Robert Angers

Robert Angers

(2) In 1977. Angers helped to launch the interest group, the International Relations Association of Acadiana to promote goodwill, trade, and tourism with French and Spanish-speaking countries.

(3) Rotary International established a Paul Harris Fellowship named in Angers's honor because of his work in the creation of a Rotary Academy of International Studies.

(4) Angers's conservative writings prompted Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge to present Angers with its George Washington Award.

(5) Though Angers made his only political race as a Louisiana Republican, he left the GOP after fourteen years and spent the remainder of his life as a registered Independent.

Robert John Angers, Jr. (October 20, 1919 – October 13, 1988), was an American journalist, businessman, and conservative politician. A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography describes Angers as "a tireless and unselfish promoter of good government, the Acadiana region, and free enterprise."