Tom Throop | |
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Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 54th District | |
In office 1979–1987 | |
Preceded by | Sam Johnson |
Succeeded by | Bob Pickard |
Constituency | Deschutes and Klamath Counties |
Personal details | |
Born | April 5, 1947 |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Caryn Talbot Throop |
Children | Lauren E. Throop, Meredy E. Throop |
Alma mater | The College of Idaho |
Thomas Huling Throop (born April 5, 1947) is a former Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He represented District 54 of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1979 to 1987 and then served for eight years as a member of the Deschutes County Commission.
Throop graduated from Ontario High School in Ontario, Oregon, in 1965. He attended the College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho, on a golf scholarship, graduating in 1969 with a BA in Education. He earned a master's degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Northern Colorado.
In 1978, Throop was elected State Representative for District 54 of Oregon, which included much of Deschutes and Klamath Counties. [1] He served as Majority Whip and Chair of the Revenue and School Finance Committee for the House of Representatives for three of his four terms. [2] [3] He unsuccessfully coordinated efforts to institute a progressive sales tax in Oregon during a prolonged statewide recession, arguing that such a revision to the tax system would provide stability to Oregon's public sector. [4] He also served on the Environment and Energy Committee and launched several measures relating to Oregon's forests, fisheries, and air quality. [5] He is regarded[ by whom?] as an ardent conservationist.
In 1986, Throop was elected as one of three commissioners in Deschutes County, at that time Oregon's fastest-growing county. [6] [7] He concurrently served as a member of the statewide Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC). Throop left Oregon in 1994 to become executive director of the Wyoming Outdoor Council, an environmental education and advocacy non-profit organization. [8] During the fall of 1998, Throop was hired as the executive director of the Equality State Policy Center, a Wyoming good governance watchdog. [9] He recently[ when?] chaired the Wyoming Conservation Voters Education Fund, [10][ unreliable source?] a grassroots voter education organization benefiting conservation and wildlife. [11]