Malcolm Hébert - Revision history

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 | religion = [[Roman Catholic]]
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 ==Background==
-Hébert was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana, one of three children of Maxime Paul Hébert and the former Linda Talbot. He had two sisters, Maxine Hébert Meadows of Alexandria and Betty Hébert Thompson of [[Lake Charles]], Louisiana. The family soon relocated to Alexandria, where he resided for most of his life.<ref name=bio/> In 1943, he graduated in the top third of his class from the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]]-affiliated Holy Savior Menard Central High School, then known as Menard Memorial High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Menard_Memorial_High_School_Menardian_Yearbook/1944/Page_55.html|title=Menard Memorial High School ''Menardian'' yearbook, p. 55|publisher=e-yearbook.com|accessdate=June 7, 2014}}</ref> There, Hébert was a drum major and  played [[American football|football]]. After high school, he became an apprentice machinist for the since dis-established Missouri Pacific Railroad, in which capacity he joined the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union. Soon he enlisted in the [[United States Navy]] near the end of [[World War II]] and volunteered for [[submarine]] service on the ''USS Ling'', which was operational from 1945 to 1946. Hébert studied in the Naval Diesel Training School in Gulfport, [[Mississippi]], and the Submarine School in New London, [[Connecticut]].<ref name=bio>Malcolm P. Hébert obituary, ''[[Alexandria Town Talk]],'' September 25, 2006.</ref>
+Hébert was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana, one of three children of Maxime Paul Hébert and the former Linda Talbot. He had two sisters, Maxine Hébert Meadows of Alexandria and Betty Hébert Thompson of [[Lake Charles]], Louisiana. The family soon relocated to Alexandria, where he resided for most of his life.<ref name=bio/> In 1943, he graduated in the top third of his class from the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]]-affiliated Holy Savior Menard Central High School, then known as Menard Memorial High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Menard_Memorial_High_School_Menardian_Yearbook/1944/Page_55.html|title=Menard Memorial High School ''Menardian'' yearbook, p. 55|publisher=e-yearbook.com|accessdate=June 7, 2014}}</ref> There, Hébert was a drum major and  played [[American football|football]]. After high school, he became an apprentice machinist for the since dis-established Missouri Pacific Railroad, in which capacity he joined the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union. Soon he enlisted in the [[United States Navy]] near the end of [[World War II]] and volunteered for [[submarine]] service on the ''USS Ling,'' which was operational from 1945 to 1946. Hébert studied in the Naval Diesel Training School in Gulfport, [[Mississippi]], and the Submarine School in New London, [[Connecticut]].<ref name=bio>Malcolm P. Hébert obituary, ''[[Alexandria Town Talk]],'' September 25, 2006.</ref>
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 ==Background==
-Hébert was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana, one of three children of Maxime Paul Hébert and the former Linda Talbot. He had two sisters, Maxine Hébert Meadows of Alexandria and Betty Hébert Thompson of [[Lake Charles]], Louisiana. The family soon relocated to Alexandria, where he resided for most of his life.<ref name=bio/> In 1943, he graduated in the top third of his class from the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]]-affiliated Holy Savior Menard Central High School, then known as Menard Memorial High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Menard_Memorial_High_School_Menardian_Yearbook/1944/Page_55.html|title=Menard Memorial High School ''Menardian'' yearbook, p. 55|publisher=e-yearbook.com|accessdate=June 7, 2014}}</ref> There, Hébert was a drum major and  played [[American football|football]]. After high school, he became an apprentice machinist for the since dis-established Missouri Pacific Railroad, in which capacity he joined the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union. Soon he enlisted in the [[United States Navy]] near the end of [[World War II]] and volunteered for [[submarine]] service on the ''USS Ling'', which was operational from 1945 to 1946. Hébert studied in the Naval Diesel Training School in Gulfport, [[Mississippi]], and the Submarine School in New London, [[Connecticut]].<ref name=bio>Malcolm P. Hébert obituary, ''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk'', September 25, 2006.</ref>
