| 词条 | Ben Cannon |
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| name = Ben Cannon | image = Ben Cannon 2012.jpg | caption = Cannon speaking in 2012 | state = Oregon | state_house = Oregon | district = 46th | term_start = 2007 | term_end = 2011 | predecessor = Steve March | successor = Alissa Keny-Guyer | majority = | party = Democratic | birth_date = 1976 | birth_place = Springfield, Illinois | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of Oxford, Washington University in St. Louis | profession = Educator | spouse = Liz Cannon | children = | residence = Portland, Oregon | religion = | website = }} Ben Cannon is an American educator and policymaker from Oregon. He was elected in 2006 to the Oregon House of Representatives, representing the state's 46th District, which covers portions of southeast and northeast Portland. He won re-election in 2008 and 2010. In 2011, he resigned to become the Education Policy Advisor to Governor John Kitzhaber. In 2013, he was appointed to lead Oregon's new Higher Education Coordinating Commission. Early lifeA graduate of West Linn High School in West Linn, Oregon, Cannon was educated at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where he edited the campus newspaper and co-authored Walking Historic Downtown St. Louis (2000). He won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in 1999, and went to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. There he studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics before taking a graduate degree in Comparative and International Education. Cannon returned to Oregon to become a middle school teacher at the Arbor School of Arts and Sciences in Tualatin. Political careerCannon was first elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2006. He served as chair of the House Environment and Water Committee in 2009-2010 and as its co-chair in 2011. In 2011, he teamed with Rep. Vicki Berger to pass a sweeping expansion of the iconic Oregon Bottle Bill.[1][2] He was also responsible for successful legislation promoting car-sharing,[3] clean fuels,[4] and online voter registration.[5][6] In 2009, he gained notoriety for proposing a major increase to the Oregon beer tax, which is among the nation's lowest.[7] Cannon was distinctive as the only member of Oregon's Legislature who refused to accept campaign contributions from political action committees. An [https://web.archive.org/web/20140519112751/http://softboxfilms.com/projects/the-1000-twenties-project online video] promoted his effort to fund his 2010 re-election campaign by receiving $20 contributions from more than 1000 individuals. Education leadershipIn August 2011, Cannon resigned as State Representative when Governor John Kitzhaber appointed him as his education policy adviser.[8] Cannon helped shepherd the state's efforts to win a waiver from No Child Left Behind[9] and was an architect of an overhaul of Oregon's higher education system in 2013.[10] In October, 2013, he was appointed Executive Director for the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, a newly created position that is the state's top higher education official.[11] External links
References1. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/06/gov_kitzhaber_signs_vast_expan.html | work=The Oregonian | title=Gov. Kitzhaber signs vast expansion of Oregon Bottle Bill | date=June 9, 2011}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cannon, Ben}}2. ^{{cite news| url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2011/05/how_oregons_bottle_was_greatly.html | work=The Oregonian | title=How Oregon's bottle bill was greatly expanded in a legislative session made for killing bills | date=May 26, 2011}} 3. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/06/oregon_car-sharing_bill_could_open_up_new_avenues_to_those_who_need_wheels_--_but_dont_want_to_buy_t.html | work=The Oregonian | title=Oregon car-sharing bill could open up new avenues to those who need wheels -- but don't want to buy them | date=June 7, 2011}} 4. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/06/bill_to_cut_carbon_emissions_f.html | work=The Oregonian | title=Bill to cut carbon emissions from gasoline, diesel fuel, gains approval | date=June 25, 2009}} 5. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Online+voter+registration+in+Oregon%3A+towards+an+election...-a0236332513 | work=Stanford Law and Policy Review | last=Tishenko | first=Alex | title=Online voter registration in Oregon: towards an election administration triple bottom line | date=January 1, 2010}} 6. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.blueoregon.com/2009/06/online-voter-registration/ | work=Blue Oregon | title=Coming Soon to Oregon: Online Voter Registration! | date=June 23, 2009}} 7. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/06/2009_beer_tax_rip.html | work=The Oregonian | title=2009 Beer Tax R.I.P | date=June 18, 2009}} 8. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/08/gov_john_kitzhaber_picks_rep_b.html|title=Gov. John Kitzhaber picks Rep. Ben Cannon as top education adviser|newspaper=The Oregonian|last=Har|first=Janie|date=August 16, 2011|accessdate=August 16, 2011}} 9. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2012/07/oregon_wins_waiver_from_no_chi.html | work=The Oregonian | title=Oregon wins waiver from No Child Left Behind law, will judge schools, teachers differently | date=April 14, 2013}} 10. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2013/04/oregon_higher_education_stands.html | work=The Oregonian | title=Oregon higher education stands to get a powerful new overseer | date=April 14, 2013}} 11. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2013/10/ben_cannon_education_adviser_t.html | work=The Oregonian | title=Ben Cannon, education adviser to Gov. John Kitzhaber, tapped to oversee all of higher ed in Oregon | date=October 3, 2013}} 11 : 1976 births|Living people|American Rhodes Scholars|Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford|Members of the Oregon House of Representatives|Politicians from Portland, Oregon|People from West Linn, Oregon|Washington University in St. Louis alumni|American schoolteachers|21st-century American politicians|Educators from Oregon |
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