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Lon Burnam's Biography

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Full Name:

Lon M. Burnam

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Carol

Birth Date:

07/11/1953

Home City:

Fort Worth, TX

Religion:

Quaker (Religious Society of Friends)

Masters, University of Texas, Arlington, 1979

Masters, City and Regional Planning, University of Texas, Arlington, 1976

Bachelors, Government, University of Texas, Austin, 1975

Candidate, Texas State House of Representatives, District 90, 2014

Representative, Texas State House of Representatives, 1996-2014

Member, Advisory Board, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

Former Member, Elections Committee, Texas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Environmental Regulation Committee, Texas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee, Texas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Insurance Committee, Texas State House of Representatives

Member, Mexican American Legislative Caucus, present

Former Member, Pensions and Investments Committee, Texas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Safety Committee, Texas State House of Representatives

Former Member, Urban Affairs Committee, Texas State House of Representatives

Consultant, 1996-present

Executive Director, Dallas Peace Center, present

Member, Peace Action Political Action Committee (PAC)

City Planner, Community Organizing-Revitalization, 1988-1995

Special Assistant, Regional Administrator, Texas Department of Human Services, 1983-1988

Member, Citizens for Curbside Recycling

Member, I CARE

Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Member, Sierra Club

Member, Texas Citizen Action

Member, Texas Citizens for the Environment

Founded, TEXAS Grants Program, 1999

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