Floyd H. Hyde

Floyd H. Hyde
17th Mayor of Fresno
In office
April 19, 1965 – January 22, 1969
Preceded byWallace Henderson
Succeeded byTed C. Wills
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
In office
January 1969 – 1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Under Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
In office
1973–1974
PresidentRichard Nixon
Personal details
Born
Floyd Harold Hyde

(1921-03-18)March 18, 1921
Fresno, California, U.S.
DiedJuly 26, 2016(2016-07-26) (aged 95)
Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationFresno State Normal School (BA)
University of Southern California (JD)

Floyd Harold Hyde (1921–2016) was an American businessman, attorney, and politician of Volga German descent who was Mayor of Fresno from 1965 to January 1969 and served as Under Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for just under one year in 1973. Hyde was the last mayor of Fresno to have been both born and raised in Fresno until 2021 when Jerry Dyer became mayor.[citation needed] Hyde was born to Henry Jacob Heidt and Anna Stuckert, on March 18, 1921, in Fresno, California. Hyde was the third of four brothers. The Hyde family changed the family name from Heidt as a result of Anti-German sentiment during World War I as noted by Hyde's oldest brother, Delbert Heidt, retaining the original surname due to being born prior to the entry of the United States in World War I.[1]

Hyde graduated from Fresno High School in 1939 and attended Fresno State Normal School graduating with a degree in Fine Arts in 1943. Upon graduation, Hyde enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and earned his officer commission of Captain at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. Hyde served in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and was stationed in Japan after the surrender.[2] After the war, Floyd earned a Juris Doctor degree at the University of Southern California and returned to Fresno and started a law practice.[3] Hyde would be the attorney representative for local radio station KARM in their pursuit against another station KFRE for the only VHF license in Fresno.[4]

  1. ^ "Ancestry Library Edition". Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Ellis, John (July 28, 2016). "Former Fresno mayor, HUD official Floyd Hyde dies at 95". The Fresno Bee. Archived from the original on November 6, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Floyd Hyde - Obituary". Legacy.com. The Washington Post. August 7, 2016. Archived from the original on July 18, 2020. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Provost, S. H. (2015). Fast Food and Funtime. In Fresno growing up: A city comes of age, 1945-1985 (p. 80). Fresno, CA: Craven Street Books.