1982. From 1985 until his death in 2001 he was vice president for medical affairs at Kenner Regional Medical Center. Honors Mickal was a charter member of the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1937. In 1967, the National Football Foundation named Mickal to the College Football Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1969 and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1985. Mickal was named LSU's "Alumnus of the Year" in 1980 and its "Medical Alumnus of the Year" in 1985. "It's been a beautiful marriage—and I've had all the better of it," said Mickal of his involvement with the university. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists gave Mickal its Distinguished Service Award in 1991. Notes References External links 1910s births 2001 deaths 20th-century American physicians American gynecologists American football halfbacks LSU Tigers football players College Football Hall of Fame inductees United States Army personnel of World War II United States Army officers People from McComb, Mississippi Physicians from Louisiana Players of American football from Mississippi American people of Lebanese descent Sportspeople of Lebanese descent