+Hébert was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana, one of three children of Maxime Paul Hébert and the former Linda Talbot. He had two sisters, Maxine Hébert Meadows of Alexandria and Betty Hébert Thompson of [[Lake Charles]], Louisiana. The family soon relocated to Alexandria, where he resided for most of his life.<ref name=bio/> In 1943, he graduated in the top third of his class from the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]]-affiliated Holy Savior Menard Central High School, then known as Menard Memorial High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Menard_Memorial_High_School_Menardian_Yearbook/1944/Page_55.html|title=Menard Memorial High School ''Menardian'' yearbook, p. 55|publisher=e-yearbook.com|accessdate=June 7, 2014}}</ref> There, Hébert was a drum major and  played [[American football|football]]. After high school, he became an apprentice machinist for the since dis-established Missouri Pacific Railroad, in which capacity he joined the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union. Soon he enlisted in the [[United States Navy]] near the end of [[World War II]] and volunteered for [[submarine]] service on the ''USS Ling'', which was operational from 1945 to 1946. Hébert studied in the Naval Diesel Training School in Gulfport, [[Mississippi]], and the Submarine School in New London, [[Connecticut]].<ref name=bio>Malcolm P. Hébert obituary, ''[[Alexandria Town Talk]],'' September 25, 2006.</ref>
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 {{Infobox officeholder
 | name=Malcolm Paul Hébert, Sr.
 | office=Streets and Parks Commissioner in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]
 | term_start=June 1973

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 As commissioner, Hébert exercised both executive and legislative functions through supervision of his department and as a member of the three-person city council, all of whom were elected on an at-large basis. He supervised the repair and upgrading of municipal streets and sewer operations, encouraged youth sports programs, and worked to expand Alexandria Zoological Park, then a small facility begun in 1926. Located adjacent to Bringhurst Field, the zoo has since been enlarged to attract thousands of visitors annually from throughout Central Louisiana. He once cared for several abandoned lion cubs and a monkey in his own home.<ref name=bio/> As commissioner, Hebert in 1974 hired [[Les Whitt]] as the director of the Alexandria Zoo, a position in which Whitt achieved great success in a 34-year career.<ref>"Alexandria Zoo Director Les Whitt dies"''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' August 17, 2008, p. 1.</ref>
-After the city charter was switched to the mayor-council format, Hébert became the first director of the revised city department of public works under Carroll Edwin Lanier,<ref>Cynthia D. Jardon, "Former Alexandria Mayor Carroll Lanier dies at 86", ''The Alexandria Town Talk'', accessed December 5, 2012.</ref> the first mayor elected after the demise of the city commission government and a former finance and utilities commissioner. Hébert left the post in 1951 after four years of service. At the age of fifty-five, he sustained a life-altering [[stroke]],<ref name=bio/> which required caregivers for the remainder of his life.<ref name=pathebert/>
+After the city charter was switched to the mayor-council format, Hébert became the first director of the revised city department of public works under Mayor [[Carroll Lanier]], who also was a former finance and utilities commissioner. Hébert left the post in 1951 after four years of service. At the age of fifty-five, he sustained a life-altering [[stroke]],<ref name=bio/> which required caregivers for the remainder of his life.<ref name=pathebert/>
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 In the spring of 1973, Hébert unseated [[O'Hearn Mathews]] to win the streets and parks commissioner position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law.justia.com/cases/louisiana/supreme-court/1972/261-la-850-0.html|title=''Bonnette v. Karst''|publisher=law.justia.com|accessdate=June 7, 2014}}</ref> Mathews was an experienced politician, having previously been the Alexandria city [[marshal]] and in 1962 the first president of the newly formed Louisiana City Marshals and City Constables Association.<ref>Louisiana City Marshals and City Constables Association, Organized April 8, 1962, Lamarshals.org, accessed June 7, 2014; no longer on line.</ref>
