William G. F. Botzow II (born 29 September 1945, in

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) is an American

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and

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. Botzow graduated with an A.B. in art and archaeology from

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in 1968 after completing an 89-page long senior thesis titled "Spatial Inquiries." He has been a resident of

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since 1 January 1982. Botzow was elected to Vermont's state

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in 2002 as a

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, and he continues to serve in that position as the elected member for the Bennington-1 Representative District.

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