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==Personal Background==

==Personal Background==

He was born '''Ron Lee Wyden''' to Jewish parents Edith Rosenow and Peter H. Wyden on May 3, 1949 in Wichita Kansas.<ref>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/senators/wyden.htm Rootsweb-An Ancestry.com Community]</ref> His parents fled the German Nazis and moved to United States and settled in Ridgefield, Connecticut in 1923. His father was a journalist and their family moved a around the country. After his parents divorced in 1960, Ron Wyden's mother moved to Palo Alto, California along with his younger brother. He grew up in Palo Alto and graduated from Palo Alto High School as a basketball superstar. <ref>

He was born '''Ronald Lee Wyden''' to Jewish parents Edith Rosenow and Peter H. Wyden on May 3, 1949 in Wichita Kansas.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=w000779 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]</ref> His parents fled the German Nazis and moved to United States and settled in Ridgefield, Connecticut in 1923. His father was a journalist and their family moved a around the country. After his parents divorced in 1960, Ron Wyden's mother moved to Palo Alto, California along with his younger brother. He grew up in Palo Alto and graduated from Palo Alto High School as a basketball superstar. <ref>

[http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ron-wyden-d-ore/gIQAfn599O_topic.html#at-a-glance Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) Path to Power]</ref> <ref>

[http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ron-wyden-d-ore/gIQAfn599O_topic.html#at-a-glance Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) Path to Power]</ref> <ref>

[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/12/11/MN15604.DTL&type=printable Palo Alto To Honor Local Boy]</ref>

[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/12/11/MN15604.DTL&type=printable Palo Alto To Honor Local Boy]</ref>

Senator Wyden was married to Nancy Wyden on September 2005. They were blessed with twins William
 Peter 
and 
Ava 
Rose. Senator Wyden's children to his previous marriage with Laurie Oseran are Adam David and Lilly Anne.<ref>[http://wyden.senate.gov/constituents/internship/062009internpacket.pdf About Senator Wyden]</ref>

Senator Wyden was married to Nancy Wyden on September 2005. They were blessed with twins William
 Peter 
and 
Ava 
Rose.<ref>[http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/10/wyden_twins_meet_the_world.html Wyden twins head home with parents]</ref> Senator Wyden's children to his previous marriage are Adam David and Lilly Anne.<ref>[http://wyden.senate.gov/constituents/internship/062009internpacket.pdf About Senator Wyden]</ref>

==Education==

==Education==