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==Personal Background==

He was born '''Ronald Lee Wyden''' to Jewish parents Edith Rosenow and Peter H. Wyden on May 3, 1949 in Wichita Kansas.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=w000779 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]</ref> His parents fled the German Nazis and moved to United States and settled in Ridgefield, Connecticut in 1923. His father was a journalist and their family moved a around the country. After his parents divorced in 1960, Ron Wyden's mother moved to Palo Alto, California along with his younger brother. He grew up in Palo Alto and graduated from Palo Alto High School as a basketball superstar. <ref>

He was born '''Ronald Lee Wyden''' to Jewish parents Edith Rosenow and Peter H. Wyden on May 3, 1949 in Wichita, Kansas.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=w000779 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]</ref> His parents fled the German Nazis and moved to United States and settled in Ridgefield, Connecticut in 1923. His father was a journalist and their family moved a around the country. After his parents divorced in 1960, Ron Wyden's mother moved to Palo Alto, California along with his younger brother. He grew up in Palo Alto and graduated from Palo Alto High School as a basketball superstar. <ref>

[http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ron-wyden-d-ore/gIQAfn599O_topic.html#at-a-glance Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) Path to Power]</ref> <ref>

[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/12/11/MN15604.DTL&type=printable Palo Alto To Honor Local Boy]</ref>

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 ==Personal Background==
-He was born '''Ronald Lee Wyden''' to Jewish parents Edith Rosenow and Peter H. Wyden on May 3, 1949 in Wichita Kansas.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=w000779 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]</ref> His parents fled the German Nazis and moved to United States and settled in Ridgefield, Connecticut in 1923. His father was a journalist and their family moved a around the country. After his parents divorced in 1960, Ron Wyden's mother moved to Palo Alto, California along with his younger brother. He grew up in Palo Alto and graduated from Palo Alto High School as a basketball superstar. <ref>
+He was born '''Ronald Lee Wyden''' to Jewish parents Edith Rosenow and Peter H. Wyden on May 3, 1949 in Wichita, Kansas.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=w000779 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]</ref> His parents fled the German Nazis and moved to United States and settled in Ridgefield, Connecticut in 1923. His father was a journalist and their family moved a around the country. After his parents divorced in 1960, Ron Wyden's mother moved to Palo Alto, California along with his younger brother. He grew up in Palo Alto and graduated from Palo Alto High School as a basketball superstar. <ref>
 [http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ron-wyden-d-ore/gIQAfn599O_topic.html#at-a-glance Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) Path to Power]</ref> <ref>
 [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/12/11/MN15604.DTL&type=printable Palo Alto To Honor Local Boy]</ref>