Allen C. Gremillion

Who was Allen C. Gremillion?

Allen C. Gremillion was an attorney from Crowley, Louisiana, who served as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1964 until his death.

Gremillion was born in Crowley to Curtis L. Gremillion and the former Beatrice Watson. After graduation from Crowley High School, he entered the pre-law program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He received hls law degree from the Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge. He served in the United States Navy.

Twice elected to the Louisiana House, the first time from Acadia Parish and the second incomplete term from Acadia and Vermillion parishes, he served on the Conservation, Game Fish and Oysters, Judiciary, and Transportation and Highways committees. He was instrumental in the passage of a bill to provide additional funding to the Louisiana State University Rice Experiment Station in Crowley. He also worked to establish Louisiana State University at Eunice as a two-year campus. He co-sponsored bills to create a state loan program for college students.