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==Career==

==Career==

Lenard’s graduate thesis was on the impact of the [[Dallas]]-based Neiman Marcus Company on the southwestern United States. He was offered a position with the Nieman Marcus training program but soon left to return to Monroe, where he became advertising manager of former [[Governor]] James Albert Noe’s KNOE [[radio]], since sold by the Noe heirs. Lenard became active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Jaycees, and the fledgling Louisiana [[Republican Party]].<ref name=obit/>​

Lenard’s graduate thesis was on the impact of the [[Dallas]]-based Neiman Marcus Company on the southwestern United States. He was offered a position with the Nieman Marcus training program but soon left to return to Monroe, where he became advertising manager of former [[Governor]] [[James A. Noe]]’s KNOE [[radio]] station since sold by the three Noe heirs. Lenard became active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Jaycees, and the fledgling Louisiana [[Republican Party]].<ref name=obit/>​

In the [1964 gubernatorial general election, he flew around the state with Republican nominee [[Charlton Lyons]], a Shreveport oilman whom he called "Papa" Lyons, to interview the candidate for radio stations and [[newspaper]]s. Lyons was defeated by [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[John J. McKeithen]] but nevertheless waged the first determined Republican bid for governor since [[Reconstruction]].<ref name=obit/>

In the [1964 gubernatorial general election, he flew around the state with Republican nominee [[Charlton Lyons]], a Shreveport oilman whom he called "Papa" Lyons, to interview the candidate for radio stations and [[newspaper]]s. Lyons was defeated by [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[John J. McKeithen]] but nevertheless waged the first determined Republican bid for governor since [[Reconstruction]].<ref name=obit/>