Background

Baños, Jose Luis was born on August 25, 1918 in New Orleans. Son of Jose Rodrigo and Julia Sussmann (del Olmo) Baños.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, Tulane University, 1939; Bachelor of Laws, Tulane University, 1946.

Career

With, Whitney National Bank New Orleans, since 1946; vice president, Whitney National Bank New Orleans, 1960-1983; of counsel, Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrere & Denegre, 1984-1988. Past lecturer School Banking of the South, Baton Rouge, Midwest School Banking, Madison, Wisconsin, Emory University, Atlanta. Advisory board Academy Sacred Heart, New Orleans.

Achievements

• Jose Luis Baños has been listed as a reputable Banker, lawyer, sugar planter by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Past president president's council St. Mary's Dominican College, New Orleans. Board directors, past president World Trade Center New Orleans. Board directors Online Resource Exchange, Inc.

Past board directors New Orleans Symphony. Chairman, board directors White-Lafourche, Inc. Vice chairman development committee Tulane University Served to lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1946, PTO, European Theatre of Operations.

Member American Bar Association, Louisiana Bar Association, Louisiana Bankers Association, New Orleans Chamber of Commerce (past secretary-treasurer executive committee), Phi Delta Theta. Clubs: Boston, Southern Yacht, Pickwick, New Orleans Country, Bayou Country, Plimsoll, Lake Shore, Army Navy (Washington).

Connections

Married Catherine Dunbar, March 29, 1927. Children: Catherine, Julia, Margot, J. Luis, George.

Father:

Jose Rodrigo Baños

Mother:

Julia Sussmann (del Olmo) Baños

Spouse:

Catherine Dunbar

child:

J. Luis Baños

child:

Catherine Baños

child:

Julia Baños

child:

Margot Baños

child:

George Baños