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Richard Bryan
Richard Bryan
United States Senator; from Nevada
	In office; January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2005
Preceded by	Chic Hecht
Succeeded by	John Ensign
Chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics
	In office; January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995
Preceded by	Terry Sanford
Succeeded by	Mitch McConnell
25th Governor of Nevada
	In office; January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989
Lieutenant	Bob Cashell; Bob Miller
Preceded by	Robert List
Succeeded by	Bob Miller
27th Attorney General of Nevada
	In office; January 1, 1979 – January 3, 1983
Governor	Robert List
Preceded by	Robert List
Succeeded by	Brian McKay
Member of the Nevada State Assembly
	In office; 1972–1978
Personal details
Born	Richard Hudson Bryan; July 16, 1937 (age 87); Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic (1971–present)
Spouse	Bonnie Belinda Fairchild (1962–2016; her death)
Children	3
Residence(s)	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Profession	Attorney
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1959–1960

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Richard Hudson Bryan (born July 16, 1937) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 25th Governor of the U.S. state of Nevada from 1983–89, and as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1989 to 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Early life

Bryan was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from the University of Nevada at Reno in 1959 where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and the president of ASUN.^[1] He earned his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law. In 1963 he was admitted to the Nevada Bar.

Political career

1972–1989

Bryan served as a member of the Nevada Senate from 1972 to 1978. In 1979, Bryan became the Nevada Attorney General, and served in the position until 1983. Bryan was the Governor of Nevada from 1983 to 1989.

U.S. Senate (1989–2001)

After that, he represented Nevada in the U.S. Senate from 1989 until 2001. Bryan served on the following Senate Committees: Finance, Banking, Vice Chairman-U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and Commerce. He chose not to run for re-election in 2000.^[2]

Bryan was an opponent of SETI and introduced an amendment to the 1994 budget that secured the cancellation of the High Resolution Microwave Survey and terminated NASA's SETI efforts.^[3]^[4]

NASA criticized Bryan for his opposition to its SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program, especially because Bryan ignored the meeting requests from NASA staff.^[5]

Another focus was on preventing Yucca Mountain, Nevada, being used as a nuclear waste long-term storage site. Though the repository would be built during Bryan's time in the senate, his opposition, along with numerous others', delayed any actual storage occurring. This opposition would continue long after Bryan had retired before plans for storage were discontinued by President Obama.^[2]

References

^ "Famous ATOs". Alpha Tau Omega. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
^ ^a ^b Bryan Not to Seek Re-election Washington Post, 19/02/99, Retrieved 12/04/18
^ Alexander, Amir. "A History of SETI - Explore the Cosmos". The Planetary Society. The Planetary Society. Archived from the original on September 9, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2010. But less than one year after their launch, both searches were suddenly and irrevocably terminated, victims of a new wave of Congressional budget cuts. This time it was Senator Richard Bryan of Nevada who led the charge against governmental expenditures on SETI. "The Great Martian Chase," he said, "may finally come to an end. As of today millions have been spent and we have yet to bag a single little green fellow. Not a single Martian has said take me to your leader, and not a single flying saucer has applied for FAA approval." {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ H. Paul Shuch, ed. (2011). Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence: SETI past, present, and future. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-13195-0.
^ Garber, Stephen. "Searching for Good Science: The Cancellation of NASA's SETI Program" (PDF). Nasa History Office. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. Retrieved October 9, 2014.

External links

United States Congress. "Richard Bryan (id: B000993)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
A Guide to the U.S. Senatorial Papers of Richard H. Bryan, Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno.
How Richard Bryan destroyed the NASA's SETI project
Richard H Bryan's current professional page
Appearances on C-SPAN

Legal offices
Preceded by Robert List	Attorney General of Nevada January 1, 1979 – January 3, 1983	Succeeded by Brian McKay
Political offices
Preceded by Robert List	Governor of Nevada January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989	Succeeded by Bob Miller
Preceded by Terry Sanford	Chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Succeeded by Mitch McConnell
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Chic Hecht	U.S. senator (Class 1) from Nevada January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2005 Served alongside: Harry Reid	Succeeded by John Ensign

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[1] "Famous ATOs". Alpha Tau Omega. Retrieved 11 June 2011.

[Post-2] Bryan Not to Seek Re-election Washington Post, 19/02/99, Retrieved 12/04/18

[3] Alexander, Amir. "A History of SETI - Explore the Cosmos". The Planetary Society. The Planetary Society. Archived from the original on September 9, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2010. But less than one year after their launch, both searches were suddenly and irrevocably terminated, victims of a new wave of Congressional budget cuts. This time it was Senator Richard Bryan of Nevada who led the charge against governmental expenditures on SETI. "The Great Martian Chase," he said, "may finally come to an end. As of today millions have been spent and we have yet to bag a single little green fellow. Not a single Martian has said take me to your leader, and not a single flying saucer has applied for FAA approval." {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] H. Paul Shuch, ed. (2011). Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence: SETI past, present, and future. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-13195-0.

[5] Garber, Stephen. "Searching for Good Science: The Cancellation of NASA's SETI Program" (PDF). Nasa History Office. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. Retrieved October 9, 2014.

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