Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
[Pages 241-242]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    ELIZABETH FURSE, Democrat, of Hillsboro, OR; born on October, 13, 
1936 in Nairobi, Kenya; B.A., Evergreen State College, WA, 1974; 
attended, Northwestern School of Law, Portland, OR, 1978-79; community 
activist; co-owner, Helvetia Vineyards, Hillsboro, OR; cofounder and 
director, Oregon Peace Institute, 1985-91; community organizer, Citizens 
Train, 1988; founder, Black Sash (a South African women's anti-apartheid 
group); Oregon Legal Services, 1980-86; member: Rotary International, 
Downtown Portland, District 510; Oregonians Against Gun Violence; Durfee 
Award, an international award for the effective use of the legislative 
process to benefit a community, 1986; lobbied Congress to pass 
legislation restoring legal

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status to three Oregon tribes, 1980-86; well known for her work on 
behalf of low-income women, farm workers and Native Americans; American 
Leadership Forum Fellow, 1991; married in 1980 to John Platt; two 
children: Amanda and John; committee: Commerce; subcommittees: Energy 
and Power; Health and Environment; Telecommunications and Finance; 
Commerce, Trade and Hazardous Materials; cochair, cofounder of the 
Congressional Diabetes Caucus; founder of Congressional Sustainable 
Development Caucus; member, Congressional Education Caucus, Internet 
Caucus; Law Enforcement Caucus; Older Americans Caucus; elected on 
November 3, 1992 to the 103rd Congress; reelected to each succeeding 
Congress.

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Counties: Clackamas (part), Clatsop, Columbia, Multnomah (part), 
        Washington, and Yamhill. Population (1990), 524,264.
ZIP Codes: 97005-07, 97016, 97018, 97034 (part), 97035 (part), 97048, 
        97051, 97053-54, 97056, 97062 (part), 97064, 97075-77, 97101-03, 
        97106-19, 97121-25, 97127-28, 97130-31, 97132 (part), 97133-36, 
        97138, 97140 (part), 97141, 97143-49, 97200-01, 97203 (part), 
        97204-05, 97207-10, 97219 (part), 97221, 97223-25, 97228-29, 
        97231, 97240, 97258, 97304 (part), 97338 (part), 97341, 97343-
        44, 97361 (part), 97364-69, 97371 (part), 97372, 97376, 97378, 
        97380, 97388, 97390 (part), 97391, 97394, 97498 (part)