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{{Infobox person
| name=Preston Allen "Pap" Dean, Jr.<br>
(Louisiana political cartoonist)
| birth_date =August 25, 1915
| birth_place=Colfax, Grant Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], USA
| death_date=August 15, 2011 (aged 95)
| death_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana
| spouse = (1) Doris M. Dean <br>
(2) Jimmie S. Dean<br>
'''Children''': <br>David Allen Dean<br> Barbara Elizabeth Dean <br>John Charles Dean<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Preston Allen, Sr., and Addie Swafford Dean<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
Colfax High School<b r>
[[Northwestern State University]]
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts
| religion =[[United Methodist]]
}}
'''Preston Allen Dean, Jr.''' (August 25, 1915 – August 15, 2011), known as '''Pap Dean''', was an American [[cartoonist]] who was employed from 1938 to 1979 as chief illustrator and editorial cartoonist<ref name=ddeath>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20110818/NEWS01/108180346/Longtime-political-cartoonist-Pap-Dean-dies-age-95-Alexandria?odyssey=tab{{!}}topnews{{!}}text{{!}}FRONTPAGE|title=Longtime political cartoonist 'Pap' Dean dies at age of 95 in Alexandria|publisher=''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk''|date=August 18, 2011|accessdate=August 18, 2011}}</ref> for ''The Shreveport Times'' in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]].
An original inductee of the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame, Dean since 1993 had prepared a caricature for the exhibit of each honoree<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070415/COMMUNITIES/704120340|title=Notable People from Grant Parish|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=August 31, 2009}}</ref> in the museum, which is located in a former [[railroad]] depot in downtown Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.cityofwinnfield.com/museum.html|title=Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame|publisher=City of [[Winnfield, Louisiana|Winnfield]], Louisiana|accessdate=August 31, 2009}}</ref>
==Background==
Dean was born in Colfax in Grant Parish, Louisiana, to P. A. Dean, Sr., and the former Addie Swafford (1888–1978)}}</ref> in Colfax in Grant Parish in north central Louisiana. He received his nickname from teasing classmates in grade school. When he was in his early teens, Dean enrolled in the Landon School of Cartooning in [[Chicago]]. C. H. Landon apparently saw such promise in young Dean that he gave him considerable personal instruction.<ref name=willis/>
While in high school his father gave him a portion of land on which to grow [[cotton]]. When the crop was sold, the money was deposited in a bank account for Dean's college education. He graduated from Colfax High School in 1932, and enrolled at [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], then known as Louisiana Normal. However, the bank in Colfax failed, as the [[Great Depression]] swept the nation, and Dean lost his uninsured college funds.
A devotee of Louisiana politics, Dean recalled that [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], once bought him a hamburger while they were on the train from [[Baton Rouge]] to [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], to watch the [[Louisiana State University]] Tigers play [[football]].<ref name=willis>{{cite web|url= http://www.thepineywoods.com/PapDean.htm|author=Jack M. Willis|title=Pap Dean marks lifetime or art and politics: Art career started with sketching from comic characters in first grade at Colfax Art career started school|publisher=thepineywoods.com|date=June 26, 2009|accessdate=August 31, 2009}}</ref>
Meanwhile, the still hopeful Dean heard Governor Huey Long speak in Colfax while running for the [[United States Senate]] seat held by the respected Joseph Eugene Ransdell (1858-1954). Dean wrote Long and told him of his own plight regarding the loss of the college funds. A month later, a local banker sent Dean to Baton Rouge to see LSU President James Monroe Smith, Sr. (1888-1949), later convicted in the statewide scandals of 1939 known as the "Louisiana Hayride," an identical term to the Shreveport-based [[Country music]] program, the Louisiana Hayride. Long had asked Smith to offer Dean financial aid and entry into LSU.<ref name=willis/> By working three jobs in the meantime, Dean obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937 in [[political science]].<ref name=willis/>
After LSU, Dean enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and then joined the staff of ''The Shreveport Times.'' He was married to the former Doris Moore and had three children. His tenure there was interrupted by three and one-half years in the [[United States Army]], beginning in 1942. He landed with an anti-aircraft battalion at [[Omaha Beach]] on [[D-Day]], received a battlefield commission, and was promoted ultimately to the rank of lieutenant colonel.<ref name=willis/>
==Cartoonist and author==
Dean’s studio is filled with sketches and caricatures of other cartoonists, including [[Al Capp]], the creator of ''Li'l Abner.'' and [[Bill Mauldin]], whose “Up Front” appeared in ''The Stars and Stripes'' military newspaper during the war. Jeff MacNelly, [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]],'' patterned his style after Mauldin and later honored Dean with a caricature of Dean himself.<ref name=willis/>
Dean has published some of his drawings in ''Louisiana Historical Homesteads'' and he has written a history of Louisiana and a separate volume in 2005 on Natchitoches, the oldest settlement in the former [[Louisiana Purchase]]. Entitled ''Historic Natchitoches: Beauty of the Cane'', the book is a study of the history, people, and attractions of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.judgeporterhouse.com/publications.htm|title=Awards/Press|publisher=judgeporterhouse.com|accessdate=August 31, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> On April 13, 2006, Dean wrote a column in ''The Alexandria Town Talk'' discussing the origin of the names of the various communities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060419/COMMUNITIES/50228005|title=What makes Grant Parish special for Pap Dean|publisher=''The AlexandriaTown Talk''|date=April 13, 2006|accessdate=September 1, 2009}}</ref>
After his newspaper tenure, Dean and his second wife, Jimmie S. Dean (1919–2005),<ref name=ssdi/> retired to [[rural]] Baghdad near Colfax, known particularly as the home of the Louisiana Pecan Festival. He continued thereafter to practice his craft at his own pace through the River Oaks Studio in downtown [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], some twenty-five miles south of Colfax.
