University, and the Civil Engineer Corps Officers
School. I retired after 35 year as a Senior Executive and
served as Chief Construction Engineer for the U.S. Navy and
Deputy Manager, Manager and Director of the U.S. Strategic
Petroleum Reserve. I am a graduate of the Catholic
University Executive Management Program and Harvard
University's John F. Kennedy School of Government National
and International Security Program. My degrees include a
Pontifical Catechetical Diploma, Bachelor of Science, Master
of Science, Master of Management, Master of Arts in
Theology, and Doctor of Ministry (Pastoral Psychology).
Since my retirement from federal service I have served as
the Minister of Christian Education and Pastoral Assistant
at St. Louis Parish in Alexandria, VA. I am presently
serving as an intern Assistant Chaplain in Clinical Pastoral
Education at the Falls Church, VA. Goodwin House Retirement
Community.
Hopes for the Future: I
hope to serve as Chaplain in a retirement community,
hospital or other institution and in community activities. I
also hope to spend the other part of my time with my wife in
pursuit of our interests stated above. At some point we may
make the decision to move back to Bunkie to live in the old
house of Anne’s grandfather.
I really appreciate and thank
every classmate for being truly who they were during such a
critical and formative period of our lives.
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