Abraham Kazen

Abraham Kazen, Jr., usually known as Chick Kazen (January 17, 1919—November 29, 1987) was a U.S. Representative from Texas from 1967 to 1985. Kazen was a lifelong resident of the border town of Laredo, Texas. He graduated in 1937 from Laredo High School (renamed Martin High School). He then attended the University of Texas at Austin from 1937 to 1940. In 1941, Kazen graduated from the Cumberland School of Law in Lebanon, Tennessee (since removed to Birmingham, Alabama). He has Lebanese descent a Maronite from the Khazen family. He served as a Air Force pilot at Lubbock Air Force Base in 1942, and during World War II he served in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy as a pilot in Troop Carrier Command. He was discharged with the rank of...