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→Mayoral accomplishments
In 1953, Fant was selected by the LMA as "Louisiana's Mayor of the Year." The National Municipal League and 'the since defunct ''Look'' [[magazine]], moreover, named Shreveport as one of the nation's top eleven cities. That same year, Fant was the first individual to receive the Shreveport Advertising Club's annual award called "Shreveport's Best Ad," a designation given to an institution or a person who brought the city the most favorable publicity during the year. Fant was a past president of the Broadmoor Kiwanis International.
In 1953, Fant was selected by the LMA as "Louisiana's Mayor of the Year." The National Municipal League and 'the since defunct ''Look'' [[magazine]], moreover, named Shreveport as one of the nation's top eleven cities. That same year, Fant was the first individual to receive the Shreveport Advertising Club's annual award called "Shreveport's Best Ad," a designation given to an institution or a person who brought the city the most favorable publicity during the year. Fant was a past president of the Broadmoor Kiwanis International.
==Legacy==
==Legacy==
The Clyde E. Fant Memorial Award for Community Service is given annually in honor of the late mayor. Past winners include [[Virginia Shehee|Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee]], the first woman to garner the honor, and Donald E. Jones, the former mayor of [[Bossier City]].
The Clyde E. Fant Memorial Award for Community Service is given annually in honor of the late mayor. Past winners include [[Virginia Shehee|Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee]], the first woman to garner the honor, and Donald E. Jones, the former mayor of [[Bossier City]].
On his death, ''The Shreveport Times'' eulogized the former mayor:
On his death, ''The Shreveport Times'' eulogized the former mayor:
Clyde Fant was a man of unusual vision, and the consequences of that vision will long be felt by the people here. His programs helped to build our city, not only in a mortar and stone fashion, they also gave Shreveport an aura of humanity. ...
Clyde Fant was a man of unusual vision, and the consequences of that vision will long be felt by the people here. His programs helped to build our city, not only in a mortar and stone fashion, they also gave Shreveport an aura of humanity. ...
If he was Shreveport's shining star, then he was also Louisiana's mayor of mayors. ... He needs no monument to mark his resting place because Shreveport is the better reminder of his life.</blockquote><ref name=fantobit>Clyde Fant obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,'' July 7, 1973.</ref>
If he was Shreveport's shining star, then he was also Louisiana's mayor of mayors. ... He needs no monument to mark his resting place because Shreveport is the better reminder of his life.<ref name=fantobit>Clyde Fant obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,'' July 7, 1973.</ref></blockquote>
Fant was a long-term member of the board of directors of Broadmoor Baptist Church and was chairman of the board for seven years. He taught a men's [[Bible]] class. He resided at 340 Ockley Drive in the Broadmoor neighborhood.<ref>William McCleary, "The Broadmoor Neighborhood: One of Shrevport's Older Communities," ''[[North Louisiana History]],'' Vol. XLII (Winter-Spring 2011), p. 5.</ref> Services were held at the Broadmoor Baptist Church, with the then pastor, Dr. [[Scott Tatum]] officiating. His papers are in the archives of Louisiana State University at Shreveport, a four-year branch campus which opened in 1967, six years before Fant's passing.
Fant was a long-term member of the board of directors of Broadmoor Baptist Church and was chairman of the board for seven years. He taught a men's [[Bible]] class. He resided at 340 Ockley Drive in the Broadmoor neighborhood.<ref>William McCleary, "The Broadmoor Neighborhood: One of Shrevport's Older Communities," ''[[North Louisiana History]],'' Vol. XLII (Winter-Spring 2011), p. 5.</ref> Services were held at the Broadmoor Baptist Church, with the then pastor, Dr. [[Scott Tatum]] officiating. His papers are in the archives of Louisiana State University at Shreveport, a four-year branch campus which opened in 1967, six years before Fant's passing.