{"id":1626,"date":"2024-04-26T20:11:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T20:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/?p=1626"},"modified":"2026-01-14T03:20:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T03:20:02","slug":"lauzun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/lauzun\/","title":{"rendered":"A. A. Lauzun House, 1628 E. Grand River Ave. (1929)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lauzun.med_.jpg?resize=400%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lauzun.med_.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lauzun.med_.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A. A. Lauzun House, July 2004. Photo by Kevin S. Forsyth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Armidas Alphonse \u201cClaude\u201d Lauzun (1882\u20131962) worked at the REO Motor Car Company starting around 1913 (possibly earlier), working his way up to an executive position as factory superintendent. In 1936, the same year that REO stopped building automobiles to focus on trucks, Lauzun moved to Oldsmobile where he stayed until his retirement in 1955.<sup data-fn=\"d9e14abb-fabc-40ba-a742-342d8e7edccf\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#d9e14abb-fabc-40ba-a742-342d8e7edccf\" id=\"d9e14abb-fabc-40ba-a742-342d8e7edccf-link\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Claude and his wife Nina (1885\u20131963) raised three children, all Michigan State College graduates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Sherman A. Lauzun (M.S.C.&nbsp;\u201931 with high honors, M.S.&nbsp;\u201933) was a mechanical engineer like his father, and was employed at Oldsmobile for thirty-two years.<sup data-fn=\"52f84867-d46c-42c9-88ec-56e81c605df2\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#52f84867-d46c-42c9-88ec-56e81c605df2\" id=\"52f84867-d46c-42c9-88ec-56e81c605df2-link\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Virginia Dufresne Lauzun (M.S.C.&nbsp;\u201932, M.S.&nbsp;\u201934) earned an M.D. degree from the Woman\u2019s Medical College in Philadelphia (now part of Drexel University), interned at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and opened an internal medicine practice at Lansing. In 1974, Dr. Lauzun-Stoney \u201cbecame the first female physician to work within and serve as medical director at Southern Michigan Prison [at Jackson] until her retirement in 1979.\u201d<sup data-fn=\"10574569-1bc6-4295-be12-7c3fead600b5\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#10574569-1bc6-4295-be12-7c3fead600b5\" id=\"10574569-1bc6-4295-be12-7c3fead600b5-link\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Ezetic Paul Lauzun (M.S.C.&nbsp;\u201940) worked briefly for the Board of Water and Light of Lansing. During his years at M.S.C., he was active in the R.O.T.C. Coast Artillery unit and studied aviation at the <a href=\"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/the-lost-airfields-of-east-lansing\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3586\">Davis Flying School<\/a>. Paul enlisted in the Navy in November 1940 and later received a commission as Ensign. He died in the crash of two Navy PBY-5A Catalina patrol bombers near Livermore, California, in 1942.<sup data-fn=\"265d5ab6-c5b5-442f-9492-388ba2e10be1\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#265d5ab6-c5b5-442f-9492-388ba2e10be1\" id=\"265d5ab6-c5b5-442f-9492-388ba2e10be1-link\">4<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lauzun-a-a.jpg?resize=200%2C322&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lauzun-a-a.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lauzun-a-a.jpg?resize=186%2C300&amp;ssl=1 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A. A. Lauzun, in a caricature from&nbsp;<em>REO Magazine<\/em>, 1914. Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/cadl.pastperfectonline.com\/archive\/F151F530-4E95-4BA5-8BF4-674180444863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CADL<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Claude and Nina Lauzun\u2019s home was considered \u201chuge in size\u201d in its day and touted to \u201cbe one of the finest in the vicinity of East Lansing when completed\u201d in 1929. Its large, wooded lot backs onto the Red Cedar River. Aside from the house\u2019s somewhat imposing size and style, and Lauzun\u2019s longtime employment in the Lansing auto industry, it is not known to this author why it was designated as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/list\/\">Landmark Structure<\/a>\u00a0by the East Lansing Historic Commission.