His last name was pronounced "HACK-us".Hackes was for many years a leading news correspondent with the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in the U.S. During his career he was one of the "communicators" -- or hosts -- of the classic and ground-breaking "Monitor" radio program, a 40-hour-straight live weekend program of news, music and features, which aired from 1955 to 1975 from the NBC studios in New York. As an NBC newsman, he covered every facet of American society, from politics to economics to the U.S. space program, long after "Monitor" had left the air.He was a Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He served as commanding officer of several reserve units headquartered at the Pentagon and the Naval Base at Norfolk, Virginia.