Maurice Edwin "Moon" Landrieu is a Democratic politician from Louisiana who served as Mayor of New Orleans from 1970–1978. He also is a former judge. He represented New Orleans' Twelfth Ward in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966, served on the New Orleans City Council as a member at-large from 1966 to 1970 and was the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under U.S. President Jimmy Carter from 1979–1981. Moon Landrieu was born in Uptown New Orleans, the son of Joseph G. Landrieu and the former Loretta Bechtel. While his birth name was... Maurice, he acquired the nickname "Moon" in his early childhood, and later had his name legally changed. He went to Jesuit High School. A promising athlete, Landrieu won a baseball scholarship at Loyola University New Orleans, where he received a bachelor of arts in business administration in 1952 and a law degree in 1954. As an undergraduate, he was elected student body president at Loyola. After a three year stint in the United States Army, Landrieu opened a law practice and taught accounting at Loyola.
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| Birthdate: | July 23, 1930 |
| Birthplace: | Uptown New Orleans |
| Age: | 81 |
| Education: | Loyola University New Orleans |
| Religion: | Roman Catholicism |
| Also known as: | Judge Moon Landrieu |