Salomone obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Salomone, Jerome     7 Jul 2004    Jul, 2004    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  7/7/2004

SALOMONE, JEROME 
Author and former dean of arts and sciences at Southeastern Louisiana
University, he died Monday morning, July 5, 2004, after a lengthy battle
with cancer. He was 70 and a native of New Orleans. Visitation was at Harry
McKneely & Son Funeral Home, 2000 La. 51 N., Hammond, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Tuesday. Visitation at the funeral home from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Funeral service at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Hammond, at 10 a.m.
Wednesday. Interment in Tickfaw Cemetery. Salomone received a bachelor's
degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1959. He later earned a
master's from LSU in 1961 and a doctorate of sociology from LSU in 1966.
Salomone also served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1953 to 1957 and then in
the Coast Guard Reserve from 1957 to 1982, when he retired with the rank of
captain. Salomone began his teaching career at Nicholls State University in
1961, where he served as an instructor and associate professor of sociology
until 1967. He then moved on to the University of New Orleans, where he was
a sociology professor from 1967 to 1981. During his tenure at UNO, Salomone
became chairman of the Department of Sociology and twice served as a
researcher in residence at Ohio State University in 1968 and from 1973 to
1974. In 1981, he returned to Southeastern as dean of the College of
Humanities and professor of sociology. From 1987 to 1988, he was acting
dean of the College of Science and Technology and from 1988 to 1989, he
served as acting dean of the newly organized College of Arts and Sciences.
Salomone retired from Southeastern in 1989, but continued to teach
sociology classes at the school until 2003. He also lettered in baseball at
Southeastern and played in the semi-professional Evangeline League.
Salomone was a member of numerous professional and cultural organizations,
including past chairmanship of the board of directors for the Louisiana
Endowment for the Humanities. He was a member of the American Sociological
Association, the National Council on Family Relations, the Southern
Sociological Society, and the Mid-South Sociological Association, which he
served as president from 1980 to 1981. In 2002, Salomone and UNO sociology
professor Anthony Margavio, published a history of Italian immigrants to
Louisiana entitled "Bread and Respect, The Italians of Louisiana." Salomone
published numerous other reports, monographs and studies throughout his
career. Salomone is survived by his wife, the former Ruscilla Guidry; four
children, Bryan Salomone of Oakland, Calif., Pamela Martin of Boynton
Beach, Fla., Gregory Salomone of Covington and Michell Rabalais of Baton
Rouge; his brother, Nace Salomone of Southlake, Texas; nine grandchildren
and a great-grandchild. In lieu of flowers, the family requests
contributions be made to St. Vincent de Paul, North Oaks Hospice or to a
charity of your religious affiliation. 

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