Alan Curtis Bates (March 17, 1945 – August 5, 2016) was an American
osteopathic physician
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and a
Democratic politician from the
U.S. state
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of
Oregon
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. He was a member of the
Oregon State Senate
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, representing the 3rd District since 2005. Previously he was a member of the
Oregon House of Representatives
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from 2000 through 2004.
Biography
Alan C. Bates was born March 17, 1945.
Bates graduated with a bachelor's degree from
Central Washington University
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. Bates served in the
United States Army
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from 1965 to 1967.
In 1977, he graduated from
Kansas City University with a
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO or D.O., or in Australia DO USA) is a medical degree conferred by the 38 osteopathic medical schools in the United States. DO and Doctor of Medicine (MD) degrees are equivalent: a DO graduate may become licens ...
degree. From 2000 to 2004, Bates served in the
Oregon House of Representatives
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.
From 2005 to 2016, Bates served in the
Oregon State Senate
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.
Bates was instrumental in implementing the Oregon Health Plan, a statewide insurance plan designed to cover low-income residents during the first tenure of Governor
John Kitzhaber
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.
Bates died of a
myocardial infarction
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(heart attack) on August 5, 2016, while fly fishing with his son on the
Rogue River.
See also
*
78th Oregon Legislative Assembly
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*
77th Oregon Legislative Assembly
The 77th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on , for the first of its two regular sessions, and on for its second session. All of the 60 seats in the House of Representatives and 16 of the 30 seats in the State Senate were up for elec ...
*
76th Oregon Legislative Assembly
The 76th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on , for the first of its two regular sessions. All 60 seats of the House of Representatives and 16 of the 30 state senate seats were up for election in 2010. The general election for those s ...
*
75th Oregon Legislative Assembly
The 75th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on , for its biennial regular session. All of the 60 seats in the House of Representatives and half of the 30 seats in the State Senate were up for election in 2008; the general election f ...
*
74th Oregon Legislative Assembly
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*
73rd Oregon Legislative Assembly
The seventy-third Oregon Legislative Assembly was the Oregon Legislative Assembly (OLA)'s period from 2005 to 2006. (The Legislative Assembly is the legislative body of the U.S. state of Oregon, composed of the Oregon State Senate and the Oregon H ...
References
External links
Oregon State Senate - Alan Batesofficial government website
Oregon Senate Democrats - Alan Batessenate Democrats legislative website
* ''Follow the Money'' - Alan Bates
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20062004
20022000
campaign contributions
Dr. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward and Dr. Alan Bates testify before Oregon Medical Board -- OMB Public Meeting audio from 2012-10-12
1945 births
2016 deaths
Democratic Party Oregon state senators
Democratic Party members of the Oregon House of Representatives
Physicians from Oregon
American osteopathic physicians
Politicians from Seattle
Politicians from Ashland, Oregon
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences alumni
21st-century American politicians
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