Henri "Tim" Mortimer Favrot, Jr.

Henri Mortimer (Tim) Favrot, Jr., FAIA, died at home on Sunday, May 10th, 2015 at the age of 85. Tim was born in New Orleans on April 23, 1930. He was the son of the late Henri Mortimer Favrot and Helen Parkhurst Favrot. He attended Jesuit High School in New Orleans and graduated from Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana. He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Tulane University School of Architecture and his Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University. He served as a First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force during the Korean conflict. In 1970 Tim and fellow architect Henry Shane founded Favrot and Shane Companies. Tim was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 2013, his proudest accomplishment.

Tim’s civic and professional activities include being past President of both the New Orleans and the Louisiana chapters of the American Institute of Architects, the Apartment Association of New Orleans and the Preservation Resource Center, past Chairman of the New Orleans City Planning Commission and the Louisiana Architects Selection Board, past Commander of the Louisiana Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, past Director of the Metropolitan Area Committee of New Orleans, current member and past Vice-President of the Board of the New Orleans Museum of Art, past Board member and Member Emeritus of the Tulane University Board of Administrators, current Board member of the National World War II Museum, past Board member of Preservation Action in Washington, DC. and past Board member of the Louisiana Landmarks Society. He was named the Outstanding Alumnus of the Tulane School of Architecture in 1985 and Tulane’s Alumni Volunteer of the Year in 1997, a Legend of Architecture by the AIA New Orleans chapter in 2014, received the highest award given by the Louisiana Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Gold Medal of Honor, in 2001 and also Design Honors Awards from the Louisiana and New Orleans AIA chapters in 1970 and 1982, was named one of the Ten Outstanding Persons of the New Orleans area by the Family Service Society of New Orleans in 2001, a role model of the New Orleans area by the Young Leadership Council of New Orleans in 2002 and has been listed in Who’s Who in the South and Southwest since 1986 and in America since 2000. He was a member of the Boston Club, the Louisiana Club, the New Orleans Country Club, the Pass Christian Yacht Club and several Carnival organizations. He was a former member of the New Orleans Lawn Tennis Club and the Southern Yacht Club. Tim made an annual retreat at Manresa for over 40 years. He loved sailing, tennis and spending time on his boat and at his house in Pass Christian.

Tim is survived by his wife of 58 years, Kay Gibbons Favrot, his four children, James P. Favrot (Sheila), Kathleen Favrot Van Horn (Charlie), T. Semmes Favrot (Catherine) and Caroline Favrot Trube (John), his twelve grandchildren Parker Favrot, McKell Favrot, Celeste Favrot, Caroline Favrot, Katie Van Horn Davis (Carter), James Van Horn, Knox Van Horn, Tim Favrot, Eliza Favrot, Brandon Favrot, Lauren Favrot, Olivia Trube and one great-grandson, Charlie Davis. He is also survived by his sister, Claire Favrot Killeen. He was predeceased by his daughter-in-law, Kelsey Bradley Favrot, and his brother, James Freret Favrot. The family will be eternally grateful to Tim’s devoted nurses, Becky Daniels, Tiffany Phillips and Pat Ducre, for their loving care and affection.

A funeral mass will be celebrated by Father Edwin Gros on Wednesday, May 13th at Holy Name of Jesus Church, 6367 St. Charles Avenue, at 2:00 pm, with visitation beginning at the church at noon. Memorial donations to the Tulane University School of Architecture, the Academy of the Sacred Heart or the charity of your choice would be gratefully accepted. Arrangements by Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries.