Romer was born in Garden City, Kansas, the son of Margaret Elizabeth (Snyder) and Irving Rudolph Romer.[1] 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 for one year at Yale Divinity School, and was a legal officer in the U.S. Air Force. He and his wife, Bea, have seven children, 19 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. His son Paul Romer is a Nobel Prize winning economist, and another son Chris Romer was elected to a Colorado State Senate seat from Denver in November 2006.[2]
Early professional activities
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.[citation needed]
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 second Colorado governor to serve three terms.[3] 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.
In law, his name is associated with the anti-discrimination suit Romer v. Evans that was brought to the Supreme Court during his tenure as Governor of Colorado. Though he was opposed to the amendment to the Constitution of Colorado in question, he defended the law in state and federal court in his position as Governor during litigation. The Supreme Court ultimately ruled against the state's defense of Amendment 2, that it had “a rational relationship to legitimate state interests". The Court then invalidated Amendment 2 under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution. The state ultimately failed to give a "rational basis" to the purpose of the law. The case did not go as far to ruling that gays and lesbians are protected as intermediate or strict scrutiny under the Fourteenth Amendment and left that question to lower federal and state courts to decide.
Romer v. Grant
In October 2004, Roy Romer and the Los Angeles Unified School District filed suit in the United States District Court, Central District of California against David Grant, a former student of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The suit cited false endorsement of the Lanham Act, violation of the Can-Spam Act, California Statutory Cyber Piracy, violation of the right of publicity under California statutory and common law, and California statutory unfair competition.[citation needed]
The lawsuit alleged David Grant attempted to lure the district's 700,000 students to a pornographic website. Roy Romer and the Los Angeles Unified School District subsequently settled the suit by paying Grant $360,000.00 in exchange for the domain name royromer.com.[citation needed]
On April 25, 2007, Roy Romer began his service as the chairman and lead spokesman for Strong American Schools, a nonprofit project responsible for running Ed in 08, an information and initiative campaign funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Eli and Edythe Broad foundation, aimed at encouraging 2008 presidential contenders to include education in their campaign policies.[5]
Honors and awards
In 2008, a middle school in Los Angeles was named after him and it was first opened to students in September of that year.[6]
References
^Irene English Shoemaker (1990). Van Buskirk, a legacy from New Amsterdam: a genealogy of the descendants of Lauren Andriessen and Jannetje Jans, married New Amsterdam 12 December 1658. R.W. Shoemaker.
^The Colorado constitution now limits governors to two consecutive terms and eight years in office (. Archived from the original on 2008-03-27. Retrieved 2007-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link))
^"Colorado Ex-Governor Takes Schools Post". The New York Times. The Associated Press. June 7, 2000.
^Herszenhorn, David M. (April 25, 2007). "Billionaires Start $60 Million Schools Effort". The New York Times.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Roy Romer news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Roy Rudolf Romer born October 31 1928 is an American politician who served as the 39th Governor of Colorado from 1987 to 1999 and subsequently as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2000 to 2006 Roy RomerRomer in 2019Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School DistrictIn office June 7 2000 November 13 2006Preceded byRamon C Cortines acting Succeeded byDavid L Brewer IIIGeneral Chair of the Democratic National CommitteeIn office January 21 1997 September 25 1999Served with Steven Grossman national chair Preceded byChris DoddSucceeded byEd RendellChair of the National Governors AssociationIn office August 4 1992 August 17 1993Preceded byJohn AshcroftSucceeded byCarroll A Campbell Jr 39th Governor of ColoradoIn office January 13 1987 January 12 1999LieutenantMike CallihanSamuel H CassidyGail SchoettlerPreceded byRichard LammSucceeded byBill OwensTreasurer of ColoradoIn office March 23 1977 January 13 1987GovernorRichard LammPreceded bySam BrownSucceeded byGail SchoettlerPersonal detailsBornRoy Rudolf Romer 1928 10 31 October 31 1928 age 94 Garden City Kansas U S Political partyDemocraticSpouseBea MillerChildren7 including Paul and Chris EducationColorado State University BA University of Colorado Boulder LLB Yale UniversityMilitary serviceAllegiance United StatesBranch service United States Air ForceBattles warsKorean War Contents 1 Family and education 2 Early professional activities 3 Political career 3 1 Colorado state government 3 2 National political positions 3 3 Romer v Evans 3 4 Romer v Grant 4 Professional activities 5 Honors and awards 6 References 7 External linksFamily and education EditRomer was born in Garden City Kansas the son of Margaret Elizabeth Snyder and Irving Rudolph Romer 1 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 for one year at Yale Divinity School and was a legal officer in the U S Air Force He and his wife Bea have seven children 19 grandchildren and three great grandchildren His son Paul Romer is a Nobel Prize winning economist and another son Chris Romer was elected to a Colorado State Senate seat from Denver in November 2006 2 