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'''Malcolm Paul Hébert, Sr.''' (October 25, 1926 &ndash;  September 23, 2006), was a [[Mechanical engineering|mechanical engineer]] who served from 1973 to 1977 as the last commissioner of streets and parks<ref>In [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] and in other cities with the city commission government, the commissioner exercises both legislative and executive duties, on the city council and as a department head. This position should not be confused with a county commissioner, most of whom were and still are elected in single-member districts. County commissioners are the "legislators" of a county (called parish in Louisiana), with the [[county judge]] normally in the role of the "executive" head of the county. In Louisiana, the executive of the parish can be the police jury president, the president of the parish, or a parish "administrator", depending on the structure of the parish government. City commissioners could not be chosen on a district basis, as their administrative duties affected the entire city. [[African American]]s were not then elected to city government in most parts of the American South. Soon an outcry in the [[Civil rights movement]] raised legal challenges to the city commission governments.</ref> in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], a citywide elected position which was in 1977 with a change in the municipal charter.

'''Malcolm Paul Hébert, Sr.''' (October 25, 1926 &ndash;  September 23, 2006), was a [[Mechanical engineering|mechanical engineer]] who served from 1973 to 1977 as the last commissioner of streets and parks<ref>In [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] and in other cities with the city commission government, the commissioner exercises both legislative and executive duties, on the city council and as a department head. This position should not be confused with a county commissioner, most of whom were and still are elected in single-member districts. County commissioners are the "legislators" of a county (called parish in Louisiana), with the county judge normally in the role of the "executive" head of the county. In Louisiana, the executive of the parish can be the police jury president, the president of the parish, or a parish "administrator", depending on the structure of the parish government. City commissioners could not be chosen on a district basis, as their administrative duties affected the entire city. [[African American]]s were not then elected to city government in most parts of the American South. Soon an outcry in the [[Civil rights movement]] raised legal challenges to the city commission governments.</ref> in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], a citywide elected position which was in 1977 with a change in the municipal charter.

==Background==

==Background==

==Career==

==Career==

After the war, Hébert studied engineering, first at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], where he was initiated into Sigma Chi fraternity, and then at the  University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then named '''Southwestern Louisiana Institute''', from which he graduated. He played first base on the 1950 SLI Gulf States Conference [[baseball]] team, a league since dismantled. Thereafter, his interest in sports never wavered. For more than a quarter century, he was a member of the Louisiana Football Officials Association. He coached the American Legion baseball team in Alexandria and was twice named coach of the All-State Softball team. Following a [[stroke]] in 1981, he continued coaching mentally handicapped children at St. Mary's Residential Training School in Alexandria, a Roman Catholic institution originally established in 1954 by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alexandria in  under Bishop Charles Pasquale Greco (1894-1987).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stmarys-rts.org/history-of-st-marys-residential-training-school/ |title=St. Mary's Residential Training School History |publisher=stmarys-rts.org |accessdate=June 7, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714204108/http://www.stmarys-rts.org/history-of-st-marys-residential-training-school/ |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |df= }}</ref> In 1985, his teams from St. Mary's garnered the state championships in tee ball and [[softball]]. He was involved too in Dixie Youth Baseball and Softball. He was heavily involved too when his son and three grandsons played football for Our Lady of Prompt Succor Elementary School and then Menard High School.<ref name=bio/>

After the war, Hébert studied engineering, first at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], where he was initiated into Sigma Chi fraternity, and then at the  University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then named Southwestern Louisiana Institute, from which he graduated. He played first base on the 1950 SLI Gulf States Conference [[baseball]] team, a league since dismantled. Thereafter, his interest in sports never wavered. For more than a quarter century, he was a member of the Louisiana Football Officials Association. He coached the American Legion baseball team in Alexandria and was twice named coach of the All-State Softball team. Following a [[stroke]] in 1981, he continued coaching mentally handicapped children at St. Mary's Residential Training School in Alexandria, a Roman Catholic institution originally established in 1954 by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alexandria in  under Bishop Charles Pasquale Greco (1894-1987).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stmarys-rts.org/history-of-st-marys-residential-training-school/ |title=St. Mary's Residential Training School History |publisher=stmarys-rts.org |accessdate=June 7, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714204108/http://www.stmarys-rts.org/history-of-st-marys-residential-training-school/ |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |df= }}</ref> In 1985, his teams from St. Mary's garnered the state championships in tee ball and [[softball]]. He was involved too in Dixie Youth Baseball and Softball. He was heavily involved too when his son and three grandsons played football for Our Lady of Prompt Succor Elementary School and then Menard High School.<ref name=bio/>

As an engineer, Hébert was cited for his design of a practical, cost-effective system to re-line water and sewer pipes, an innovation used first in his native Monroe. For more than twenty-five years, he was treasurer and vice president of Roland Construction Company, Inc.,<ref name=bio/> which was established in Alexandria in 1960 but is since inactive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizapedia.com/la/ROLAND-CONSTRUCTION-COMPANY-INC.html|title=Roland Construction Company, Inc.|publisher=bizapedia.com|accessdate=June 7, 2014}}</ref>

As an engineer, Hébert was cited for his design of a practical, cost-effective system to re-line water and sewer pipes, an innovation used first in his native Monroe. For more than twenty-five years, he was treasurer and vice president of Roland Construction Company, Inc.,<ref name=bio/> which was established in Alexandria in 1960 but is since inactive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizapedia.com/la/ROLAND-CONSTRUCTION-COMPANY-INC.html|title=Roland Construction Company, Inc.|publisher=bizapedia.com|accessdate=June 7, 2014}}</ref>