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Patrick Lynn LeBlanc, Sr. (March 21, 1954 – March 10, 2008), usually known as Pat LeBlanc, was a prominent Lafayette, Louisiana, architect and businessman who was also active in Republican politics. LeBlanc and his pilot perished when their single-engine airplane crashed over northern Vermilion Parish. His death came eleven days before his 54th birthday and only four months after having been defeated in a high-profile race for the Louisiana House of Representatives. His pilot was R. Solomon Reed, Jr. (born May 4, 1947), of Opelousas, the seat of St. Landry Parish in south Louisiana.〔(LA 82 plane crash - two dead | Abbeville Meridional )〕 In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007, LeBlanc was defeated for the District 43 seat by his fellow Republican, Page Cortez, the choice of influential State Senator Michael J. Michot of Lafayette. The seat was vacated by the retirement of Republican Representative Ernie Alexander of Lafayette. Cortez polled 7,742 votes (55.5 percent) to LeBlanc's 6,218 (44.5 percent).〔(Louisiana Secretary of State-Parish Elections Inquiry )〕 ==Early years, education, business== LeBlanc was born in Lafayette to the late L. Jaco LeBlanc and the former Jacqueline Francez. In 1972, he graduated from Acadiana High School. In 1977, he received a bachelor of science degree in architecture from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. LeBlanc was a registered architect in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas and a general contractor in those same states excluding Mississippi.〔(Legacy.com Secure Server )〕 In 2000, LeBlanc received the "Builder of the Year" award from the trade association known as Acadian Home Builders; he was the president of the group in 2006. LeBlanc's architectural firm is called The LeBlanc Group, a family-owned business established in 1957. At the time of his death, LeBlanc was the president of the company and had designed more than twenty-five prisons and correctional centers in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. He was the president of LeBlanc Construction Co., Inc., a general contracting firm that he established in 1984 to build commercial and residential projects. He was also president of LCS Corrections Services, Inc., a privately held prison management company founded in 1990 by the LeBlanc family. LCS is the fifth largest company of its kind in the United States. As a result of this business, he studied to receive an associate's degree in criminal justice from ULL in 1999.〔 In 1979, LeBlanc was president of the Lafayette United States Junior Chamber, or Jaycees, and thereafter a member of the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce. LeBlanc was a board member of the Lafayette Boys Club and Girls Club and formerly coached children's baseball and soccer. He was the chairman of the Cajundome Commission from 1994 to 1996.〔 LeBlanc, an avid outdoorsman, had seven pet goats and five dogs. He and his second wife, the former Jennifer Scialdone (born ca. 1961) resided in Youngsville in Lafayette Parish.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patrick LeBlanc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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