Dean died ten days before his 96th birthday in an Alexandria hospital. His former ''Shreveport Times'' colleague, [[Wiley Hilburn]], said that the newspaper office "sort of revolved around Pap. He had a big desk, light table, in the middle of the newsroom. He was a really likable guy. ... He was really good at what he did, and we all grew to rely on him."<ref name=ddeath/>
Dean's paternal aunt, Willie Mae Cleveland (1903-1973) of Crowley, was the first wife of William Jennings "Bill" Cleveland, Sr. (1902-1974), a member from 1944 to 1964 of both houses, respectively, of the Louisiana state legislature from Acadia Parish. Cleveland's political career ended in defeat in his bid for a third term in 1964 in the Louisiana State Senate at the hands of fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Edwin Edwards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10965603|title=Florence Nugent Dean|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref>
Dean donated his body to medical science.<ref name=ddeath/> A memorial service was held at the Colfax [[United Methodist]] Church on September 10, 2011.
==References==
{{reflist}}
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:Cartoonists]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
| name=Preston Allen "Pap" Dean, Jr.<br>
(Louisiana political cartoonist)
| birth_date =August 25, 1915
| birth_place=Colfax, Grant Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], USA
| death_date=August 15, 2011 (aged 95)
| death_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana
| spouse = (1) Doris M. Dean <br>
(2) Jimmie S. Dean<br>
'''Children''': <br>David Allen Dean<br> Barbara Elizabeth Dean <br>John Charles Dean<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Preston Allen, Sr., and Addie Swafford Dean<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
Colfax High School<b r>
[[Northwestern State University]]
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts
| religion =[[United Methodist]]
}}
'''Preston Allen Dean, Jr.''' (August 25, 1915 – August 15, 2011), known as '''Pap Dean''', was an American [[cartoonist]] who was employed from 1938 to 1979 as chief illustrator and editorial cartoonist<ref name=ddeath>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20110818/NEWS01/108180346/Longtime-political-cartoonist-Pap-Dean-dies-age-95-Alexandria?odyssey=tab{{!}}topnews{{!}}text{{!}}FRONTPAGE|title=Longtime political cartoonist 'Pap' Dean dies at age of 95 in Alexandria|publisher=''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk''|date=August 18, 2011|accessdate=August 18, 2011}}</ref> for ''The Shreveport Times'' in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]].
An original inductee of the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame, Dean since 1993 had prepared a caricature for the exhibit of each honoree<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070415/COMMUNITIES/704120340|title=Notable People from Grant Parish|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=August 31, 2009}}</ref> in the museum, which is located in a former [[railroad]] depot in downtown Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.cityofwinnfield.com/museum.html|title=Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame|publisher=City of [[Winnfield, Louisiana|Winnfield]], Louisiana|accessdate=August 31, 2009}}</ref>
==Background==
Dean was born in Colfax in Grant Parish, Louisiana, to P. A. Dean, Sr., and the former Addie Swafford (1888–1978)}}</ref> in Colfax in Grant Parish in north central Louisiana. He received his nickname from teasing classmates in grade school. When he was in his early teens, Dean enrolled in the Landon School of Cartooning in [[Chicago]]. C. H. Landon apparently saw such promise in young Dean that he gave him considerable personal instruction.<ref name=willis/>
While in high school his father gave him a portion of land on which to grow [[cotton]]. When the crop was sold, the money was deposited in a bank account for Dean's college education. He graduated from Colfax High School in 1932, and enrolled at [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], then known as Louisiana Normal. However, the bank in Colfax failed, as the [[Great Depression]] swept the nation, and Dean lost his uninsured college funds.
