Mathias H. Heck graduated from the University of Dayton College of Law in 1930. A number of things have changed since 1930. Tuition for full time students was $180 each semester, and lodging added an additional $100. The University Bulletin noted that the Law Library "contains a sufficient number of federal and state reports and digests besides the standard textbooks and encyclopedias to accommodate the students." What never changed were Mat Heck's attributes of personal character, which attracted the trust and confidence of people around him, and his loyal support of the University of Dayton.
Mr. Heck cultivated these attributes early in life with hard work on the family farm in Trotwood, Ohio. There the family of eight grew vegetables that Mat, while he was in law school, delivered fresh each morning before sunrise to the wholesale markets in Dayton. He attended Madison Township schools, graduating from Madison High School in 1923. Following high school he entered the insurance business. In addition to delivering the family's farm produce, Mr. Heck sold insurance during the day to finance his education at the University of Dayton at night. Graduating as the president of his law school class, he entered the practice of law that same year in downtown Dayton.
In 1933 Mr. Heck was elected the Justice of the Peace of Madison Township. In 1937, he was appointed Assistant Attorney General of the State of Ohio. Mr. Heck was also one of the original incorporators of the Imperial State Bank of Vandalia.
His distinguished legal career includes four terms as Prosecuting Attorney for Montgomery County from 1945 to 1961. In 1946 he successfully prosecuted Bugs Moran, the infamous criminal who fought with Al Capone over Chicago gangland territory. Mr. Heck once wrote: "I chose the office of Prosecuting Attorney as I like people in all walks of life, and I knew I could be of great service to the people of this county be serving them as their dedicated and impartially minded Prosecuting Attorney."
On March 11, 1989, alumni of the University of Dayton School of Law gathered to honor Mathias Heck as its Most Distinguished Alumnus, an award to affirm the career and life of a man dedicated to serving the law, his community and his family. Mr. Heck served on the School of Law's Board of Visitors, on the Alumni Association Board of Trustees, and was a member of the University of Dayton's President's Club. He was also a supporter of the Program in Law & Technology at the School of Law.
Mr. Heck lived a life that earned the trust of the citizens of the Miami Valley, inspired the confidence of those around him, and piloted a distinguished legal career. It was for these reasons that the University of Dayton conferred its highest award, the Honorary Degree of the Doctor of Humane Letters, upon him on May 14, 1994. He passed away that year.
Mr. Heck and his wife of 48 years, Lucille, raised two sons. Mat Jr. is currently Montgomery County Prosecutor, following in his father's footsteps. Dr. Thomas Heck is a physician practicing in Dayton. He also had four grandchildren, Tiffany, Mathew, Christopher and Andrew.
The drama of the law and the preeminent role of justice in our society, qualities that Mr. Heck so clearly embodied for a lifetime, are reflected in the physical character of the Mathias H. Heck Courtroom. His ardent support for the use of technology in strengthening our justice system is also represented by the sophisticated computer, video, and audio technology that is a hallmark of the model courtroom.
Mr. Heck cultivated these attributes early in life with hard work on the family farm in Trotwood, Ohio. There the family of eight grew vegetables that Mat, while he was in law school, delivered fresh each morning before sunrise to the wholesale markets in Dayton. He attended Madison Township schools, graduating from Madison High School in 1923. Following high school he entered the insurance business. In addition to delivering the family's farm produce, Mr. Heck sold insurance during the day to finance his education at the University of Dayton at night. Graduating as the president of his law school class, he entered the practice of law that same year in downtown Dayton.
In 1933 Mr. Heck was elected the Justice of the Peace of Madison Township. In 1937, he was appointed Assistant Attorney General of the State of Ohio. Mr. Heck was also one of the original incorporators of the Imperial State Bank of Vandalia.
His distinguished legal career includes four terms as Prosecuting Attorney for Montgomery County from 1945 to 1961. In 1946 he successfully prosecuted Bugs Moran, the infamous criminal who fought with Al Capone over Chicago gangland territory. Mr. Heck once wrote: "I chose the office of Prosecuting Attorney as I like people in all walks of life, and I knew I could be of great service to the people of this county be serving them as their dedicated and impartially minded Prosecuting Attorney."
On March 11, 1989, alumni of the University of Dayton School of Law gathered to honor Mathias Heck as its Most Distinguished Alumnus, an award to affirm the career and life of a man dedicated to serving the law, his community and his family. Mr. Heck served on the School of Law's Board of Visitors, on the Alumni Association Board of Trustees, and was a member of the University of Dayton's President's Club. He was also a supporter of the Program in Law & Technology at the School of Law.
Mr. Heck lived a life that earned the trust of the citizens of the Miami Valley, inspired the confidence of those around him, and piloted a distinguished legal career. It was for these reasons that the University of Dayton conferred its highest award, the Honorary Degree of the Doctor of Humane Letters, upon him on May 14, 1994. He passed away that year.
Mr. Heck and his wife of 48 years, Lucille, raised two sons. Mat Jr. is currently Montgomery County Prosecutor, following in his father's footsteps. Dr. Thomas Heck is a physician practicing in Dayton. He also had four grandchildren, Tiffany, Mathew, Christopher and Andrew.
The drama of the law and the preeminent role of justice in our society, qualities that Mr. Heck so clearly embodied for a lifetime, are reflected in the physical character of the Mathias H. Heck Courtroom. His ardent support for the use of technology in strengthening our justice system is also represented by the sophisticated computer, video, and audio technology that is a hallmark of the model courtroom.
