Dick Renick | |
State Senate: | Florida |
District: | 39th |
Term Start: | November 4, 1980 |
Term End: | November 2, 1982 |
Preceded: | Vernon Holloway |
Succeeded: | Lawrence H. Plummer |
State Senate1: | Florida |
District1: | 40th |
Term Start1: | November 5, 1974 |
Term End1: | November 7, 1978 |
Preceded1: | Don Gruber |
Succeeded1: | Dick Anderson |
Office2: | Member of the Florida House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | 1967 |
Term End2: | 1972 |
Birth Date: | 14 October 1930 |
Birth Place: | Crestwood, Yonkers, New York |
Party: | Republican |
Occupation: | Cinematographer, film/television director |
Residence: | Pinecrest, Florida |
Relations: | Ralph Renick (brother) |
Alma Mater: | University of Miami |
Richard R. Renick (October 14, 1930 – January 31, 2022) was an American politician in the state of Florida.
Renick was born in New York and moved to Florida in 1940. He attended St. Mary's High School in Miami and the University of Miami.
Renick served in the United States Navy for three years and was assigned to the USS Conserver from 1947 to 1949 at Naval Station Pearl Harbor and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.[1] He served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1966 to 1972, as a Democrat, and the Florida State Senate from 1975 to 1982.[2] [3] [4] He was a cinematographer, television and film director.[5] His brother was Ralph Renick, a television journalist.[6]
Renick died on January 31, 2022, at the age of 91.[7]