Retired attorney Thomas Lemann service to be held on Feb. 26

THOMAS B. LEMANN, a lifelong New Orleanian, died on Sunday, February 12, 2023, at the age of 97. He graduated from Metairie Park Country Day School in 1943. During World War II he served as a codebreaker in the Pacific Theater for the Signal Corps of the U.S. Army. After his honorable discharge from the army, he traveled to Boston to attend Harvard College. He graduated with an undergraduate degree in 1949 and from Harvard Law School in 1952.

THOMAS LEMANN

A member of a large extended family that has lived in southern Louisiana since 1836, he practiced law for many years, first at Monroe & Lemann and then at Liskow & Lewis, not fully retiring until the age of 90. He was involved in many civic and cultural activities in New Orleans, including serving as the first chair of the Arts Council of New Orleans.

He was a devoted friend to many, a philanthropist, an enthusiastic traveler, a bibliophile, a student of ancient Greek, an art collector, and a pursuer of many eccentric hobbies.

He married Barbara Mann London in 1951 and, after her death in 1999, he married Sheila Bosworth, who survives him. He leaves two children, Nicholas of New York City and Nancy of Chevy Chase Maryland; two stepdaughters, Allison Bell and Charlotte Jane Sawyer; six grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Funeral services will be held at Temple Sinai, 6227 St. Charles Avenue, at noon on Sunday, February 26. The family will receive visitors at the Temple preceding the service, beginning at 10:30 a.m.