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Mr. Ray DesOrmeaux (Deceased)
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Home Phone: -- Eugene Raymond “Ray” DesOrmeaux August 10, 1939 – August 9, 2016 A Celebration of Life will be held at a Mass of Christian Burial Saturday, 10:00 AM August 13, at Holy Cross Catholic Church for E. Raymond “Ray” DesOrmeaux, who passed away Tuesday, August 9, at home surrounded by family and friends. Father Patrick Broussard, Associate Pastor of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist will be the Celebrant. Giftbearers will be Etta Luminais and Gaynell Rouselle. Lectors are Janice Richard and Al Hewitt. Eulogist is Carol Ross. Karen Melancon, vocalist, will sing for the service, “How Great Thou Art”, “On Eagles’ Wings” and “Ave Maria”. Born August 10, 1939 in New Orleans, LA, to the late Odelon and Nettie Guillory DesOrmeaux, Ray graduated from Holy Cross High School in New Orleans, where he was involved with Junior Achievement and was honored as Junior Achiever of the Year in 1957. He earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1961 from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, his beloved alma mater. While at USL he received the Outstanding Catholic Student Award. Ray’s very successful career began with Domingue, Szabo & Associates, one of Lafayette’s premier engineering firms. He then went on to found E. R. DesOrmeaux, Inc., General Contractor in 1972, and was engineer, developer and contractor on numerous projects, including residential subdivisions, office parks, town home developments, a residential and golf course community, shopping center and other commercial projects. While continuing to run his own company, Ray was also a highly respected consulting engineer for developers, architects, engineers, attorneys and corporations. He was a special consultant to the City of Lafayette Mayor and Council from 1985 – 1992 and assisted with the opening of the Cajundome in 1985. He conducted forensic investigations related to construction issues, as well as feasibility studies for Lafayette Consolidated Government. Ray recently added the title of which he was most proud: Teacher. In 2005, he joined the Engineering Department at the University of Louisiana Lafayette as adjunct instructor and in 2014, became an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and the School of Architecture and Design. He served as chairman of the Dean’s Engineering Advisory Council and the Civil Engineering Advisory Board. He was honored to give the commencement address to College of Engineering graduates on several occasions and in 2016 was honored with the 2016 Engineering Faculty Professionalism Award. His colleague Dr. Ken McManis cited Ray’s amazing ability to incorporate real world expertise into the academic experience, a special ability that the department will be “hard-pressed to replace.” He called Ray “the translator” between the aesthetic and the functional, the “bridge” between the Engineering and Architecture Departments. Ray’s professional experience was impressive and diverse. He was a Fellow and Life Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) serving in many leadership positions, including secretary/treasurer, vice-president and president of the Louisiana section, and governor of Region 5, which included Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida . He was also a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Louisiana Engineering Society, American Concrete Institute, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society and Chi Epsilon, Civil Engineering Honor Society. He was a former national board member of the American Society of Concrete Constructors and member of the American Institute of Constructors. Ray wrote several articles for the Louisiana Civil Engineering Journal and was a contributor to the ASCE PostDisaster Assessment Manual. He received numerous honors including the Distinguished Alumni Award from UL Lafayette, the Louisiana Enginering Society Young Engineer of the Year, and the ASCE Outstanding Civil Engineer and Wall of Fame honoree. Ray’s civic and community involvement included leadership positions with the UL Lafayette Alumni Association, UL Lafayette Foundation Board of Trustees, Lafayette Economic Development Authority, Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, Boys & Girls Club of Lafayette, Lafayette Toastmasters Club, Acadiana Arts Council, Ducks Unlimited, St. Pius X Church Council and Krewe of Troubadours. Ray was preceded in death by his parents and by his son David Collin DesOrmeaux. He is survived by his loving, talented and devoted wife of 55 years, Dianne Bourgeois DesOrmeaux; one daughter Caprice DesOrmeaux Hewitt and her husband, Al, and three grandchildren Tanner, Mackenzie and Kendall. Pallbearers will be Al Hewitt, Tanner Hewitt, Jubal McGhee, Dr. Ken McManis, Dean Mark Zappi, Bobby Castille and Gerald Dubroc. Honorary pallbearers will be Ron Gomez, Joseph Petro, Dr. Russ Hibbler and David Landgrave. The family wishes to thank special friends for their love and support as well as all of Ray’s Hospice of Acadiana caregivers, especially Robin Broussard, RN, Pat Richard, LPN and Geralyn Cormier. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to Hospice of Acadiana, 2600 Johnston Street, Suite 200, Lafayette, 70506, and the UL Lafayette Foundation, P. O. Box 44290, Lafayette, 70504-4290. Visitation will be Friday evening at Martin & Castille SOUTHSIDE, from 3:00 PM until 8:00 PM with a rosary at 6:30 PM and on Saturday from 8:00 AM until time of service. Reception following mass will be at ULL Campus at Madison Hall. View the obituary and guestbook online at www.mourning.com Martin & Castille, SOUTHSIDE, 600 E. Farrel Rd., Lafayette,LA 70508, 337-984-2811
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