Wayne Fawbush | |
State: | Oregon |
State Senate: | Oregon |
District: | 23rd |
Term Start: | 1989 |
Term End: | 1993 |
Predecessor: | Kenneth Jernstedt |
Successor: | Wes Cooley |
State1: | Oregon |
State House1: | Oregon |
District1: | 56th |
Term Start1: | 1977 |
Term End1: | 1989 |
Predecessor1: | Paul Walden |
Successor1: | Greg Walden |
Party: | Democratic |
Birth Name: | Wayne Harvey Fawbush |
Birth Date: | 17 March 1944 |
Birth Place: | Hood River, Oregon, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | University of Oregon |
Rank: | captain |
Battles: | Vietnam War |
Allegiance: | United States of America |
Wayne Harvey Fawbush (born March 17, 1944) is an American politician who served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon State Senate.[1] [2]
Fawbush was born in Hood River, Oregon. He graduated from the University of Oregon.
Fawbush owned and operated a commercial farm in Hood River, Oregon where he grew pears and blueberries.[3] He served with the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War.[4] During the Clinton administration, he was a member of the Senior Executive Service assigned as Deputy for Program Operations for the Farmers Home Administration at the United States Department of Agriculture. He served as the first director of the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund. He was also a program officer at the Ford Foundation.