Paul Offner (August 7, 1942April 20, 2004) was an

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economist, educator,

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expert, and Democratic politician.

Biography

Born in

Bennington, Vermont Bennington is a New England town, town in Bennington County, Vermont, Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is one of two shire towns (county seats) of the county, the other being Manchester (town), Vermont, Manchester. As of the 2020 ...

, Offner was raised in Italy. Offner graduated from

Amherst College Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher educatio ...

in 1964. He received an M.P.A. from the

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (formerly the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) is a professional public policy school at Princeton University. The school provides an array of comprehensive course ...

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in 1966 and a

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in economics from Princeton University in 1970 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "

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in the ghetto: a study of

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poverty areas." In 1974, Offner was elected to the

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from

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. Then in 1976, he was elected to the

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serving until 1984. After his legislative service, Offner worked in

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in public health. Then he worked for

Daniel Patrick Moynihan Daniel Patrick Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was an American politician, diplomat and sociologist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New York in the United States Senate from 1977 until 2001 and served as an ...

as a legislative aide. Finally he worked for the

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, government, was a professor at

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, and worked at the

Urban Institute The Urban Institute is a Washington, D.C.–based think tank that carries out economic and social policy research to "open minds, shape decisions, and offer solutions". The institute receives funding from government contracts, foundations and pr ...

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Works

References

1942 births 2004 deaths Politicians from Bennington, Vermont Politicians from La Crosse, Wisconsin Politicians from Washington, D.C. Amherst College alumni Princeton University alumni Georgetown University faculty Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Democratic Party Wisconsin state senators 20th-century American politicians {{Wisconsin-WISenate-stub