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{{Infobox person
| name=George Earl Hearn<br>
(Professor of Psychology at Louisiana College)
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| birth_date=September 21, 1926
| birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Long-term resident of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]]
| death_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]<br>Rapides Parish, Louisiana
| spouse=Gloria Williams Hearn<br>
Children:<br>
Gail Hearn Smith<br>
George Eugene Hearn (deceased)
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
}}
'''George Earl Hearn''' (September 21, 1926 – September 11, 2010) was, from 1965 to 2000, a [[professor]] of [[psychology]] at [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]], and a former two-term member of the Pineville City Council under then [[Mayor]] Fred H. Baden.
==Background==
Hearn was born to Thomas Watson Hearn, Sr. (1895–1962), and the former May Peters (1900–1990),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=September 24, 2010}}</ref> who moved to [[Shreveport]], Louisiana, at which he was active in the former Queensboro Baptist Church, located coincidentally on Hearne Avenue and now the location of the [[African American]] Bright Star Baptist Church.
Hearn attended public schools in Caddo Parish and served as a signalman in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Thereafter, he began work on numerous degrees and advanced studies at three institutions in [[Texas]]: East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary] in [[Fort Worth]], and [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=george-earl-hearn&pid=145331127|title=Dr. George Earl Hearn|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date= September 14, 2010|accessdate=September 23, 2010}}</ref>
At Baylor, Hearn studied under Dr. E. O. Wood, who had earlier been the chairman of the psychology department at Louisiana College. The U.S. government, according to Hearn's obituary, selected Baylor to direct research and experiments for the American space program, and Hearn was among those who worked in that endeavor. Thereafter, Dr. G. Earl Guinn, as president of Louisiana College, hired Hearn to come to Pineville to develop the LC psychology department. Hearn used manpower and resources available through the Pineville-based Central Louisiana State Hospital for the mentally handicapped.<ref name=obit/>
Hearn was a member of the Louisiana Psychological Association and held the designation of Psychologist Emeritus from that group. He was a former chairman of the State Board of Examiners for Psychologists and the first industrial psychologist in Louisiana.<ref name=obit/> A student of [[history]], He was a former president of the Historical Association of Central Louisiana and was involved in various [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]-Pineville preservation projects. He launched the annual Peggy Bolton Lecture Series, named for Elizabeth McClundie "Peggy" Bolton (1917–1987), a regional and state [[historical preservation]]ist and the first wife of the Alexandria banker, Robert H. Bolton.<ref name=obit/>
==Political campaigns==
Hearn served by appointment on the Rapides Area Planning Commission.<ref name=obit/> On May 3, 1986, Hearn, a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], won the first of two terms on the Pineville City Council from District 3, having defeated [[Republican Party|Republican]] Robert A. Corley, Jr., by a 57-43 percent margin.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns for Rapides Parish, May 3, 1986.</ref> On April 7, 1990, however, Hearn was unseated, 54-46 percent by the Republican Christian D. "Chris" Cunningham (born October 19, 1959). On March 26, 1994, Hearn won the District 3 council seat by a vote of 71-29 percent over fellow Democrat Arthur J. "Bud" Sweeney, Jr., to score a second nonconsecutive four-year term. In that same election, Cunningham was defeated in a race for mayor by Fred Baden, the last term that Baden would serve.
In 1998, Hearn was unseated, 55-45 percent, by Republican Carol Jeukens Cunningham, the wife of Chris Cunningham.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: Rapides Parish, May 2, 1998.</ref> In 2000, Hearn unsuccessfully opposed, 66-32 percent, the Democrat Clarence R. Fields,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov/graphical/ |title=Pineville municipal election returns, October 7, 2000 |publisher=electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov |accessdate=September 24, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904033849/http://electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov/graphical/ |archivedate=September 4, 2010 }}</ref> a former city council member who became mayor in 1999 and ran for the remainder of the term vacated by Fields' predecessor, Republican [[Leo Deslatte]]. Fields, an African American who is still the Pineville mayor, expressed regret on former rival Hearn's death and said that Hearn had "served the city well."<ref name=hearn>"George Hearn, former long-term LC professor and former Pineville coucilman, dies at the age of 83," ''The Alexandria Town Talk'', September 14, 2010.</ref>
==Death and legacy==
Hearn died at the age of eighty-three in Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria. He was survived by his wife, Gloria Williams Hearn (born April 22, 1934), and a daughter and son-in-law, Gail Hearn Smith and Andrew Smith of [[New York City]].<ref name=obit/> Gloria Hearn, a retired Pineville educator, was the Democratic candidate in in 2006 for Louisiana's 5th congressional district. She was handily defeated by the then incumbent Republican [[Rodney Alexander]] of Jackson Parish.
<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Congressional election returns, 2006.</ref> George Hearn was predeceased by the couple's son, George Eugene "Gene" Hearn. Services were held on September 18, 2010, at First Baptist Church in Pineville, where Hearn had long been a long-term member. Hearn was also an ordained minister and served on an interim basis at numerous area churches. He is interred at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.<ref name=obit/>
At a ceremony in his honor upon retirement from the Louisiana College faculty, Hearn said that he encouraged students to work for the good of man and the glory of [[God]] and that he attempted to direct his students beyond the classroom but in their "overall [[Christianity|Christian]] higher education."<ref name=hearn/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hearn, George E.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:Psychologists]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
[[Category:United States Navy]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
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{{Infobox person
| name=George Earl Hearn<br>
(Professor of Psychology at Louisiana College)
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| birth_date=September 21, 1926
| birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Long-term resident of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]]
| death_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]<br>Rapides Parish, Louisiana
| spouse=Gloria Williams Hearn<br>
Children:<br>
Gail Hearn Smith<br>
George Eugene Hearn (deceased)
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
}}
'''George Earl Hearn''' (September 21, 1926 – September 11, 2010) was, from 1965 to 2000, a [[professor]] of [[psychology]] at [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]], and a former two-term member of the Pineville City Council under then [[Mayor]] Fred H. Baden.
