Guinn

Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn’s energy adviser, Richard “Dick” Burdette, 61, died last Wednesday from a heart attack. Burdette’s funeral was held Monday in Carson City, NV. A U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Burdette was named energy adviser in December 2003 after serving five years at the Nevada Public Utilities Commission as its manager of resource and market analysis. He was a consultant in several regulated industries, worked as a aide to a U.S. senator and was a public affairs officer and acting deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Transportation Department.