Past Honorees

The Angel Award Database is an archive of all those who have received the award since its inception in 1995. Click a year below to learn about our Angels.

Pamela Allen

Monroe, 2019

Pamela lost her eyesight to cancer as a toddler. Throughout her life, she witnes...

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Ron Anderson

Shreveport, 1997
Ron Anderson gave up a teaching post at Southern University in Shreveport to direct the Lighthouse program in Shreveport...
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Janet Andrews

New Orleans, 2011
As founder of New Orleans Dance Collective, Janet Andrews provides positive alternatives for youth during non-school hou...
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Pat Andrus

Lafayette, 2003
Tumultuous life experiences more than a quarter century ago in Pat Andrus’ life could have left her embittered; instea...
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Al Andry

New Orleans, 2000
Al Andry was honored as founder and executive director of S.C.A.P. (Special Children Are Privileged). For more than 27 y...
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Luis Arocha

New Orleans, 2018
Luis Arocha was working in his family’s mortgage business when his friend, Tim, recruited him to join the board of dir...
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Charles Aswell III

Monroe, 1996
In 1996, Dr. Charles “Chuck” Aswell’s volunteered as a youth sports team physician and coach. A cardiologist and p...
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Betsey Baldwin

Baton Rouge, 2009
Betsey Baldwin founded the Ascension Parish Inclusive League, a program that includes children with disabilities in recr...
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Dr. Dierdre Barfield

Shreveport, 2019
In addition to her work as a senior medical director for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, Dr. Barfield has volun...
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Gerard Barousse, Jr.

New Orleans, 2016
Gerard Barousse, Jr. is founder and Chairman of the Bayou District Foundation, the lead organization in the planning and...
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Dr. M. Jeffery Bayhi

Baton Rouge, 2018
Fr. M. Jeffery Bayhi was ordained in 1979, and he’s spent a lifetime working with men and women all over the world to ...
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Glenn Beer

Shreveport, 2005
In his capacity as director of the Science and Technology Education Center (SciTEC) at Louisiana Tech University, Beer h...
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