Career
He received his degrees from University of California, Los Los Angeles He was one of the first to warn of the threat that Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome posed to the blood supply, and a major goal in his life was cleaning up the blood supply. The matter affected him personally as he was a hemophiliac who contracted Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome from a transfusion. Eckert worked with Ward Elliott on market-incentives to reduce congestion.
He also worked to rescue the United States. Laws of the Sea from degradation.
