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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 106
BY SENATOR CARTER
A RESOLUTION
To commend and congratulate Judge Edwin A. Lombard upon being inducted into the
Louisiana Political Hall of Fame.
WHEREAS, Judge Edwin Lombard of Louisiana's Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
in New Orleans, Louisiana, was born in New Orleans and graduated from Xavier University
Preparatory School in New Orleans; and
WHEREAS, he was one of the first African Americans admitted to Tulane University
in New Orleans, where he was a Rockefeller Scholar and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree;
and
WHEREAS, Edwin A. Lombard attended Southern University Law School in Baton
Rouge and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where he was a Roosevelt
Fellow and earned his Juris Doctor in 1970; and
WHEREAS, in 1973, after being admitted to the Louisiana State Bar, he was elected
as clerk of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, becoming one of the youngest
African-American elected officials in the parish; and
WHEREAS, also in 1973, Edwin A. Lombard was selected as the Chief Election
Officer for Orleans Parish, becoming the first African American to hold this position in the
South, serving until 2003; and
WHEREAS, in January 2004, Edwin Lombard was elected to the Fourth Circuit
Court of Appeals and continues to serve on the court; and
WHEREAS, he was awarded the George W. Crockett Jr. Lifetime Achievement
Award by the National Bar Association in 2012; and
WHEREAS, Edwin Lombard has been active in elections throughout the world,
including Indonesia, South Africa, and the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords to end the war in
Bosnia and Herzegovina; and
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WHEREAS, he founded the African-American Congress at Tulane, which has served
the needs of African-American students at Tulane for over forty years; and
WHEREAS, Edwin Lombard has devoted a lifetime of service championing
principles that are so essential to the ideals of American democracy and serves as an
inspiration to his fellow citizens for the vital contributions he has made in his career of
highly effective public service and his unforgettable contributions to the state, nation, and
world; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame was created in 1987 by the
Louisiana State Legislature to highlight the careers of the state's leading politicians and
political journalists; and
WHEREAS, Edwin A. Lombard was inducted into the Louisiana Political Hall of
Fame on February 23, 2019.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and congratulate Edwin A. Lombard upon his induction into the
Louisiana Political Hall of Fame.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Edwin A. Lombard.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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