Paul Offner

Paul Offner (August 7, 1942 – April 20, 2004) was an educator, public health expert, and legislator.[1]

Paul Offner
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 32nd district
In office
1977–1984

Biography

Born in Bennington, Vermont, Offner was raised in Italy. Offner graduated from Amherst College in 1964. He received an M.P.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1966 and a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University in 1970 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "Labor force participation in the ghetto: a study of New York City poverty areas."[2] In 1974, Offner was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly from La Crosse, Wisconsin. Then in 1976, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate serving until 1984. After his legislative service, Offner worked in Ohio in public health. Then he worked for Daniel Patrick Moynihan as a legislative aide. Finally he worked for the Washington, D.C. government, was a professor at Georgetown University, and worked at the Urban Institute.[3][4]

References
  1. Paul Offner *70. Princeton University.
  2. Offner, Paul (1970). Labor force participation in the ghetto : a study of New York City poverty areas.
  3. Wisconsin SJR-73
  4. Wisconsin Historical Society-Paul Offner


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