Joseph Ernest Bush, III

Background

III, Joseph Ernest Bush, was born on May 24, 1952 in Bunkie, Louisiana, United States. Son of Joseph Ernest Junior and Patsy Ruth (Johnson) B.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Horticulture, Southeastern Louisiana University, 1974. Postgraduate, Louisiana State University, 1976.

Career

Horticulturist, City of Baton Rouge, 1974-1976; research associate, Louisiana State University Experiment Station, Hammond, 1975-1977; instructor, Delgado College, New Orleans, 1977-1978; landscape contractor, Bush Landscape Incorporated, New York Orleans, since 1977; executive, Liquefied Natural Gas Supply, wholesale nursery supplies, Hammond, since 1981. Member arboretum committee Southeastern Louisiana U., Hammond, 1980-1984.

Achievements

• Joseph Ernest Bush, III has been listed as a notable landscape contractor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Retarded Citizens Development Foundation, Hammond, 1980-1983. Assistant director communications Civil Defense, Ponchatoula, Louisiana, since 1990. Official observer American Radio Relay League, Federal Communications Commission, Louisiana, since 1990.

1st lieutenant United States Army, 1974-1978. Member Louisiana Association Nurserymen, Louisiana Greenhouse Growers Association, Louisiana Turfgrass Association, Louisiana Pesticide Applicators Association, Civitans (treasurer Hammond 1982-1983), Southeastern Louisiana University Alumni Association (board directors 1991-1992, treasurer 1992-1994).

Interests

• Avocations: amateur radio, camping, boy scouts.

Connections

Married Sylvia Marjorie Schneider, October 29, 1977.

Father:

Joseph Ernest B. Junior

Mother:

Patsy Ruth (Johnson) B.

Spouse:

Sylvia Marjorie Schneider