OREGON 105th Congress 241

OREGON

(Population 1995, 3,141,000)

SENATORS , Democrat, of Portland, OR; born in Wichita, KS, on May 3, 1949; graduated from Palo Alto High School, 1967; B.A. in political science, with distinction, Stanford Univer- sity, 1971; J.D., University of Oregon Law School, 1974; attorney; member, American Bar As- sociation; former director, Oregon Legal Services for the Elderly; former public member, Or- egon State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators; cofounder and codirector, Or- egon Gray Panthers, 1974±80; married the former Laurie Oseran, 1978; two children: Adam David and Lilly Anne; elected to the 97th Congress, November 4, 1980; reelected to each suc- ceeding Congress; elected to the U.S. Senate on January 30, 1996 to fill the unexpired term of Senator ; committees: Budget; Commerce, Science and Transportation, Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Special Committee on Aging. Office Listings http://www.senate.gov/∼wyden [email protected] 717 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 ...... 224±5244 Chief of Staff.ÐJosh Kardon. Legislative Director.ÐCarole Grunberg. Communications Director.ÐDavid Seldin. Scheduler.ÐBruck Ehrle. 500 NE Multnomah Street, Suite 320, Portland, OR 97232 ...... (503) 326±7525 151 West Seventh Avenue, Suite 435, Eugene, OR 97401 ...... (541) 431±0229 The Federal Courthouse, 310 West Sixth Street, Room 118, Medford, OR 97501 .. (541) 858±5122 The Jamison Building, 131 NW Hawthorne Avenue, Suite 107, Bend, OR 97701 .. (541) 330±9142 Sac Annex Building, 105 Fir Street, Suite 210, LaGrande, OR 97850 ...... (541) 962±7691 777 13th Street, SE, Suite 110, Salem, OR 97310 ...... (503) 589±4555

* * * GORDON HAROLD SMITH, Republican, of Pendleton, OR; born May 25, 1952, in Pendle- ton, B.A., 1976, Brigham Young University; LL.B, 1979, Southwestern University; served as law clerk to Justice H. Vernon Payne of the New Mexico Supreme Court and practiced law in Arizona; elected to State of Oregon Senate, 1993; elected Oregon Senate President, 1994; president/owner of Smith Frozen Foods, Inc. since 1981; committees: Budget, Energy and Natu- ral Resources, Foreign Relations; elected to the U.S. Senate in November 1996; married Sharon Lankford Smith in 1975; three children: Brittany, Garrett, Morgan. Office Listings http://www.senate.gov/∼gsmith [email protected] B±40 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Suite 2, Washington, DC20510±1001 ...... 224±3753 Chief of Staff.ÐKurt Pfotenhauer. Legislative Director.ÐPenny Schiller. Office Manager.ÐLynn Hemmerich. Press Secretary.ÐJohn Easton. 1220 SW Third, Suite 618, Wyatt Federal Building, Portland, OR 97204 ...... (503) 326±3386 FAX: 326±2900

REPRESENTATIVES

FIRST DISTRICT

ELIZABETH FURSE, Democrat, of Hillsboro, OR; born on October, 13, 1936 in Nairobi, ; B.A., Evergreen State College, WA, 1974; attended, Northwestern School of Law, Port- land, OR, 1978±79; community activist; co-owner, Helvetia Vineyards, Hillsboro, OR; co- founder and director, Oregon Peace Institute, 1985±91; community organizer, Citizens Train, 1988; founder, Black Sash (a South African women's anti- group); Oregon Legal Serv- ices, 1980±86; member: Rotary International, Downtown Portland, District 510; Oregonians Against Gun Violence; Durfee Award, an international award for the effective use of the legisla- tive process to benefit a community, 1986; lobbied Congress to pass legislation restoring legal