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'Founding father' of Louisiana coastal program dies at 84

| July 20, 2020 11:03 AM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A geologist, geographer and archaeologist who devoted his life to studying Louisiana’s rapidly eroding coastline and helping the state develop a restoration plan, has died.

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