-On the council, Hébert served alongside [[Mayor]] [[John K. Snyder]], who was also the commissioner of public safety and sanitation, and Arnold Jack Rosenthal, the last of the Alexandria commissioners of finance and utilities. All were [[Democratic Party|Democrats]]. At times, he and Snyder made two-to-one decisions overruling Rosenthal, even regarding appointments in Rosenthal's own department of his executive assistant, [[Floyd Smith]], the former mayor of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Louisiana. Snyder and Hébert in 1974 joined to dismiss Smith despite Rosenthal's heated opposition.<ref>Bret H. McCormick, Floyd W. Smith, Jr., former mayor of Pineville, dies at 77, ''The Alexandria  Town Talk'', February 12, 2010.</ref>
+On the council, Hébert served alongside [[Mayor]] [[John K. Snyder]], who was also the commissioner of public safety and sanitation, and [[Arnold Jack Rosenthal]], the last of the Alexandria commissioners of finance and utilities. All were [[Democratic Party|Democrats]]. At times, he and Snyder made two-to-one decisions overruling Rosenthal, even regarding appointments in Rosenthal's own department of his executive assistant, [[Floyd Smith]], the former mayor of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Louisiana. Snyder and Hébert in 1974 joined to dismiss Smith despite Rosenthal's heated opposition.<ref>Bret H. McCormick, Floyd W. Smith, Jr., former mayor of Pineville, dies at 77, ''The Alexandria  Town Talk'', February 12, 2010.</ref>
 As commissioner, Hébert exercised both executive and legislative functions through supervision of his department and as a member of the three-person city council, all of whom were elected on an at-large basis. He supervised the repair and upgrading of municipal streets and sewer operations, encouraged youth sports programs, and worked to expand Alexandria Zoological Park, then a small facility begun in 1926. Located adjacent to Bringhurst Field, the zoo has since been enlarged to attract thousands of visitors annually from throughout Central Louisiana. He once cared for several abandoned lion cubs and a monkey in his own home.<ref name=bio/> As commissioner, Hebert in 1974 hired Les Whitt as the director of the Alexandria Zoo, a position in which Whitt achieved great success in a 34-year career.<ref>"Alexandria Zoo Director Les Whitt dies"''The Alexandria Town Talk'', August 17, 2008, p. 1.</ref>

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 {{Infobox officeholder
-| name = Malcolm Paul Hébert, Sr.
+| name=Malcolm Paul Hébert, Sr.
-| office = Streets and Parks Commissioner in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]
+| office=Streets and Parks Commissioner in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]
-| term_start =June 1973
+| term_start=June 1973
 | term_end=June 1977
-| preceded =[[O'Hearn Mathews]]
+| preceded=[[O'Hearn Mathews]]
 | succeeded =Position abolished through new city charter
 | birth_date October 25, 1926

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 | succeeded =Position abolished through new city charter
 | birth_date October 25, 1926
-| birth_place =[[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Ouachita Parish<br> [[Louisiana]], USA
+| birth_place=[[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Ouachita Parish<br> [[Louisiana]], USA
-| death_date = September 23, 2006 (aged 79)
+| death_date=September 23, 2006 (aged 79)
 | death_place =Alexandria, Louisiana
 | death_cause =Lengthy illness from [[stroke]]

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 | occupation =[[Mechanical engineering|Mechanical engineer]]; construction ompany officer<br>
 [[United States Navy]] [[submarine]] service in [[World War II]]
-| spouse =Mary Patricia Morgan "Pat" Hébert (married 1950-2006, his death)
+| spouse=Mary Patricia Morgan "Pat" Hébert (married 1950-2006, his death)
 | children =Malcolm Hébert, Jr.<br>
 Paulette H. Ryland<br>
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 | alma_mater =Holy Savior Menard Central High School<br>
 University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]]
