Alaskan construction company heavily involved in the Alaskan oil industry. Stevens was found guilty by a Washington D.C. jury of seven felonies in October 2008, narrowly losing his November election to Democrat Mark Begich, eight days later. Stevens' conviction was later set aside by the federal trial judge over the issue of prosecutorial misconduct. The Justice Department under Eric Holder declined to refile charges against the ex-Senator. Death Hickel died on May 7, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska. In keeping with his often-stated wish, he was buried standing up, facing east towards Washington, D.C. See also List of governors of Alaska Ermalee Hickel Jack Hickel References Bibliography 328 pp. 132 pp. 239 pp. 290 pp. External links Alaska's Digital Archives – Passport photo of Walter Hickel, 1961 Interview with Hickel by Headwaters News KTVA: Former Gov. Wally Hickel Dies of Natural Causes at 90 |- |- |- |- 1919 births 2010 deaths Alaskan Independence Party politicians Alaskan Independence Party state governors of the United States American construction businesspeople American hoteliers American real estate businesspeople Businesspeople from Anchorage, Alaska Republican Party governors of Alaska Knights of Malta Nixon administration cabinet members 20th-century American politicians Politicians from Anchorage, Alaska People from Barton County, Kansas Military personnel from Kansas United States Secretaries of the Interior Writers from Anchorage, Alaska