“Nevada Senator” Chic Hecht Hand Signed 4X6 Card Todd Mueller COA

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“Nevada Senator” Chic Hecht Hand Signed 4X6 Card.
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Mayer Jacob "Chic" Hecht
(November 30, 1928 – May 15, 2006) was a
Republican
United States Senator
from
Nevada
from 1983 to 1989 and
U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas
from 1989 to 1993. Hecht was born into a
Jewish
family in
Cape Girardeau
,
Missouri
. His mother was born in Kiev and his paternal grandparents were from Poland and
Germany
. He received a
Bachelor of Science
degree in
retailing
from
Washington University in St. Louis
in 1949. Hecht attended Military Intelligence School at
Fort Holabird
and served as an intelligence agent with the
U.S. armed forces
during the
Korean War
, from 1951 to 1953. Hecht was a member of the National Military Intelligence Association, and was inducted into the
Military Intelligence Hall of Fame
in 1988 After leaving military service, Hecht moved to Nevada. His business activities included retailing, the operation of a bank, and interests in hotels. He married the former Gail Kahn in 1959.