Ron Wyden
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Ron Wyden is one of the United States Senior Senator representing constituents from the State of Oregon. Wyden has been a Senator since 1996. He is a member of the Senate Committees on Finace, Intelligence, Aging, Budget and Energy & Natural Resources. He is the chairman of both Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests and the Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness. Sen. Wyden is a strong advocate for Americans' privacy rights. As Senator, he has been pushing for health care reform, energy independence, national security, consumer welfare and accountability.[1]
Personal Background
He was born Ronald Lee Wyden to Jewish parents Edith Rosenow and Peter H. Wyden on May 3, 1949 in Wichita, Kansas.[2] 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. [3] [4]
Senator Wyden was married to Nancy Bass Wyden on September 2005. They were blessed with twins William Peter and Ava Rose.[5] Senator Wyden's has two adult children, Adam David and Lilly Anne to his previous marriage to Nancy Oseran.[6]
Education
Senator Wyden received a basketball scholarship after graduating high school from the University of California, Sta. Barbara. He transferred to the University of Stanford where he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1974. He continued his studies at the University of Oregon School of Law and graduated with a Juris Doctor degree in 1974.[7]