Eugene Dale Timms (May 16, 1932 – April 21, 2014) was an American politician and businessman.

Early life and education

Born in

Burns, Oregon Burns is a city in and the county seat of Harney County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. According to the 2010 census, the population was 2,806. Burns and the nearby city of Hines are home to about 60 percent of the people in the sparsely pop ...

, Timms attended Burns High School. He then earned a bachelor's degree in business from

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and served in the

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Career

After leaving the military, managed his family's business, a creamery. He later owned and operated Big Country Distributor. Timms served in the

Oregon State Senate The Oregon State Senate is the upper house of the statewide legislature for the US state of Oregon. Along with the lower chamber Oregon House of Representatives it makes up the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 30 members of the state Sena ...

as a

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from 1983 to 2001, representing the 30th district. He was an advocate for rural health in Oregon.

Personal life

Timms and his wife, Edna, had two children and four grandchildren. Timms died in 2014.

References

1932 births 2014 deaths People from Burns, Oregon University of Washington alumni Willamette University alumni Businesspeople from Oregon Republican Party Oregon state senators 20th-century American businesspeople {{Oregon-politician-stub