There once was a time in Jessica Barton’s life when Ambassador Caffery was nothing more than a name on one of Lafayette’s busiest thoroughfares.

“I knew him as a street sign, but still not registering who he actually was,” she said.

Now, following a semester-long archival and writing project – the results of which won her this year’s Jefferson Caffery Research Award – Barton counts the longtime American diplomat and University of Louisiana at Lafayette alumnus among her favorite subjects.






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