Liz VanLeeuwen

Liz VanLeeuwen
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
from the 37th district
In office
1981–1999
Personal details
Born (1925-11-05) November 5, 1925
Lakeview, Oregon
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) George VanLeeuwen
Residence Halsey, Oregon
Profession farmer

Elizabeth (Liz) Susan Nelson VanLeeuwen (née Nelson; November 5, 1925), was an American politician who was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives.[1]

Early life and career

VanLeeuwen was born in Lakeview, Oregon where she lived until attending Oregon State University. She received a Bachelor of Science in Home Making Education and a minor in English in 1947.[2] She married George VanLeeuwen on June 15, 1947 and was a farmer.[3] She also was a news reporter and journalist for a newspaper in Brownsville, Oregon from 1949 to 1970.[4][5] She was a school teacher at Monroe High School, a substituent teacher and an adult educator in the 1950s and 1960s. She had a weekly farm report radio program on KWIL in the 1970s.

VanLeeuwen was a founding member of Oregon Women for Agriculture and a member of the Oregon Farm Bureau Women's Committee and Legislative Committee before being elected to the Oregon House of Representatives.

Political career

VanLeeuwen served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1981-1999.

In 1999 she was elected to the Linn County Soil and Water Conservation board and currently holds a position there.

Personal

VanLeeuwen and her husband George live in Halsey, Oregon and have four children.

References

  1. ↑ http://library.state.or.us/repository/2011/201101131436324/index.pdf
  2. ↑ "Vote Smart Liz VanLeeuwen Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  3. ↑ Who's Who of American Women, 1991-1992. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Oregon Blue Book. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Biographical Note: - Liz VanLeeuwen Spotted Owl Collection, 1973-2004 - Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries". Retrieved 10 October 2014.


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