Submitted by Benjamin J. Bourgeois, 5636 East Glenstone Drive, 
Highlands Ranch, CO 70126 E-mail bbourgeois@compuserve.com
 
Dr. Wilmore Joseph Bordelon



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Dr. Wilmore Joseph Bordelon, age 94, former Professor of Education at Louisiana
Technical Institute, passed away at 7:30 p.m. on March 11, 1999 at his home in
Valley Village, California.  Born on September 30, 1904 in Moncla, Louisiana,
Will Bordelon was a graduate of Marksville High School and entered the field of 
education in 1925, teaching in a four-room school in Vick. After marrying Mary 
Willard Messick in 1927, he left a clear trail of advancement and contribution 
in the state of Louisiana. In 1927 he was principal of a four-room elementary 
school at Brouillette. Then, in 1928, he became principal of the Palmetto Junior 
High School in St. Landry Parish, and in 1935 was the first parish school supervisor 
of instruction in St. James Parish. From 1937 to 1947, he was a faculty member 
at the University High School at LSU. After receiving the Doctor of Philosophy 
degree from the LSU Graduate School in 1947, Dr. Bordelon taught undergraduate 
and graduate classes at Louisiana Tech until his retirement in 1969. Among his 
many achievements, in 1954 he was appointed by the U.S. Office of Education in 
Washington, DC to serve as consultant to the Ministry of Education in Cambodia 
on a nine week mission. In 1975, he was selected by the University of Southwestern 
Louisiana in Lafayette as an outstanding educator for his contributions to the 
field of Education.  In 1990, his wife of 63 years passed away and since then 
Dr. Bordelon had been living with his only son, and caretaker, Maybin (Ben) M. 
Bordelon. Dr. Bordelon is survived by both his son Ben and only daughter, Margie 
M. Bourgeois of Santa Fe, New Mexico and five grandchildren: Jeanne-Marie Rachlin 
of San Jose, California, Rose Ann Jolly of Kansas City, Kansas, Alfred J. Bourgeois 
of Durham, North Carolina, Benjamin J. Bourgeois of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, and 
Marcia L. Patterson of Kingwood, Texas and eight great-grandchildren.