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Term: Offner, Paul 1942

Definition:

(Dem.), 32nd Senate District Born Bennington, Vermont, August 7, 1942; single. Graduate Groton School; B.A. Amherst College 1964; Ph.D. Princeton University 1970. Legislator. Former assistant director, Western Wisconsin Health Planning Organization. Member Eagles. Elected to Assembly 1974; elected to Senate 1976; reelected 1980. Asst. Majority Leader 1983. Biennial committee assignments: 1983 - Joint Com. on Finance (also 1981, 1979); Senate Organization; Jt. Com. on Legislative Organization; Agriculture and Rural Affairs. 1981 - Human Services (vice chp. 1977); Minn.-Wis. Boundary Area Comm.'s Legis. Adv. Cora. (also 1979). 1979 - Education and Revenue (also 1977); Jt. Survey Com. on Retirement System (co-chp.); Retirement Research Com. (co-chp.); Legis. Council Corns. on U.W. System Enrollment Funding Formula (chp.), on Education (since 1975), on Legis. Over-sight (also 1977). 1977 - Governmental and Veterans Affairs; Jt. Com. for Review of Administrative Rules. Assembly commit-tee assignments: 1975 - Education; Health and Social Services; State Affairs; Taxation. Telephone: Capitol: (608) 266-5490; District: (608) 782-3256. Voting address: 1803 King Street, La Crosse 54601. Mailing address: (office) Room 35 South, State Capitol, P.O. Box 7882, Madison 53707-7882. (Blue Book 1983-84)

The Wisconsin Historical Society has manuscripts related to this topic. See the catalog description of the Paul Offner Papers for details.

[Source: Blue book]
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