Ron Wyden
Ronald Lee Wyden (/ˈwaɪdən/ WY-dən; born May 3, 1949) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oregon, a seat he has held since 1996. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until 1996. He is the dean of Oregon's congressional delegation and chairs the Senate Finance Committee.
Ron Wyden
Franz Weidenreich (grand-uncle)
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Peter H. Wyden (father)
Early life, education, and early career[edit]
Ronald Wyden was born in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Edith (née Rosenow) and Peter H. Wyden (originally Weidenreich, 1923–1998),[1] both of whom were Jewish and had fled Nazi Germany.[2] He grew up in Palo Alto, California, where he played basketball for Palo Alto High School.[3] He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, on a basketball scholarship,[4] and later transferred to Stanford University, where he majored in political science and received his Bachelor of Arts in 1971. He received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1974,[5] but has never been a member of the Oregon State Bar.[6]
While teaching gerontology at several Oregon universities, Wyden founded the Oregon chapter of the Gray Panthers, which he led from 1974 to 1980. He was also the director of the Oregon Legal Services Center for Elderly, a nonprofit law service. From 1977 to 1979 he served on the Oregon State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators.[7]
Wyden has written the following articles: