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Patrick Delahoussaye proudly poses with his 2010 Corvette. The AT&T building in Nashville, colloquially known as the “Batman Building” is the tall building in the background.
By Joe Escobar
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atrick Delahoussaye grew up in a large French Catholic family in Lafayette, LA. He was one of 13 kids. There are three girls and rest are boys. Dela- houssaye was the second to the last in the family. He has been married to his wife Roxane for 37 years.
They have fi ve children, six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MILITARY SERVICE All of the brothers in Delahoussaye’s family served in the military. “We served in the Air Force, Army and Navy. My oldest brother, who has passed on, was a highly decorated bomber pilot in WWII. My second to oldest brother was in demolitions in WWII. He was also highly decorated, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.” Delahoussaye joined the Navy after high school, and
served a tour in the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Helicopter Squadron One, serving on the USS Intrepid. We asked Delahoussaye what life skills he learned from
military service. “The discipline that the military instills in you helps you remain focused on your goals,” he says. “I
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believe that companies that reach out to hire veterans will fi nd out that they are generally polite and well-structured. In addition, serving in the military gives you time to focus on where you want to go in your career. My older brother once told me, ‘Think of your time in the military as a gift. Others might say that the Government owns you. When you have completed your service, you can look back and think about all the things the military taught you.’
SPARTAN SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICS After completing four years of active duty in the Navy, Delahoussaye remained in the Navy Active Reserve for seven years. During that time, he attended Spartan College of Aeronautics in Tulsa, OK. He graduated from Spartan in 1966 with an A&P license. Later, he acquired his IA and completed his degree in Aviation Science. Two of Delahoussaye’s older brothers also graduated
from Spartan. One of them graduated 11 years ahead of Delahoussaye, and was working for Paul Fournet Air Service FBO in Lafayette, LA.
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