Mathias H. Heck graduated from the University of Dayton College of Law in 1930. A number of things have changed since 1930. Tuition for full time students was $180 each semester, and lodging added an additional $100. The University Bulletin noted that the Law Library "contains a sufficient number of federal and state reports and digests besides the standard textbooks and encyclopedias to accommodate the students." What never changed were Mat Heck's attributes of personal character, which attracted the trust and confidence of people around him, and his loyal support of the University of Dayton.
Mr. Heck cultivated these attributes early in life with hard work on the family farm in Trotwood, Ohio. There the family of eight grew vegetables that Mat, while he was in law school, delivered fresh each morning before sunrise to the wholesale markets in Dayton. He attended Madison Township schools, graduating from Madison High School in 1923. Following high school he entered the insurance business. In addition to delivering the family's farm produce, Mr. Heck sold insurance during the day to finance his education at the University of Dayton at night. Graduating as the president of his law school class, he entered the practice of law that same year in downtown Dayton.
In 1933 Mr. Heck was elected the Justice of the Peace of Madison Township. In 1937, he was appointed Assistant Attorney General of the State of Ohio. Mr. Heck was also one of the original incorporators of the Imperial State Bank of Vandalia.
His distinguished legal career includes four terms as Prosecuting Attorney for Montgomery County from 1945 to 1961. In 1946 he successfully prosecuted Bugs Moran, the infamous criminal who fought with Al Capone over Chicago gangland territory. Mr. Heck once wrote: "I chose the office of Prosecuting Attorney as I like people in all walks of life, and I knew I could be of great service to the people of this county be serving them as their dedicated and impartially minded Prosecuting Attorney."
On March 11, 1989, alumni of the University of Dayton School of Law gathered to honor Mathias Heck as its Most Distinguished Alumnus, an award to affirm the career and life of a man dedicated to serving the law, his community and his family. Mr. Heck served on the School of Law's Board of Visitors, on the Alumni Association Board of Trustees, and was a member of the University of Dayton's President's Club. He was also a supporter of the Program in Law & Technology at the School of Law.
Mr. Heck lived a life that earned the trust of the citizens of the Miami Valley, inspired the confidence of those around him, and piloted a distinguished legal career. It was for these reasons that the University of Dayton conferred its highest award, the Honorary Degree of the Doctor of Humane Letters, upon him on May 14, 1994. He passed away that year.
Mr. Heck and his wife of 48 years, Lucille, raised two sons. Mat Jr. is currently Montgomery County Prosecutor, following in his father's footsteps. Dr. Thomas Heck is a physician practicing in Dayton. He also had four grandchildren, Tiffany, Mathew, Christopher and Andrew.
The drama of the law and the preeminent role of justice in our society, qualities that Mr. Heck so clearly embodied for a lifetime, are reflected in the physical character of the Mathias H. Heck Courtroom. His ardent support for the use of technology in strengthening our justice system is also represented by the sophisticated computer, video, and audio technology that is a hallmark of the model courtroom.
Mr. Heck cultivated these attributes early in life with hard work on the family farm in Trotwood, Ohio. There the family of eight grew vegetables that Mat, while he was in law school, delivered fresh each morning before sunrise to the wholesale markets in Dayton. He attended Madison Township schools, graduating from Madison High School in 1923. Following high school he entered the insurance business. In addition to delivering the family's farm produce, Mr. Heck sold insurance during the day to finance his education at the University of Dayton at night. Graduating as the president of his law school class, he entered the practice of law that same year in downtown Dayton.
In 1933 Mr. Heck was elected the Justice of the Peace of Madison Township. In 1937, he was appointed Assistant Attorney General of the State of Ohio. Mr. Heck was also one of the original incorporators of the Imperial State Bank of Vandalia.
His distinguished legal career includes four terms as Prosecuting Attorney for Montgomery County from 1945 to 1961. In 1946 he successfully prosecuted Bugs Moran, the infamous criminal who fought with Al Capone over Chicago gangland territory. Mr. Heck once wrote: "I chose the office of Prosecuting Attorney as I like people in all walks of life, and I knew I could be of great service to the people of this county be serving them as their dedicated and impartially minded Prosecuting Attorney."
On March 11, 1989, alumni of the University of Dayton School of Law gathered to honor Mathias Heck as its Most Distinguished Alumnus, an award to affirm the career and life of a man dedicated to serving the law, his community and his family. Mr. Heck served on the School of Law's Board of Visitors, on the Alumni Association Board of Trustees, and was a member of the University of Dayton's President's Club. He was also a supporter of the Program in Law & Technology at the School of Law.
Mr. Heck lived a life that earned the trust of the citizens of the Miami Valley, inspired the confidence of those around him, and piloted a distinguished legal career. It was for these reasons that the University of Dayton conferred its highest award, the Honorary Degree of the Doctor of Humane Letters, upon him on May 14, 1994. He passed away that year.
Mr. Heck and his wife of 48 years, Lucille, raised two sons. Mat Jr. is currently Montgomery County Prosecutor, following in his father's footsteps. Dr. Thomas Heck is a physician practicing in Dayton. He also had four grandchildren, Tiffany, Mathew, Christopher and Andrew.
The drama of the law and the preeminent role of justice in our society, qualities that Mr. Heck so clearly embodied for a lifetime, are reflected in the physical character of the Mathias H. Heck Courtroom. His ardent support for the use of technology in strengthening our justice system is also represented by the sophisticated computer, video, and audio technology that is a hallmark of the model courtroom.
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