ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR

SALVADORE T. MULÉ - CLASS OF 1950

Salvadore T. Mulé is a judge, humanitarian, and Catholic who has served the people of Louisiana and United States for his entire adult life. After graduating from St. Ben's in 1950, he received his Bachelor's Degree in Church History from Notre Dame Seminary. Following graduation he joined the United States Army and later went on to receive his law degree from Loyola Law School in 1962.
    In 1976, Mulé was elected an Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Judge, a position he held for 24 years. In 1985, he started CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) in New Orleans, a highly regarded program designed to advocate for abused and neglected children in foster care.
    Upon his retirement in Orleans Parish, Mulé was appointed by the Supreme Court to serve as the Administrative Judge of the East Baton Rouge Juvenile Court. Following his three-year service in Baton Rouge, Mulé was appointed judge for the 21st Judicial District Court. Currently, Mulé serves as a judge "pro tempore" in Jefferson and St. Tammany parishes.
    Mulé has been actively involved in church activities since he was an altar boy at St. Augustine Church. From singing in the St. Louis Cathedral Choir to serving as an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist at Mercy Hospital, Mulé has volunteered countless hours to Christ's work.
    Mulé served as a lector, Eucharistic minister, altar server, and pastoral council member at St. Matthias and Holy Name of Jesus churches. Following the unfortunate loss of his house during Hurricane Katrina, Mulé moved to Folsom - where he is a lector, Eucharistic minister, Advocate Officer of the Knights of Columbus, and immediate past president of the pastoral council of St. John the Baptist Church.
    Mulé was the first lay president of the St. Joseph Seminary College Alumni Association.
    He is married to the former Margaret Mary Falcon and is the father of three sons.