| Ron Cease | |
| State: | Oregon |
| State House: | Oregon |
| District: | 19th |
| Term Start: | 1985 |
| Term End: | 1991 |
| Successor: | Avel Gordly |
| State2: | Oregon |
| State Senate2: | Oregon |
| District2: | 10th |
| Term Start2: | 1991 |
| Term End2: | 1997 |
| Predecessor2: | Jane Cease |
| Successor2: | Avel Gordly |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Birth Date: | 3 March 1931 |
| Birth Place: | Britton, South Dakota |
| Profession: | Professor |
| Residence: | Portland, Oregon |
| Spouse: | Jane Cease |
Ronald Clayton Cease (born March 3, 1931), is an American politician who was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon State Senate.[1]
Cease was born in Britton, South Dakota in 1931 and attended the Vanport Extension Center (later Portland State University). He was a professor of Public Administration and Political Science at Portland State University from 1966 to 2000.[2] From 2001 to 2008, he sat on the Oregon Department of Forestry's (ODF) Committee for Family Forestlands.[3] His wife, Jane Cease, also was an Oregon state legislator, serving stints in the State House of Senate.[4]