UL Lafayette mourns first lady and ‘greatest cheerleader,’ Gail Savoie

Gail Heinbach Savoie

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is mourning the loss of its First Lady.   Gail Heinbach Savoie, the wife of UL Lafayette President Joseph Savoie, passed away on Sunday following an extended illness. She was 67 years old.   In a statement to the campus, Dr. Savoie remembered his wife of 44 years as, “a proud ambassador for her alma mater” and its “greatest cheerleader.”   “My family and…

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