John Albert Kitzhaber (born March 5, 1947 in Colfax, Washington) is a medical educator and was the Governor of Oregon for two consecutive terms from 1995-2003. Prior to becoming a politician in Oregon, he was a practicing physician. He graduated from South Eugene High School in 1965, Dartmouth College in 1969, and Oregon Health & Science University with a medical degree in 1973. Kitzhaber practiced medicine from 1973 to 1986 in Roseburg, Oregon a...
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John Albert Kitzhaber (born March 5, 1947 in Colfax, Washington) is a medical educator and was the Governor of Oregon for two consecutive terms from 1995-2003. Prior to becoming a politician in Oregon, he was a practicing physician. He graduated from South Eugene High School in 1965, Dartmouth College in 1969, and Oregon Health & Science University with a medical degree in 1973. Kitzhaber practiced medicine from 1973 to 1986 in Roseburg, Oregon as an Emergency Room Physician.
Kitzhaber began his political career in 1979 as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives for one term. In 1980, he was elected to the Oregon State Senate, where he served three terms from 1981 to 1993, and he was the president of the Senate from 1985 until 1993. As Oregon Senate President he was instrumental in the creation of the state's government-funded healthcare plan, the Oregon Health Plan.
Kitzhaber married Sharon LaCroix in 1995. They have one son, Logan, who was born in October 1997. The couple...
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