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| spouse=Gloria Williams Hearn​<br>

| spouse=Gloria Williams Hearn​<br>

Children:<br>

Children:<br>

Gail Hearn Smith<br>​

Gail Hearn Smith​

George Eugene Hearn (deceased)​

George Eugene Hearn (deceased)​

| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]​

| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]​

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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/>​

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==​

==Political campaigns==

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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.

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.

<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/>​

<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/>​

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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/>​

At a ceremony in his honor upon retirementin 2000 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/>

 

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