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James F. Fort, Sr.
approval for “piggyback” truck transport (the precursor to container shipping) and many other complex national transportation issues. ' As the family grew, the Forts moved to Virginia Avenue in Alexandria. In 1965, they moved just outside the Beltway to Wilton Woods. Mr. Fort was veiy active in Fairfax Co. Democratic politics.
In 1967, Mr. Fort joined United Parcel Service as a national legislative counsel. He traveled extensively for UPS to obtain approval for interstate parcel delivery in all 50 states, building the national infrastructure that UPS uses today. Throughout his long and distinguished career as a Capitol Hill lobbyist, Mr. Fort was well known and respected for his honesty and integrity.
He was a progressive Democrat and a liberal Episcopalian. He attended Immanuel Church on the Hill in Alexandria, where he was a deacon and served on the vestry for many years.
In the early 1960s, Mr. Fort developed a love of wood sculpture, an art that he eryoyed for the rest of his life. He trained, sculpted and exhibited at The
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