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Clyde Fant, more than any other person, was Shreveport. He poured his life into our community, and the community responded with respect and love. There was no more powerful force in Northwest Louisiana during the past quarter-century than Clyde Fant. Additionally, the accomplishment of the Fant years in office would rank him as one of the chief top executives in Shreveport history.
Clyde Fant, more than any other person, was Shreveport. He poured his life into our community, and the community responded with respect and love. There was no more powerful force in Northwest Louisiana during the past quarter-century than Clyde Fant. Additionally, the accomplishment of the Fant years in office would rank him as one of the chief top executives in Shreveport history.
He was a kind, gentle, [[Christian]] man, but his politics were laced with bare-knuckled toughness when he felt it necessary. That combination marked continuing progress for Shreveport throughout Mr. Fant's two decades of service. When he was first elected to office at the end of World War II, he inherited a city in a desperate financial condition. Using his immense personal powers, he turned the city around and left a legacy of industrial growth and quality services for Shreveport.<br>
He was a kind, gentle, [[Christian]] man, but his politics were laced with bare-knuckled toughness when he felt it necessary. That combination marked continuing progress for Shreveport throughout Mr. Fant's two decades of service. When he was first elected to office at the end of World War II, he inherited a city in a desperate financial condition. Using his immense personal powers, he turned the city around and left a legacy of industrial growth and quality services for Shreveport.
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.<ref name=fantobit>Clyde Fant obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,'' July 7, 1973.</ref></blockquote>
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.<ref name=fantobit>Clyde Fant obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,'' July 7, 1973.</ref></blockquote>