Rosemary Torbet Pillow

Background

Pillow, Rosemary Torbet was born on April 21, 1925 in Homer, Louisiana, United States. Daughter of James Wesley and Maggie Mae (Eastep) Torbet.

Education

Bachelor in Political Science, Louisiana State University, 1946; Juris Doctor, Tulane University, 1949.

Career

Various positions, State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, 1952-1956; assistant parish attorney, Parish of East Baton Rouge, City of Baton Rouge, 1962-1971; parish clerk, Parish of East Baton Rouge, City of Baton Rouge, 1971-1979; city court judge, City of Baton Rouge, since 1979. Notary public Parish of East Baton Rouge, since 1951.

Achievements

• Rosemary Torbet Pillow has been listed as a reputable Judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of advisory board, board directors American Red Cross, 1982-1988. Member Mayor's Anti-Drug Task Force, 1989-1990. Member Mayor's Juvenile Complex Commission, 1990.

Board directors Louisiana Association Minority Criminal Justice workers. Member ad hoc advisory board EastBaton Rouge Council on Aging. Volunteer Leukemia Society, Baton Rouge, Salvation Army Auxiliary.

Trustee Broadmoor United Methodist Church, 1985-1987, Pastor Parish Commission, 1990-1992. Member Louisiana State Bar Association, Baton Rouge Bar Association, American Judges Association, Louisiana Judges Association, American Judicature Society, National Association Women Judges, Baton Rouge Network, American Association of University Women, Downtown Lioness Club, Women's Auxiliary of Louisiana Engrs.Soc., Jeffersonians, Zonta Club, Quota Club (past president since 1984), Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Gamma Delta.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, needlepoint, reading, fishing.

Connections

Married J. A. Broussard, 1950 (divorced 1974). Children: James Allen, William A. Married Raymond E. Pillow, February 19, 1977.

4 stepchildren.

Father:

James Wesley Torbet

Mother:

Maggie Mae (Eastep) Torbet

Spouse:

Raymond E. Pillow

Spouse:

J. A. Broussard

child:

William A. Pillow

child:

James Allen Pillow