\u00a0Today the Lauzun residence is a student housing community sponsored by the Community of Christ.<sup data-fn=\"65c2f5e7-77ad-4103-87c7-1dde2a565acc\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#65c2f5e7-77ad-4103-87c7-1dde2a565acc\" id=\"65c2f5e7-77ad-4103-87c7-1dde2a565acc-link\">5<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes\"><li id=\"d9e14abb-fabc-40ba-a742-342d8e7edccf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/sources\/#LSJ\">LSJ<\/a>, 5\u00a0Mar\u00a01962, p.\u00a02. <a href=\"#d9e14abb-fabc-40ba-a742-342d8e7edccf-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"52f84867-d46c-42c9-88ec-56e81c605df2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/sources\/#LSJ\">LSJ<\/a>, 10\u00a0Nov 1966, p. 67. <a href=\"#52f84867-d46c-42c9-88ec-56e81c605df2-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 2\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"10574569-1bc6-4295-be12-7c3fead600b5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/sources\/#LSJ\">LSJ<\/a>, 18\u00a0Mar\u00a01997, p. 10. <a href=\"#10574569-1bc6-4295-be12-7c3fead600b5-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 3\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"265d5ab6-c5b5-442f-9492-388ba2e10be1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/sources\/#M\">Minutes<\/a>, 13\u00a0Jun\u00a01931, p.\u00a0944; 1\u00a0Jun\u00a01932, p.\u00a01005; 18\u00a0May\u00a01933, p.\u00a01056; 19\u00a0Sep\u00a01935, p.\u00a01191; 10\u00a0Jun\u00a01940, p.\u00a01632.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/sources\/#LSJ\">LSJ<\/a>, 22 Dec 1939, p. 10; 18\u00a0Mar\u00a01997, p.\u00a010. Oakland Tribune, 13\u00a0Apr\u00a01942, p.\u00a01; 14\u00a0Apr\u00a01942, p.\u00a016. <a href=\"#265d5ab6-c5b5-442f-9492-388ba2e10be1-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 4\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"65c2f5e7-77ad-4103-87c7-1dde2a565acc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/sources\/#LSJ\">LSJ<\/a>, 15\u00a0Jun\u00a01929, p.\u00a013. <a href=\"#65c2f5e7-77ad-4103-87c7-1dde2a565acc-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 5\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armidas Alphonse \u201cClaude\u201d Lauzun (1882\u20131962) worked at the REO Motor Car Company starting around 1913 (possibly earlier), working his way up to an executive position as factory superintendent. In 1936, the same year that REO stopped building automobiles to focus on trucks, Lauzun moved to Oldsmobile where he stayed until his retirement in 1955. Claude [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"<a href=\\\"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/sources\/#LSJ\\\">LSJ<\/a>, 5\u00a0Mar\u00a01962, p.\u00a02.\",\"id\":\"d9e14abb-fabc-40ba-a742-342d8e7edccf\"},{\"content\":\"<a href=\\\"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/sources\/#LSJ\\\">LSJ<\/a>, 10\u00a0Nov 1966, p. 67.\",\"id\":\"52f84867-d46c-42c9-88ec-56e81c605df2\"},{\"content\":\"<a href=\\\"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/sources\/#LSJ\\\">LSJ<\/a>, 18\u00a0Mar\u00a01997, p. 10.\",\"id\":\"10574569-1bc6-4295-be12-7c3fead600b5\"},{\"content\":\"<a href=\\\"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/sources\/#M\\\">Minutes<\/a>, 13\u00a0Jun\u00a01931, p.\u00a0944; 1\u00a0Jun\u00a01932, p.\u00a01005; 18\u00a0May\u00a01933, p.\u00a01056; 19\u00a0Sep\u00a01935, p.\u00a01191; 10\u00a0Jun\u00a01940, p.\u00a01632.\u00a0<a href=\\\"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/sources\/#LSJ\\\">LSJ<\/a>, 22 Dec 1939, p. 10; 18\u00a0Mar\u00a01997, p.\u00a010. Oakland Tribune, 13\u00a0Apr\u00a01942, p.\u00a01; 14\u00a0Apr\u00a01942, p.\u00a016.\",\"id\":\"265d5ab6-c5b5-442f-9492-388ba2e10be1\"},{\"content\":\"<a href=\\\"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/sources\/#LSJ\\\">LSJ<\/a>, 15\u00a0Jun\u00a01929, p.\u00a013.\",\"id\":\"65c2f5e7-77ad-4103-87c7-1dde2a565acc\"}]"},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-landmark-structures"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1626"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5388,"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions\/5388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}