Dennis Byars
Dennis Byars (born 1940) was a Nebraska state senator from Beatrice, Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature and former director of Beatrice Community Hospital Foundation.
Personal life[]
He was born August 23, 1940, in Beatrice, Nebraska, and graduated from Beatrice High School in 1958 and attended University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He served as a 1st lieutenant in the Nebraska Army National Guard. He has belonged to many groups dealing with people with developmental disabilities and other Gage County and Beatrice organizations.
State legislature[]
He was appointed on December 19, 1988, to replace , who had resigned. He was elected in 1990 to represent the 30th Nebraska legislative district but did not run in 1994. He ran and won in 1998 and 2002, and was the vice chairperson of both the Education and Health and Human Services committees while serving in this period. He was term limited out of office in 2007.
References[]
- "Nebraska Unicameral Legislature". Sen. Dennis Byars. Archived from the original on February 19, 2006. Retrieved March 14, 2006.
- 1940 births
- Living people
- Nebraska state senators
- People from Beatrice, Nebraska