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'''Sinclair Bert Kouns, Sr.''' (December 25, 1926 – November 17, 2000), was a [[business]]man and local [[politician]] in his native [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. He was the one-time president of the former Caddo Parish Police Jury, renamed in 1984 as the Caddo Parish Commission. He worked to establish the Port of Caddo-Bossier.

'''Sinclair Bert Kouns, Sr.''' (December 25, 1926 – November 17, 2000), was a [[business]]man and local [[politician]] in his native [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. He was the one-time president of the former Caddo Parish Police Jury, renamed in 1984 as the Caddo Parish Commission. He worked to establish the Port of Caddo-Bossier.

Kouns was descended from Bert Kouns (1893-1970), a [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]] entrepreneur. originally from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana.<ref>Bert Kouns (1893-1970) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed May 11, 2021.</ref> Bert Kouns, namesake of the Bert Kouns Industrial Loop in south Shreveport, and a member of a pioneer family involved in commerce on the Red River. His paternal grandfather, Captain Martin H. Kouns (1842-1903), born in Lawrence, [[Ohio]], was the owner of a [[steamboat]] company active on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]], [[Ohio River|Ohio]], and Red rivers. Martin Kouns settled in his later years in rural Grand Ecore in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.<ref> CPT Martin H. Kouns (1842-1903) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed May 11, 2021.</ref>

Kouns was descended from Bert Kouns (1893-1970), a [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]] entrepreneur. originally from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana.<ref>Bert Kouns (1893-1970) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed May 11, 2021.</ref> Bert Kouns, the namesake of the Bert Kouns Industrial Loop in south Shreveport, was descended from a pioneer family involved in commerce on the Red River. His paternal grandfather, Captain Martin H. Kouns (1842-1903), born in Lawrence, [[Ohio]], was the owner of a [[steamboat]] company active on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]], [[Ohio River|Ohio]], and Red rivers. Martin Kouns settled in his later years in rural Grand Ecore in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.<ref>CPT Martin H. Kouns (1842-1903) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed May 11, 2021.</ref>

Sinclair Kouns attended Georgia Military Academy in Milledgeville, [[Georgia]], and graduated from the public [[Clifton Ellis Byrd]] High School in Shreveport and [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], at which he lettered in baseball. He served in the [[United States Army]] in [[World War II]]. He was a past president of the Shreveport Sports Foundation and the Holiday in Dixie observance in April. In the middle 1970s, he served on the United States Bicentennial Planning Commission.<ref name=findagrave/>

Sinclair Kouns attended Georgia Military Academy in Milledgeville, [[Georgia]], and graduated from the public [[Clifton Ellis Byrd]] High School in Shreveport and [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], at which he lettered in baseball. He served in the [[United States Army]] in [[World War II]]. He was a past president of the Shreveport Sports Foundation and the Holiday in Dixie observance in April. In the middle 1970s, he served on the United States Bicentennial Planning Commission.<ref name=findagrave/>