Background

Nazette, Richard Follett was born on July 27, 1919 in Eldora, Iowa, United States. Son of Hilmer H. and Genevieve A. (Follett) Nazette.

Education

State University of Iowa (Bachelor of Arts, 1942. Juris Doctor, 1946). Gamma Eta Gamma. Linn County Attorney, 1957-1963.

President, Cedar Rapids Law Club, 1954-1955. President, Iowa County Attorneys Association, 1959-1960. Member, Iowa Board of Parole, 1981-1983.

Career

Practiced in, Cedar Rapids, from 1946. Partner firm Nazette, Marner, Wendt, Knoll & Usher, from 1968. Assistant attorney Linn County, Iowa, 1951-1956.

County attorney, 1957-1963. Director United States Bank, Cedar Rapids, 1968-1991, State Surety Company, Des Moines, 1966-1978.

Achievements

• Bar: Iowa bar 1946.

Membership

Board directors Linn County Health Center, 1968-1973, chairman, 1968-1969. Member Iowa Board Parole, 1981-1984. Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1944.

Fellow American Bar Foundation, Iowa Bar Association (board governors 1972-1976), Iowa State Bar Foundation. Member Linn County Bar Association (president 1963), Iowa County Attorneys Association (president 1959), Iowa Academy Trial Lawyers (president 1964), Masons (33rd degree Scottish Rite), Shriners, Jesters, Elks, Optimists (international vice president 1955), Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Connections

Married Joan Chehak, June 20, 1942. Children– Ronald D., Randall A.

father:

Hilmer H. Nazette

mother:

Genevieve A. (Follett) Nazette

spouse:

Joan Chehak

child:

Ronald D. Nazette

child:

Randall A Nazette