Tom Throop
Tom Throop | |
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| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 54th District | |
| In office 1979–1987 | |
| Preceded by | Sam Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Bob Pickard |
| Constituency | Deschutes and Klamath Counties |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 5, 1947 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Caryn Talbot Throop |
| Children | Lauren E. Throop, Meredy E. Throop |
| Alma mater | The College of Idaho |
Thomas Huling Throop (born April 5, 1947) is a former Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He represented District 54 of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1979 to 1987 and then served for eight years as a member of the Deschutes County Commission.
Early years
[edit]Throop graduated from Ontario High School in Ontario, Oregon, in 1965. He attended the College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho, on a golf scholarship, graduating in 1969 with a BA in Education. He earned a master's degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Northern Colorado.
Political career
[edit]In 1978, Throop was elected State Representative for District 54 of Oregon, which included much of Deschutes and Klamath Counties.[1] He served as Majority Whip and Chair of the Revenue and School Finance Committee for the House of Representatives for three of his four terms.[2][3] He unsuccessfully coordinated efforts to institute a progressive sales tax in Oregon during a prolonged statewide recession, arguing that such a revision to the tax system would provide stability to Oregon's public sector.[4] He also served on the Environment and Energy Committee and launched several measures relating to Oregon's forests, fisheries, and air quality.[5] He is regarded[by whom?] as an ardent conservationist.
In 1986, Throop was elected as one of three commissioners in Deschutes County, at that time Oregon's fastest-growing county.[6][7] He concurrently served as a member of the statewide Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC). Throop left Oregon in 1994 to become executive director of the Wyoming Outdoor Council, an environmental education and advocacy non-profit organization.[8] During the fall of 1998, Throop was hired as the executive director of the Equality State Policy Center, a Wyoming good governance watchdog.[9] He recently[when?] chaired the Wyoming Conservation Voters Education Fund,[citation needed] a grassroots voter education organization benefiting conservation and wildlife.[10]
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ http://oppma.oregon.googlepages.com/TheAccomplishmentModelFinalFeb122008.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ State Legislative Leadership, Committees, and Staff. Council of State Governments. 1981. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-87292-020-0.
- ^ State Legislative Leadership, Committees, and Staff. Council of State Governments. 1985. ISBN 978-0-87292-056-9.
- ^ "Oregon Secretary of State". state.or.us. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ^ Oversight, United States Congress House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on (1980). Energy Conservation Tax Incentives: Field Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, on Tax Incentives to Maximize the Use of Natural Resources, June 7, 1980--Bend, Oregon, June 9, 1980--Portland, Oregon. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ "Voters' Pamphlet- State of Oregon Primary Election May 15, 1990" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
- ^ "Oregon Land-Use Regulations Debated -- Group Sues State Over Development | The Seattle Times". archive.seattletimes.com. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
- ^ "From Oregon to Wyoming". www.hcn.org. November 14, 1994. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
- ^ "About the Equality State Policy Center". Archived from the original on July 30, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
- ^ "WCVED Fund – David Prescutti". Retrieved October 12, 2021.