Chic Hecht

A Senator from Nevada. Born in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo. , November 30, 1928. Graduated, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. , 1949. United States Army Intelligence Corps, special agent 1951-1953. Named to Army Intelligence Hall of Fame in 1988. Businessman and banker. Member, Nevada State senate 1967-1975. Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1982 and served from January 3, 1983, to January 3, 1989. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1988. Ambassador to the Bahamas, 1989-1993. Returned to private life in Nevada. Was a resident of Las Vegas at the time of his death, due to prostate cancer complications, on May 15, 2006.