- listed under "McGovern Staff Members and Campaign Contributors," so he's on the list because of a generous donation to the McGovern campaign.

- Not to be confused with his more famous actor grandson, Orville Willis "Will" Forte IV.

- Nickname: Junie. His gravestone is titled "Junie and Squeak".

- Does not have a Wikipedia entry (as of 2025).

- He worked in the family wool business in Boston, Forté, Dupee, Sawyer Co., later opening his own company to specialize in cashmere and camel's hair, Forté Cashmere Co.

- You can read the Forté Cashmere Co.'s 1955 pamphlet at the Texas Tech website.

- The company still exists after a 1997 merger, creating the Dawson-Forté Cashmere Co.

- Alas, the Forté, Dupee, Sawyer Co. closed in 2007 after 86 years as a family business.

- His father, Orville Forté Sr., started the Orville Forté Charitable Trust in 1952.

- took a break from business to serve in the Navy in WW II.

- had 13 grandchildren, so Will Forte beat long odds to get saddled with the “IV” suffix.