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'''Clarence Eugene Faulk, Jr.''' (January 9, 1909 - March 5, 2010), was an American [[journalist]] who published from 1931 to 1962 the ''Ruston Daiiy Leader'', the daily [[newspaper]] in Ruston in north [[Louisiana]].{{cite web|url=http://www.katc.com/news/clarence-faulk-ruston-daily-leaders-ex-publisher/|title=Clarence Faulk: Ruston Daily Leader's ex-publisher|publisher=katc.com|accessdate=May 24, 2012}}Through the ownership of KRUS Radio, Faulk was also a broadcaster. He was furthermore a real estate businessman, and a pioneer of self-storage warehousing, a business he undertook after he was seventy years of age.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=Clarence-Faulk&pid=140377017|title=Clarence Eugene Faulk, Jr., obituary|publisher=''Shreveport Times'', March 7, 2010|accessdate=May 24, 2012}}  

'''Clarence Eugene Faulk, Jr.''' (January 9, 1909 - March 5, 2010), was an American [[journalist]] who published from 1931 to 1962 the ''Ruston Daiiy Leader'', the daily [[newspaper]] in Ruston in north [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katc.com/news/clarence-faulk-ruston-daily-leaders-ex-publisher/|title=Clarence Faulk: Ruston Daily Leader's ex-publisher|publisher=katc.com|accessdate=May 24, 2012}}</ref>Through the ownership of KRUS Radio, Faulk was also a broadcaster. He was furthermore a real estate businessman, and a pioneer of self-storage warehousing, a business he undertook after he was seventy years of age.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=Clarence-Faulk&pid=140377017|title=Clarence Eugene Faulk, Jr., obituary|publisher=''Shreveport Times'', March 7, 2010|accessdate=May 24, 2012}}</ref>

   

   

   

   

==Background==

==Background==

   

   

Faulk was born in West Monroe in Ouachita Parish in northeast Louisiana to C. E. Faulk Sr.,  and the former Josephine McClendon (died 1962).  The senior Faulk was the publisher of the ''Monroe News Star'' in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Louisiana and a founder and the president from 1934 to 1945 of [[Delta Air Lines]]. He was chairman of the Delta board from 1948 until his death in 1951. Faulk's brother, Robert McClendon Faulk (died 1988) of Vero Beach,  [[Florida]], was a [[World War II]] veteran and a Delta Air Lines pilot.{{cite web|url= http://groups.google.com/group/PilotCommunicationNet/browse_thread/thread/c5cc84e494d84c31|title=Pilot Communication Net|publisher=groups.google.com|accessdate=May 24, 2012}} A sister, Eleanor Faulk Cone (died 1993) of Falls Church, [[Virginia]], was a graduate of [[Cornell University]] in [[Ithaca, New York|Ithaca]], [[New York]], and [[Tulane University]] School of Law in [[New Orleans]].

Faulk was born in West Monroe in Ouachita Parish in northeast Louisiana to C. E. Faulk Sr.,  and the former Josephine McClendon (died 1962).  The senior Faulk was the publisher of the ''Monroe News Star'' in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Louisiana and a founder and the president from 1934 to 1945 of [[Delta Air Lines]]. He was chairman of the Delta board from 1948 until his death in 1951. Faulk's brother, Robert McClendon Faulk (died 1988) of Vero Beach,  [[Florida]], was a [[World War II]] veteran and a Delta Air Lines pilot.{{cite web|url= http://groups.google.com/group/PilotCommunicationNet/browse_thread/thread/c5cc84e494d84c31|title=Pilot Communication Net|publisher=groups.google.com|accessdate=May 24, 2012}} A sister, Eleanor Faulk Cone (died 1993) of Falls Church, [[Virginia]], was a graduate of [[Cornell University]] in [[Ithaca]], [[New York]], and [[Tulane University]] School of Law in [[New Orleans]].

   

   

After two years at the University of the South in Sewanee, [[Tennessee]], Faulk transferred to the School of Journalism at the [[University of Missouri]] in Columbia, [[Missouri]]. There, he met Miss Louise Benson Page, a native of [[Topeka]], [[Kansas]], herself a journalism student. The couple married in 1931, a 72-year union that ended with her death on June 8, 2003, at the age of ninety-three. Faulk also became the publisher of the ''Ruston Daily Leader'', a position that he maintained for thirty-one years until he sold the newspaper in 1962. In 1947, Faulk established KRUS, which he managed until 1968. For many years, he was the president of the Louisiana Press Association and the Louisiana Broadcasters Association.

After two years at the University of the South in Sewanee, [[Tennessee]], Faulk transferred to the School of Journalism at the [[University of Missouri]] in Columbia, [[Missouri]]. There, he met Miss Louise Benson Page, a native of [[Topeka]], [[Kansas]], herself a journalism student. The couple married in 1931, a 72-year union that ended with her death on June 8, 2003, at the age of ninety-three. Faulk also became the publisher of the ''Ruston Daily Leader'', a position that he maintained for thirty-one years until he sold the newspaper in 1962. In 1947, Faulk established KRUS, which he managed until 1968. For many years, he was the president of the Louisiana Press Association and the Louisiana Broadcasters Association.