Bill Morrisette

Bill Morrisette (born October 18, 1931) is a Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. He is currently a member of the Oregon State Senate, representing the Springfield area (District 6). He was previously a member of the Oregon House of Representatives (1998–2002); mayor of Springfield, from 1989–1990; and a Springfield City Council member. He taught social studies at Springfield High School from 1963–1990.http://www.leg.state.or.us/morrisette/]

Morrisette has focused on education in the legislature; as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives in 2001, he sat on the education committee, and he chaired the Senate education committee during the 2003 session. He chaired the Senate Health and Human Services Committee during the 2005 session. [cite news
title=Tough legislative session sees a few successes
date=August 21, 2005
first=Bill
last=Morrisette
authorlink=Bill Morrisette
work=The Register-Guard
url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:ERGB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10C34A5557A74C40&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=8CE642B8CA5C4083BE84A2539D6E1A73]

Morrisette was born in Anaconda, Montana, and is Catholic. He and his wife, Janice, have eight children. Morrisette earned a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from Carroll College in 1953, and a master's degree in education from the University of Oregon in 1966. [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=23698]

See also

* Seventy-fourth Oregon Legislative Assembly
* Seventy-third Oregon Legislative Assembly

References

External links

* [http://www.leg.state.or.us/morrisette/ Official Senate web page]
* [http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=23698 Project Vote Smart page]
* [http://www.oregonfollowthemoney.org/CandTribs/2000/HOUSE/MORRISETTE.html Campaign contributions, 2000]