Camille Francis Gravel

Background

Gravel, Camille Francis was born on August 10, 1915 in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States. Son of Camille F. and Aline Delvaille Gravel.

Education

University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts, 1935). Louisiana State University. Catholic University of America.

Awarded Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, by Loyola University, 1976.

Order of the Coif. Special Legislative Counsel, 1972-1975 and Executive Counsel, 19751979 to Governor of Louisiana.

Career

Admitted to the bar, 1940, Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana. United States. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana. United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

United States.

Supreme Court. Order of the Coif. Special Legislative Counsel, 1972-1975 and Executive Counsel, 1975-1979 to Governor of Louisiana. Member: Alexandria (President, 1949-1950), Louisiana State and American Bar Associations.

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. Fellow: International Society of Barristers.

International Academy of Trial Lawyers. National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Achievements

• Camille Francis Gravel has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Governor"s Commision on Higher Education Superior vena cava syndrome, 1978-1982. Member Governor"s Advisory and Review Commision on Assistant District Attorneys, 1979-1988, executive counsel, 1976-1980,executive assistant, 1984-1988 to governor Louisiana. Member board supervisors Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1975-1990, Chairman of the Board, 1981-1982.

Member of the United States Capitol Police Force, 1937-1939.

Invested Knight of Saint Gregory by Pope Pius XII, 1954. Fellow International Academy Trial Lawyers, International Society Barristers.

Member American Association of University Professors, American Bar Association, National Association Criminal Defense Lawyers, Louisiana Bar Association, Alexandria Bar Association (president 1949-1950), Notre Dame Law Association, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, Lamar Society, American Association Retired Persons, American Heart Association, Catholic U. American Alumni Association (national Board of Governors 1977), Alexandria-Pineville Chamber of Commerce, American Legion, Elks (past exalted ruler), KC, Order of Coif, Phi Delta Phi, Kappa Sigma.

Connections

Married Katherine Yvonne David, November 26, 1939 (deceased 1979). Married Evelyn Gianfala Gravel, 1980. Children: Katherine Ann Gravel Vanderslice, Mary Eileen Gravel Cappel, Martha Louise Antoon, Camille Francis III(deceased), Grady David, Eunice Holloman, Virginia Maureen Gravel Carbo, Margaret Lynn, Mark Alan, Charles Gregory, Richard Alvin(deceased).

Father:

Camille F.

Mother:

Aline Delvaille Gravel

Spouse:

Evelyn Gianfala Gravel

Spouse:

Katherine Yvonne David

child:

Charles Gregory Gravel

child:

Grady David Gravel

child:

Virginia Maureen Gravel Carbo Gravel

child:

Margaret Lynn Gravel

child:

Camille Francis III Gravel (deceased)

child:

Richard Alvin Gravel (deceased)

child:

Eunice Holloman Gravel

child:

Mark Alan Gravel

child:

Martha Louise Antoon Gravel

child:

Mary Eileen Gravel Cappel Gravel

child:

Katherine Ann Gravel Vanderslice Gravel