Becky Morgan (politician)
| Becky Morgan | |
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| Member of the California Senate from the 11th State Senate district |
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In office December 3, 1984 – August 17, 1993 |
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| Succeeded by | Tom Campbell |
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Rebecca Quinn Morgan December 4, 1938 |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | James C. Morgan |
| Children | Jeff and Mary |
| Residence | Los Altos Hills, California |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| Occupation | philanthropist |
Rebecca Quinn "Becky" Morgan (born December 4, 1938) is a former Republican California State Senator.
Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, Morgan earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 1960.
Morgan was a teacher from 1960 to 1962. Serving as the district office manager for Congressman Pete McCloskey in 1972, she served as an elected member of the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education from 1973 to 1978. After Morgan earned her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1978.
Morgan became an Assistant Vice President at Bank of America. She left Bank of America in 1980 when she was elected to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.
After one term on the Board of Supervisors, Morgan was elected to the California State Senate in 1984 to represent the 11th District and re-elected in 1988 and 1992. During her tenure in the Senate, she was Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Child Care and Development and Vice Chair of several other Senate committees. She was also a member of the Education; Budget and Fiscal Review; Transportation, Energy and Public Utilities; and Revenue and Taxation Committees in the Senate. In 1986, when Southern Pacific sought to withdraw from managing the Caltrain commuter rail system and consequently, shutting the system down, Morgan wrote the legislation that created the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board to save the Caltrain by enabling the new board to run the system.
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