Our Parish Our Pride: Beverly Delatte's Story
October 27, 2017
From her time as a student at Hammond High, to her community involvement and throughout her professional career local businesswoman Beverly Delatte knows Southeastern Louisiana University truly is Our Parish, Our Pride.
As a member of the band and pep squad in high school, Delatte often found herself on Southeastern’s campus for football games or sponsored dances with her friends, bandmates and members of the community. She went on to attend Southeastern in the 1960s. Her connection to the school grew closer when her two daughters also became Southeastern students, Tonia Delatte in marketing, and Bridget Delatte Hyde in accounting and drafting.
“I’ve watched the university go through many, many changes,” she said.
It was, in fact, her daughter Tonia’s involvement as a student in Southeastern’s business department that drew the mother-daughter duo into volunteering with the Greater Hammond Chamber of Commerce, both women going on to serve on the board of directors. Delatte has also dedicated her time and talent to organizations such as the FeLions, Richard Murphy Hospice Foundation and Tangipahoa Parish Homebuilders.
In her professional career, Delatte has worked in the hotel industry, as a caterer and, for the last 22 years, as a realtor in Tangipahoa Parish. While working in the hotel industry, she would often have the opportunity to help visitors to our community, be they families of students or visiting sports teams from other colleges. And as a caterer, Delatte frequently worked with Southeastern functions such as Chef’s Evening and at Southeastern locations such as the former Twelve Oaks Reception Hall.
“My work has continued to be a connection with Southeastern all these years,” she said.
As a realtor, Delatte is able to promote Southeastern and the numerous ways it improves the area, from the education, to the sports, to the arts, to the sense of community pride. In fact, the real estate company she founded, Southeastern Real Estate Partners, bears a green and gold color scheme specifically to honor the impact of the university in the Tangipahoa area.
“I’m always proud to talk to people about the university. And when I’m touring, I immediately take them to campus,” Delatte said. “Hammond offers so much as a college town.”
As a member of the band and pep squad in high school, Delatte often found herself on Southeastern’s campus for football games or sponsored dances with her friends, bandmates and members of the community. She went on to attend Southeastern in the 1960s. Her connection to the school grew closer when her two daughters also became Southeastern students, Tonia Delatte in marketing, and Bridget Delatte Hyde in accounting and drafting.
“I’ve watched the university go through many, many changes,” she said.
It was, in fact, her daughter Tonia’s involvement as a student in Southeastern’s business department that drew the mother-daughter duo into volunteering with the Greater Hammond Chamber of Commerce, both women going on to serve on the board of directors. Delatte has also dedicated her time and talent to organizations such as the FeLions, Richard Murphy Hospice Foundation and Tangipahoa Parish Homebuilders.
In her professional career, Delatte has worked in the hotel industry, as a caterer and, for the last 22 years, as a realtor in Tangipahoa Parish. While working in the hotel industry, she would often have the opportunity to help visitors to our community, be they families of students or visiting sports teams from other colleges. And as a caterer, Delatte frequently worked with Southeastern functions such as Chef’s Evening and at Southeastern locations such as the former Twelve Oaks Reception Hall.
“My work has continued to be a connection with Southeastern all these years,” she said.
As a realtor, Delatte is able to promote Southeastern and the numerous ways it improves the area, from the education, to the sports, to the arts, to the sense of community pride. In fact, the real estate company she founded, Southeastern Real Estate Partners, bears a green and gold color scheme specifically to honor the impact of the university in the Tangipahoa area.
“I’m always proud to talk to people about the university. And when I’m touring, I immediately take them to campus,” Delatte said. “Hammond offers so much as a college town.”
