Roy Romer
| Roy Romer | |
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Official portrait in Colorado State House
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| Chairman of the Democratic National Committee | |
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In office January 21, 1997 – September 25, 1999 Serving with Steven Grossman |
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| Preceded by | Chris Dodd |
| Succeeded by | Ed Rendell |
| 39th Governor of Colorado | |
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In office January 13, 1987 – January 12, 1999 |
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| Lieutenant |
Mike Callihan Samuel H. Cassidy Gail Schoettler |
| Preceded by | Richard Lamm |
| Succeeded by | William F. Owens |
| Colorado State Treasurer | |
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In office 1977–1987 |
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| Preceded by | Sam Brown |
| Succeeded by | Gail Schoettler |
| Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District | |
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In office 2001–2006 |
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| Preceded by | Ramon C. Cortines |
| Succeeded by | David Brewer |
| Member of the Colorado Senate | |
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In office 1962–1966 |
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| Member of the Colorado House of Representatives | |
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In office 1958–1962 |
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| Personal details | |
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Roy Rudolf Romer October 31, 1928 Garden City, Kansas |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Beatrice Romer |
| Children | 7 |
| Residence | Holly, Colorado |
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Colorado State University University of Colorado Law School |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Battles/wars | Korean War |
Roy Rudolf Romer (born October 31, 1928) was the 39th Governor of Colorado and served as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2001 to 2006.
Romer was born in Garden City, Kansas. He grew up in the southeastern Colorado town of Holly. Romer received a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from Colorado State University in 1950, where he served for one year as President of the Associated Students of Colorado State University. He later received a law degree from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1952. He also studied ethics at Yale University, and was a legal officer in the U.S. Air Force. He and his wife, Bea, have seven children and 19 grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. His son Paul Romer is an economist, and his son Chris Romer, was elected to a Colorado State Senate seat from Denver in November 2006.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Romer was an attorney in Denver. He was also active in the management of his family's agricultural operations throughout Colorado. Romer has continued and is also the owner, with one of his sons, of a chain of John Deere equipment stores in Colorado, Virginia and Florida. He helped develop Colorado's Centennial Airport, ran a flying school and owned and operated a ski area.
Romer served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1958 to 1962 and in the Colorado Senate from 1962 to 1966. Romer was Colorado State Treasurer from 1977 to 1987 (winning re-election to full four-year terms in 1978 and 1982), and a member of the governor's cabinet. Romer was first elected as governor in 1986, and re-elected in 1990 and 1994; he was the last Colorado governor to serve three terms. In 1997, Romer, along with Utah Governor Michael O. Leavitt and Wyoming Governor Jim Geringer, led a bipartisan team of 19 state governors in the founding of Western Governors University.
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