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| resting_place=Greenwood Memorial Park in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Louisiana
| resting_place=Greenwood Memorial Park in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Louisiana
| residence=Alexandria, Louisiana
| residence=Alexandria, Louisiana
| occupation =[[Mechanical engineering|Mechanical engineer]]; construction ompany officer
| 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>
| children =Malcolm Hébert, Jr.<br>
| religion = [[Roman Catholicism]]
| religion = [[Roman Catholicism]]
| party = [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| party = [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
}}
'''Malcolm Paul Hébert, Sr.''' (October 25, 1926 – 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 – 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.