Role Politician Name Liz VanLeeuwen | Profession farmer Spouse(s) George VanLeeuwen Party Republican Party | |
Residence Halsey, Oregon, United States | ||
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Elizabeth (Liz) Susan Nelson VanLeeuwen (née Nelson; November 5, 1925), was an American politician who was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives.
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- Early life and career
- Political career
- Personal
- References
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. She married George VanLeeuwen on June 15, 1947 and was a farmer. She also was a news reporter and journalist for a newspaper in Brownsville, Oregon from 1949 to 1970. 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.