resting_place death_place death_date children birth_place religion birth_date spouse residence article_title name occupation
resthaven memorial gardens in baton rouge , louisiana zachary , east baton rouge parish , louisiana 25 march 2008 john michael desmond denver , colorado , usa roman catholic 5 april 1922 -lrb- -rrb- 1 -rrb- ella blanche russell desmond -lrb- deceased baton rouge , louisiana john desmond
 john jacob desmond architect
john desmond

john jacob desmond -lrb- april 5 , 1922 -- march 27 , 2008 -rrb- was an american architect in baton rouge , louisiana , who designed such public buildings as the baton rouge river center , the louisiana state university student union , bluebonnet swamp interpretive center , louisiana arts and sciences center , louisiana state archives , the pennington biomedical research center , louisiana state library , and the louisiana naval museum .
he also designed the united states embassy building in monrovia , liberia , the lindy boggs center -lrb- named for former u.s. representative corrine `` lindy '' boggs -rrb- at his own `` alma mater '' , tulane university in new orleans , and the cafeteria at southeastern louisiana university in hammond , the principal city of tangipahoa parish .
desmond and his firm , desmond , miremont & burks , later john desmond and associates , also designed numerous churches , including grace memorial episcopal church in hammond and st. joseph 's cathedral , westminster presbyterian church of baton rouge , our lady of mercy catholic church -lrb- his own congregation -rrb- , and the catholic life center , all in baton rouge .
