Robert James LaFortune (January 24, 1927 – March 27, 2024) was an American philanthropist and politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
Joseph worked for thirty years at Warren Petroleum Company, becoming executive vice president and a noted local philanthropist.
[1] LaFortune, a member of the Republican Party, served three terms as Tulsa's commissioner of streets and public property from 1964 to 1970.
[9] LaFortune was a director of Apco Argentina Inc., BOK Financial Corporation and the Williams Companies.
[1] LaFortune was a 1982 recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award from the Boy Scouts of America, and in 1995 the University of Tulsa granted him an honorary doctor of laws degree.
LaFortune was mayor when the building was first planned, and participated in forming the public-private partnership that funded its construction.