Bynum Book To Tell LaFortune’s Story
History from home: G.T. Bynum tells grandfather’s story
By KEVIN CANFIELD Staff Writer on Jul 1, 2013
City Councilor G.T. Bynum can talk.
Bynum, 35, is known one of the council’s most eloquent speakers.
Now he’s putting his thoughts down on paper in the form of a book about his grandfather, former mayor Robert LaFortune.
“My family has been wanting to see it done for a long time,” Bynum said. “Because my grandfather has lived through a period where he worked with and knew so many of the important and impactful people that have shaped Tulsa in the later half of the 20th century.”
The family’s wishes are coming true thanks to the Oklahoma Heritage Association, which expressed interest in the project and offered the assistance of prolific biographer Bob Burke.