Glen Steven Rowe, known commonly as Steve Rowe, (born April 23, 1953) is a former

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politician. A

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, he first entered politics in 1992 as a member of the

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. In 1998, he became the 94th

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, serving until he was term-limited from the House in 2000. In 2001, Rowe was elected as the 54th

Maine Attorney General The Maine Attorney General is the chief legal advisor and prosecutor of the State of Maine. The constitutional basis of the office is Article IX, Section 11 of the Maine Constitution, and the holder of the position is chosen biennially by the Maine ...

, serving eight years in that position. In 2009, Rowe became Counsel at Verrill Dana, a Portland law firm. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Maine in 2010. He then returned to the practice of law, but in 2012 became President of the Endowment for Health, New Hampshire's largest health foundation. In 2015, Rowe assumed the position of President and CEO of the Maine Community Foundation.

Education

* JD,

University of Maine School of Law The University of Maine School of Law (UMaine Law or Maine Law) is public law school in Portland, Maine. It is accredited by the American Bar Association and Maine's only law school. It is also part of the University of Maine System. The school's ...

, 1987 *

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University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

, 1978 * BS,

United States Military Academy The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a fort, since it sits on strategic high groun ...

, West Point, 1975.

Professional Experience

* President and CEO, Maine Community Foundation, Present * President, Endowment for Health, 2012-2015 * Counsel, Verrill Dana, 2009-2012 * Attorney General, State of Maine, 2001-2009 * Litigation Counsel, UNUM Provident Corporation, 1987–2000 * Manager,

Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. was an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California. Founded in 1957 as a division of Fairchild Camera and Instrument, it became a pioneer in the manufacturing of transistors and of i ...

, 1981–1984 * Officer,

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, 1975–1981

Political Experience

, 2001–2009 * Representative,

, 1992–2000 * Speaker, Maine House of Representatives.

Personal

Rowe was born and raised near

Gore, Oklahoma Gore is a town in western Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 977 at the 2010 census, an increase of 15 percent over the figure of 850 recorde ...

. He was married to Amanda Rowe for 32 years, until she died in 2013. He has four children and lives in

Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to over half a million people, the 104th-largest metropol ...

.Kevin Miller
"Steven Rowe: Former AG promises hard work over style"
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'', May 5, 2010.

References

External links

Project Vote Smart

VerrillDana.com

Rowe for Governor
1953 births Living people Maine Attorneys General Maine lawyers Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Maine House of Representatives Politicians from Portland, Maine University of Maine School of Law alumni University of Utah alumni United States Military Academy alumni People from Gore, Oklahoma People from Marlow, Oklahoma {{US-law-bio-stub