Tom Throop

Tom Throop
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 54th District
In office
1979–1987
Preceded bySam Johnson
Succeeded byBob Pickard
ConstituencyDeschutes and Klamath Counties
Personal details
Born (1947-04-05) April 5, 1947 (age 77)
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseCaryn Talbot Throop
ChildrenLauren E. Throop, Meredy E. Throop
Alma materThe 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.

Early years

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.

Political career

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,[citation needed] a grassroots voter education organization benefiting conservation and wildlife.[10]

Notes and references

  1. ^ http://oppma.oregon.googlepages.com/TheAccomplishmentModelFinalFeb122008.pdf[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ State Legislative Leadership, Committees, and Staff. Council of State Governments. 1981. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-87292-020-0.
  3. ^ State Legislative Leadership, Committees, and Staff. Council of State Governments. 1985. ISBN 978-0-87292-056-9.
  4. ^ "Oregon Secretary of State". state.or.us. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  5. ^ Oversight, United States Congress House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on (1980). Energy Conservation Tax Incentives: Field Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, on Tax Incentives to Maximize the Use of Natural Resources, June 7, 1980--Bend, Oregon, June 9, 1980--Portland, Oregon. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  6. ^ "Voters' Pamphlet- State of Oregon Primary Election May 15, 1990" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
  7. ^ "Oregon Land-Use Regulations Debated -- Group Sues State Over Development | The Seattle Times". archive.seattletimes.com. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  8. ^ "From Oregon to Wyoming". www.hcn.org. November 14, 1994. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  9. ^ "About the Equality State Policy Center". Archived from the original on July 30, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
  10. ^ "WCVED Fund – David Prescutti". Retrieved October 12, 2021.