==Background==
Hearn was born to Thomas Watson Hearn, Sr. (1895–1962), and the former May Peters (1900–1990),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=September 24, 2010}}</ref> who moved to [[Shreveport]], Louisiana, at which he was active in the former Queensboro Baptist Church, located coincidentally on Hearne Avenue and now the location of the [[African American]] Bright Star Baptist Church.
Hearn attended public schools in Caddo Parish and served as a signalman in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Thereafter, he began work on numerous degrees and advanced studies at three institutions in [[Texas]]: East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary] in [[Fort Worth]], and [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=george-earl-hearn&pid=145331127|title=Dr. George Earl Hearn|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date= September 14, 2010|accessdate=September 23, 2010}}</ref>
At Baylor, Hearn studied under Dr. E. O. Wood, who had earlier been the chairman of the psychology department at Louisiana College. The U.S. government, according to Hearn's obituary, selected Baylor to direct research and experiments for the American space program, and Hearn was among those who worked in that endeavor. Thereafter, Dr. G. Earl Guinn, as president of Louisiana College, hired Hearn to come to Pineville to develop the LC psychology department. Hearn used manpower and resources available through the Pineville-based Central Louisiana State Hospital for the mentally handicapped.<ref name=obit/>
Hearn was a member of the Louisiana Psychological Association and held the designation of Psychologist Emeritus from that group. He was a former chairman of the State Board of Examiners for Psychologists and the first industrial psychologist in Louisiana.<ref name=obit/> A student of [[history]], He was a former president of the Historical Association of Central Louisiana and was involved in various [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]-Pineville preservation projects. He launched the annual Peggy Bolton Lecture Series, named for Elizabeth McClundie "Peggy" Bolton (1917–1987), a regional and state [[historical preservation]]ist and the first wife of the Alexandria banker, Robert H. Bolton.<ref name=obit/>
==Political campaigns==
Hearn served by appointment on the Rapides Area Planning Commission.<ref name=obit/> On May 3, 1986, Hearn, a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], won the first of two terms on the Pineville City Council from District 3, having defeated [[Republican Party|Republican]] Robert A. Corley, Jr., by a 57-43 percent margin.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns for Rapides Parish, May 3, 1986.</ref> On April 7, 1990, however, Hearn was unseated, 54-46 percent by the Republican Christian D. "Chris" Cunningham (born October 19, 1959). On March 26, 1994, Hearn won the District 3 council seat by a vote of 71-29 percent over fellow Democrat Arthur J. "Bud" Sweeney, Jr., to score a second nonconsecutive four-year term. In that same election, Cunningham was defeated in a race for mayor by Fred Baden, the last term that Baden would serve.
In 1998, Hearn was unseated, 55-45 percent, by Republican Carol Jeukens Cunningham, the wife of Chris Cunningham.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: Rapides Parish, May 2, 1998.</ref> In 2000, Hearn unsuccessfully opposed, 66-32 percent, the Democrat Clarence R. Fields,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov/graphical/ |title=Pineville municipal election returns, October 7, 2000 |publisher=electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov |accessdate=September 24, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904033849/http://electionresults.sos.louisiana.gov/graphical/ |archivedate=September 4, 2010 }}</ref> a former city council member who became mayor in 1999 and ran for the remainder of the term vacated by Fields' predecessor, Republican [[Leo Deslatte]]. Fields, an African American who is still the Pineville mayor, expressed regret on former rival Hearn's death and said that Hearn had "served the city well."<ref name=hearn>"George Hearn, former long-term LC professor and former Pineville coucilman, dies at the age of 83," ''The Alexandria Town Talk'', September 14, 2010.</ref>
==Death and legacy==
Hearn died at the age of eighty-three in Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria. He was survived by his wife, Gloria Williams Hearn (born April 22, 1934), and a daughter and son-in-law, Gail Hearn Smith and Andrew Smith of [[New York City]].<ref name=obit/> Gloria Hearn, a retired Pineville educator, was the Democratic candidate in in 2006 for Louisiana's 5th congressional district. She was handily defeated by the then incumbent Republican [[Rodney Alexander]] of Jackson Parish.
<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Congressional election returns, 2006.</ref> George Hearn was predeceased by the couple's son, George Eugene "Gene" Hearn. Services were held on September 18, 2010, at First Baptist Church in Pineville, where Hearn had long been a long-term member. Hearn was also an ordained minister and served on an interim basis at numerous area churches. He is interred at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.<ref name=obit/>
At a ceremony in his honor upon retirement from the Louisiana College faculty, Hearn said that he encouraged students to work for the good of man and the glory of [[God]] and that he attempted to direct his students beyond the classroom but in their "overall [[Christianity|Christian]] higher education."<ref name=hearn/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hearn, George E.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:Psychologists]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Clergy]]
[[Category:United States Navy]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]