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'''Walter Joseph "Wally" Hickel''' (born August 18, 1919) is an American politician who was elected [[Governor]] of [[Alaska]] in 1966, but resigned in 1969 to serve as [[Secretary of Interior]] under [[President]] [[Richard Nixon]]. He was elected to a second term as Governor in 1990. Although a [[Republican]], Hickel was a strong [[environmentalist]]. As Governor, he did not advocate offshore oil drilling.
'''Walter Joseph "Wally" Hickel''' (August 18, 1919 – May 7, 2010) was an American politician who was elected [[Governor]] of [[Alaska]] in 1966, but resigned in 1969 to serve as [[Secretary of the Interior]] under [[President]] [[Richard Nixon]]. He was elected to a second term as Governor in 1990. Hickel was a [[Republican]], and a strong [[environmentalist]]. As Governor, he did not advocate offshore oil drilling.
As Interior Secretary he wrote President Nixon a letter criticizing his [[Vietnam War]] policy. Nixon fired Hickel over the letter.
As Interior Secretary he wrote President Nixon a letter criticizing his [[Vietnam War]] policy and his handling of the [[Kent State protests]] that ended in tragedy. Nixon fired Hickel over the letter.<ref>http://www.adn.com/2010/05/17/1282218/memorial-for-walter-hickel-begins.html</ref>
Back home in Anchorage, Alaska, he continued his development and investment businesses from an office in the Hotel Captain Cook, Alaska's finest, which he built after the 1964 earthquake.<ref>http://www.frommers.com/destinations/anchorage/H23831.html</ref>
Hickel died in Anchorage and was buried standing up. He had said, "I want to be buried standing up, so when I get to heaven I can come out fighting.”<ref>http://www.newsminer.com/view/full_story/7746556/article-Even-in-death--Wally-Hickel-wanted-to-stand-up-for-Alaska</ref>
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