Fred J. Eckert is a former one-term United States Representative from New York. He was born in Rochester, New York

Rochester, New York

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 on May 6, 1941, graduated from North Texas State University in 1964 and took postgraduate courses at New York University

New York University

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 and at the New School for Social Research from 1965 to 1966. His political career began in 1968 when he organized support for the presidential candidacy of Richard M. Nixon

Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...

 in opposition to local Republican support for Nelson A. Rockefeller

Nelson Rockefeller

Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was the 41st Vice President of the United States , serving under President Gerald Ford, and the 49th Governor of New York , as well as serving the Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower administrations in a variety of positions...

. He served as supervisor of the town of Greece

Greece (town), New York

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, New York from 1970 to 1972 and as a member of the New York State Senate

New York State Senate

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 from 1973 to 1982. He was president of the advertising agency Eckert-Hogan-Newell, Inc., from 1973 to 1984 and also served as United States Ambassador to Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

, Tonga

Tonga

Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga , is a state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific...

, Tuvalu

Tuvalu

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 and Kiribati

Kiribati

Kiribati , officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The permanent population exceeds just over 100,000 , and is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed over 3.5 million square kilometres, straddling the...

 from 1982 to 1984. He was elected as a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 to the 99th Congress (January 3, 1985–January 3, 1987.) Thereafter, he served as the second United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture

The United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture is the head of the United States Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome and thus is the United States ambassador to the three United Nations agencies for food and agriculture located in Rome, Italy: the Food and...

 from 1987 to 1988, succeeding Millicent Fenwick

Millicent Fenwick

Millicent Hammond Fenwick was an American fashion editor, politician and diplomat. A four-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey, she entered politics late in life and was renowned for her energy and colorful enthusiasm...

. He is now president of Eckert Associates and lives in Raleigh, N.C.

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