Early professional activities EditIn 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 citation needed Political career EditColorado state government Edit Romer as governor Romer served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1958 to 1962 and in the Colorado Senate from 1962 to 1966 In 1966 Romer unsuccessfully challenged Republican U S Senator Gordon Allott 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 second Colorado governor to serve three terms 3 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 National political positions Edit Romer chaired the Democratic Governors Association in 1991 In 1992 he was co chairman of the Democratic National Platform Committee Romer served as national vice chair of the Democratic Leadership Council and was a national co chairman of the Clinton Gore 96 campaign In January 1997 Romer was elected to serve as general chairman of the Democratic National Committee citation needed From 1992 to 1993 Romer served as chair of the National Governors Association In 1994 1995 he chaired the Education Commission of the States and in 1995 was part of a bipartisan effort by the nation s governors to reform Medicaid citation needed Romer v Evans Edit In law his name is associated with the anti discrimination suit Romer v Evans that was brought to the Supreme Court during his tenure as Governor of Colorado Though he was opposed to the amendment to the Constitution of Colorado in question he defended the law in state and federal court in his position as Governor during litigation The Supreme Court ultimately ruled against the state s defense of Amendment 2 that it had a rational relationship to legitimate state interests The Court then invalidated Amendment 2 under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution The state ultimately failed to give a rational basis to the purpose of the law The case did not go as far to ruling that gays and lesbians are protected as intermediate or strict scrutiny under the Fourteenth Amendment and left that question to lower federal and state courts to decide Romer v Grant Edit In October 2004 Roy Romer and the Los Angeles Unified School District filed suit in the United States District Court Central District of California against David Grant a former student of the Los Angeles Unified School District The suit cited false endorsement of the Lanham Act violation of the Can Spam Act California Statutory Cyber Piracy violation of the right of publicity under California statutory and common law and California statutory unfair competition citation needed The lawsuit alleged David Grant attempted to lure the district s 700 000 students to a pornographic website Roy Romer and the Los Angeles Unified School District subsequently settled the suit by paying Grant 360 000 00 in exchange for the domain name royromer com citation needed Professional activities EditOn June 7 2000 4 he became Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District where he served for six years On October 12 2006 the Los Angeles Board of Education unanimously named David L Brewer III as his successor On April 25 2007 Roy Romer began his service as the chairman and lead spokesman for Strong American Schools a nonprofit project responsible for running Ed in 08 an information and initiative campaign funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Eli and Edythe Broad foundation aimed at encouraging 2008 presidential contenders to include education in their campaign policies 5 Honors and awards EditIn 2008 a middle school in Los Angeles was named after him and it was first opened to students in September of that year 6 References Edit Irene English Shoemaker 1990 Van Buskirk a legacy from New Amsterdam a genealogy of the descendants of Lauren Andriessen and Jannetje Jans married New Amsterdam 12 December 1658 R W Shoemaker Woodruff Judy February 6 1998 Romer Acknowledges Extramarital Relationship CNN The Colorado constitution now limits governors to two consecutive terms and eight years in office Archived copy Archived from the original on 2008 03 27 Retrieved 2007 03 24 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Colorado Ex Governor Takes Schools Post The New York Times The Associated Press June 7 2000 Herszenhorn David M April 25 2007 Billionaires Start 60 Million Schools Effort The New York Times School starts today for LAUSD students Torrance Daily Breeze September 3 2008 Colorado State Archives National Governor s Association The Political GraveyardExternal links EditAppearances on C SPANParty political officesPreceded byRobert Knous Democratic nominee for U S Senator from Colorado Class 2 1966 Succeeded byFloyd K HaskellPreceded byRichard Lamm Democratic nominee Governor of Colorado1986 1990 1994 Succeeded byGail SchoettlerPreceded byDick Celeste Chair of the Democratic Governors Association1990 1991 Succeeded byJohn D Waihe e IIIPreceded byChris Dodd General Chair of the Democratic National Committee1997 1999 Served alongside Steven Grossman National Chair Succeeded byEd RendellPolitical officesPreceded bySam Brown Treasurer of Colorado1977 1987 Succeeded byGail SchoettlerPreceded byRichard Lamm Governor of Colorado1987 1999 Succeeded byBill OwensPreceded byJohn Ashcroft Chair of the National Governors Association1992 1993 Succeeded byCarroll CampbellAcademic officesPreceded byRamon C CortinesActing Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District2000 2006 Succeeded byDavid BrewerU S order of precedence ceremonial Preceded byMartha McSallyas Former US Senator Order of precedence of the United StatesWithin Colorado Succeeded byBill Owensas Former GovernorPreceded byPete Rickettsas Former Governor Order of precedence of the United StatesOutside Colorado Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roy Romer amp oldid 1131787654, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