A devotee of Louisiana politics, Dean recalled that [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], once bought him a hamburger while they were on the train from [[Baton Rouge]] to [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], to watch the [[Louisiana State University]] Tigers play [[football]].<ref name=willis>{{cite web|url= http://www.thepineywoods.com/PapDean.htm|author=Jack M. Willis|title=Pap Dean marks lifetime or art and politics: Art career started with sketching from comic characters in first grade at Colfax Art career started school|publisher=thepineywoods.com|date=June 26, 2009|accessdate=August 31, 2009}}</ref>
Meanwhile, the still hopeful Dean heard Governor Huey Long speak in Colfax while running for the [[United States Senate]] seat held by the respected Joseph Eugene Ransdell (1858-1954). Dean wrote Long and told him of his own plight regarding the loss of the college funds. A month later, a local banker sent Dean to Baton Rouge to see LSU President James Monroe Smith, Sr. (1888-1949), later convicted in the statewide scandals of 1939 known as the "Louisiana Hayride," an identical term to the Shreveport-based [[Country music]] program, the Louisiana Hayride. Long had asked Smith to offer Dean financial aid and entry into LSU.<ref name=willis/> By working three jobs in the meantime, Dean obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937 in [[political science]].<ref name=willis/>
After LSU, Dean enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and then joined the staff of ''The Shreveport Times.'' He was married to the former Doris Moore and had three children. His tenure there was interrupted by three and one-half years in the [[United States Army]], beginning in 1942. He landed with an anti-aircraft battalion at [[Omaha Beach]] on [[D-Day]], received a battlefield commission, and was promoted ultimately to the rank of lieutenant colonel.<ref name=willis/>
==Cartoonist and author==
Dean’s studio is filled with sketches and caricatures of other cartoonists, including [[Al Capp]], the creator of ''Li'l Abner.'' and [[Bill Mauldin]], whose “Up Front” appeared in ''The Stars and Stripes'' military newspaper during the war. Jeff MacNelly, [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]],'' patterned his style after Mauldin and later honored Dean with a caricature of Dean himself.<ref name=willis/>
Dean has published some of his drawings in ''Louisiana Historical Homesteads'' and he has written a history of Louisiana and a separate volume in 2005 on Natchitoches, the oldest settlement in the former [[Louisiana Purchase]]. Entitled ''Historic Natchitoches: Beauty of the Cane'', the book is a study of the history, people, and attractions of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.judgeporterhouse.com/publications.htm|title=Awards/Press|publisher=judgeporterhouse.com|accessdate=August 31, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> On April 13, 2006, Dean wrote a column in ''The Alexandria Town Talk'' discussing the origin of the names of the various communities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060419/COMMUNITIES/50228005|title=What makes Grant Parish special for Pap Dean|publisher=''The AlexandriaTown Talk''|date=April 13, 2006|accessdate=September 1, 2009}}</ref>
After his newspaper tenure, Dean and his second wife, Jimmie S. Dean (1919–2005),<ref name=ssdi/> retired to [[rural]] Baghdad near Colfax, known particularly as the home of the Louisiana Pecan Festival. He continued thereafter to practice his craft at his own pace through the River Oaks Studio in downtown [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], some twenty-five miles south of Colfax.
Dean died ten days before his 96th birthday in an Alexandria hospital. His former ''Shreveport Times'' colleague, [[Wiley Hilburn]], said that the newspaper office "sort of revolved around Pap. He had a big desk, light table, in the middle of the newsroom. He was a really likable guy. ... He was really good at what he did, and we all grew to rely on him."<ref name=ddeath/>
Dean's paternal aunt, Willie Mae Cleveland (1903-1973) of Crowley, was the first wife of William Jennings "Bill" Cleveland, Sr. (1902-1974), a member from 1944 to 1964 of both houses, respectively, of the Louisiana state legislature from Acadia Parish. Cleveland's political career ended in defeat in his bid for a third term in 1964 in the Louisiana State Senate at the hands of fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Edwin Edwards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10965603|title=Florence Nugent Dean|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref>
Dean donated his body to medical science.<ref name=ddeath/> A memorial service was held at the Colfax [[United Methodist]] Church on September 10, 2011.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dean, Pap}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:Cartoonists]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
[[Category:Democrats]]