Fortier, Eugene L. (DDS); Jefferson Parish, Louisiana Submitted for the LA GenWeb Archives by Mike Miller, Apr. 1998. =============================================================== Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************= Fortier, Eugene L., D. D. S., of New Orleans, was born in Jefferson parish, La., Feb. 23, 1887, the son of Amedee and Louise (Soniat) Fortier, both natives of the parish of Jefferson. Amedee's father, Eugene Fortier, and mother, Noelie (Drouet) Fortier, were descendants of the French colonial settlers of Louisiana. The subject of this sketch after studying in private and public schools, including the University school of New Orleans, from which he graduated, entered the New Orleans College of Dentistry. He received his diploma and degree of D. D. S. in 1908, and immediately began the practice of his profession. Dr. Fortier is lecturer in the dental department of Tulane university. In politics he is a Democrat, and in religion a Roman Catholic. (For ample information about Dr. Fortier 's family, see the biography of his father, Amedee, in this book.) Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 168-169. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association. # # #