Biography of 	LE BEAU, Vic, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller April 1998

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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, 
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 249.  Edited by 
Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Le Beau, Vic, president, director and manager of the De Soto hotel, was born
in New Orleans, Feb. 21, 1861, a descendant of a prominent French family 
of that city.  He was reared and educated at home, but at the completion of 
his college course, Mr. Le Beau supplemented it with several years of 
extensive travel, visiting many of the larger cities of the country.  In a 
business way, he is connected with several large enterprises in New 
Orleans, among which are sonic of the leading hotels and restaurants of 
the city.  He is at this time vice-president of the Dixie Brewing Co., 
which he helped to launch into business life, at one time acting as its 
president, and is one of the largest stockholders in the concern.  He was 
also president of the Cosmopolitan Hotel Co., for more than two years.  
The splendid Hotel De Soto, of which Mr. Le Beau is now president and 
manager, was erected in 1907, and is one of the most modern and up-to-date 
hostelries of its kind in the South.  He is the organizer of the Young 
Men's Gymnastic club, in which he takes a lively interest, and of which he 
is now vice-president.  He is also a charter member of the benevolent and 
Protective Order Elks, of New Orleans.  Mr. Le Beau is a representative 
citizen, taking a deep interest in the welfare of his comimunity, and is 
greatly esteemed for his excellent business qualifications, executive 
ability, and his courteous and genial nature.