Suzanne (Roberts) Hawes (1936 - 2010)

Born 15 Apr 1936 in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho

Ancestors

Wife of James Lawrence Hawes — married 16 Jun 1955 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Descendants

Died 2 Jul 2010 at age 74 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana

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Biography

Sue was born 15 April 1936 in Coeur d' alene, Idaho to John Roberts and Therma (Lincoln) Roberts . Her parents were living there while her father worked for the CCC. She grew up in San Francisco along with her sister In June 1955 she married Jim Hawes. They were both in school at Brown. They finished their degrees there and moved to Santa Barbara. A few years later they moved to Marshall, Texas where Jim taught chemistry at a small African American college, Wiley University. Several times she was confronted by racial prejudice because her husband worked at a black college. (For instance the hospital wasn't sure whether she belonged in the white or black delivery room.) She had 3 living children.

Eventually they moved to New Orleans around 1967. Once her kids were in school, she worked as a Botanist in the Corps of Engineers and an active environmentalist. She wrote environmental impact statements and jokingly said that her job was to keep the Corps from paving the whole world. Sue worked to build bridges between the Corps and various environmental groups. She was also a pioneer as a female biologist and mentored many women as they entered the field.

She was a member of the Audubon Society, Sierra Club, Louisiana Wildlife Federation and the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana. . She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and enjoyed attending Exponent II reunions in New Hampshire. The Exponent is women's organization made up of mostly liberal women from the church. It had a magazine and Sue wrote a few articles for it.

• Watermarks published a tribute and her picture on the back of this magazine. http://lacoast.gov/new/Data/WaterMarks/watermarks_2010-12.pdf

• This is a publication of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act. It was dedicated to Sue Hawes partly because she had spent many hours working on the project. http://lacoast.gov/products/Portfolio_of_Success_Final_web.pdf

• "Breaux Act Newsflash - Sue Hawes Leaves a Legacy of Coastal Stewardship." Breaux Act Newsflash - Sue Hawes Leaves a Legacy of Coastal Stewardship. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2014. http://lacoast.gov/ocmc/MailContent.aspx?ID=1320

Sources

• Birth certificate and death certificate in the possession of family members

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9D4-DMF : 15 March 2018), Suzanne Roberts in household of John L Roberts, Assembly District 28, San Francisco, San Francisco City, San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 38-550, sheet 64B, line 54, family 344, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 320.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JT28-Y66 : 20 May 2014), Suzanne R Hawes, 02 Jul 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK5J-SBV1 : accessed 18 June 2019), Suzanne Roberts Hawes, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 08 Jul 2010; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Times-Picayune, The, born-digital text.