Edmund H. Hecht (BSME '56) recently returned from Kremenchuk, Ukraine where he served as a Fulbright Scholar, Professor of Management, at Kremenchuk Mykhaylo Ostrogradskiy State Polytechnic University, Kremenchuk, Ukraine during the Spring semester. During his term at KSPU, Hecht lectured on globalization, entrepreneurship and management. He was also invited to lecture at Kherson National Technical University, Kherson, Ukraine, Poltava University of Consumer Cooperatives, Poltava, Ukraine, and Dnepropetrovsk University of Economics and Law, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. He presented a paper "Improving Employability through Collaborative Teaching" at the 3rd International Scholarly Conference * Teaching General and Business English in Eastern Europe: Why and How? in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.

Edmund H. Hecht, P.E., President and Principal Consultant of EHco Services, Inc. of Corpus Christi, Texas, has served as a Visiting Lecturer at the Graduate School of Business, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Delmar College, and Embry Riddell University-NAS Corpus Christi. Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected on the basis of academic and/or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership in their fields. Hecht received his MBA in Management from Southern Methodist University and has been recognized many times for his local community and professional involvement and as an international volunteer bringing his business and engineering skills to developing and transitioning countries. Recognition includes Engineer of the Year by the Corpus Christi Chapter of the ASME and designation as an Eminent Engineer by Tau Beta Pi national honorary engineering society.

Hecht is one of approximately 1,100 U.S. faculty and professionals who were sent abroad through the Fulbright U.S, Scholar program.

Hecht had a twenty-three year with the General Electric Company and left to co-found TurboMachinery Repair Inc. of Corpus Christi, Texas in 1979. He later sold his interest in that firm and formed EHco Services, Inc. of Corpus Christi, Texas.

He has been married to the former Bernis Sobine of Morris Plains, NJ for 53 years, and she has accompanied him and participated with him in all his activities. She has been active in many activities in her own right and serves as a President’s Councilor at Brandeis University in Waltham, Ma.