Dennis Byars

Dennis Byars (born 1940) was a Nebraska state senator from Beatrice, Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature and former director of Beatrice Community Hospital Foundation.

Personal life

He was born August 23, 1940, in Beatrice, Nebraska and graduated from Beatrice High School in 1958 and attended University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He served as a 1st lieutenant in the Nebraska Army National Guard. He has belonged to many groups dealing with people with developmental disabilities and other Gage County and Beatrice organizations.

State legislature

He was appointed on December 19, 1988 to replace Patricia S. Morehead, who had resigned. He was elected in 1990 to represent the 30th Nebraska legislative district but did not run in 1994. He ran and won in 1998 and 2002, and was the vice chairperson of both the Education and Health and Human Services committees while serving in this period. He was term limited out of office in 2007.