-| religion = [[Roman Catholicism]]
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 | party = [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
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 Hébert was known for his wit, strength, smile, and use of unusual, pithy nicknames given to friends and associates.<ref name=bio/> He was married until his death for more than fifty-five years to the former Mary Patricia "Pat" Morgan (July 29, 1930 &ndash; November 13, 2010), a native of [[New Orleans]], who was reared in Mamou in Evangeline Parish in South Louisiana and Port Arthur, [[Texas]]. The two met at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Mrs. Hébert was an assistant director of the Title V Employment Program and the director of the Rapides Parish Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. She retired after twenty-one years with the [[nonprofit organization]], the Rapides Council on Aging and received the Governor's Legacy of Achievement Award.<ref name=pathebert>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=mary-hebert&pid=146638981#sthash.3I1mIyGO.dpuf|title=Mary Hébert (1930-2010)|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=June 7, 2014}}</ref>
-The Héberts had a son and daughter-in-law, Malcolm Paul, Jr. (born 1956), and Susan McDaniel Hébert, originally from Haughton in Bossier Parish. Their daughters are Paulette H. Ryland (born 1952), Tommie Jean Hébert, and Renee' Louise Hébert Gutierrez, all of Alexandria, and Deborrah Ann Hébert,<ref name=pathebert/> the dean of students at [[California Maritime Academy]] in Vallejo in Solano County in the [[San Francisco]] Bay Area of [[California]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csum.edu/web/campus-life/dean-of-students|title=Office of the Dean of Students|publisher=csum.edu|accessdate=June 7, 2014}}</ref> and a former resident of [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]], Texas. Their six grandchildren are Malcolm "Trey" Hebert, III, of Lafayette,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20111120/LIFESTYLE1004/111118006/Hebert|title=Hebert, November 18, 2011|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=June 7, 2014}}</ref> Clifton Bert Ryland, Jillian Ann Gutierrez, Melicia Soileau Ryland, Amelia Marydell Ryland, and John Schilling Gutierrez, Jr., all of Alexandria.<ref name=pathebert/> His son-in-law, B. Dexter Ryland, was a judge of the Louisiana 9th Judicial District Court in Alexandria from 1990 until his death in 2005; he was married to the Héberts' daughter, Paulette.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/community_outreach/in_memoriam/ryland_dexter.asp|title=9th JDC Judge B. Dexter Ryland|publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=June 7, 2014}}</ref>
+The Héberts had a son and daughter-in-law, Malcolm Paul, Jr. (born 1956), and Susan McDaniel Hébert, originally from Haughton in Bossier Parish. Their daughters are Paulette H. Ryland (born 1952), Tommie Jean Hébert, and Renee' Louise Hébert Gutierrez, all of Alexandria, and Deborrah Ann Hébert,<ref name=pathebert/> the dean of students at [[California Maritime Academy]] in Vallejo in Solano County in the [[San Francisco]] Bay Area of [[California]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csum.edu/web/campus-life/dean-of-students|title=Office of the Dean of Students|publisher=csum.edu|accessdate=June 7, 2014}}</ref> and a former resident of [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]], Texas. Their six grandchildren are Malcolm "Trey" Hebert, III, of Lafayette,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20111120/LIFESTYLE1004/111118006/Hebert|title=Hebert, November 18, 2011|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=June 7, 2014}}</ref> Clifton Bert Ryland, Jillian Ann Gutierrez, Melicia Soileau Ryland, Amelia Marydell Ryland, and John Schilling Gutierrez, Jr., all of Alexandria.<ref name=pathebert/> His son-in-law, [[B. Dexter Ryland]], was a judge of the Louisiana 9th Judicial District Court in Alexandria from 1990 until his death in 2005; he was married to the Héberts' daughter, Paulette.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/community_outreach/in_memoriam/ryland_dexter.asp|title=9th JDC Judge B. Dexter Ryland|publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=June 7, 2014}}</ref>
 The Héberts are interred at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.<ref name=pathebert/>