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Show students who struggling to catch up with other students. It decided to Olene her Education Ph.D. in get Administration. She completed her degree in 1984. At the urging of a few friends, Olene decided to run for the Legislature. She lacked only two votes of getting 70% at the convention, but she won both her primary and the general, and went on to serve 4 terms in a primarily Democratic area. She serves as Co--Chair of the Community and Economic Development appropriations Committee, Rep. Assistant Majority Whip and Majority Whip. She also served on the Rules committee, Public Education Heal th Services and Social Appropriations, appropriations, and Judicial and Local State Higher Government, Taxation, Education. During her eight years in the legislature, she sponsored over 100 bills, and passsed over 60 of them. She was most proud of was here passing a were that bill creating "The Rainy Day Fund". Lake the Salt Olene becme the first director of Education Foundation. This was established to bring dollars and in school from the private sector into the public kind services classroom in improve the quality of education for the students. She has served on many boards and committees. The Criminal and Juvenile commd s s Lon : State Homeless Committee; Coordinating Industrial Development Bond Review Board, Capital City Committee, Uni ted Way; cons t a tution Revision; Sal t Lake Convention and Tourism ; Univerrsity of Utah Hospital Bd. of Directors, Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management Advisiory Board; Ballet Governors Healthcare Cost West' Foundation; Board, Management Commission on Childcare; Downtown Alliance Board; Utah Associaiton of Volunteer Directord Boar; Commission on Youth, Salt Lake City School Volunteer; Youth Village Board; Sndance Institute Board; Red Cross; Coalition for Utah Families;and Governors Commission on Women and families. Rep. Walker has received awards from Utah Community Education, Service Aware; Woman of the Communi ty Year Utah Aaward; Mrs. Social Utah Pageant; Outstanding Legislature Award, Workers; Rehabilitation Associaiton Distinguishsed Legislator Aware; NASW of the Year for of and Advocacy Legislator Elderly Minimally Handicapped; Sen. A.V. Watkins Distinguished Service Award; BPW, Woman of the Year: Phi Del ta Kappa Outstanding Contribution to Education Award, and the EYU Distinguished Alumni Award. Olene went on to serve as Director of Community Development in 1990. It was a job she thoroughly enjoyed, but politics beckoned After putting a lot again, and she resigned to run for Congress. of effort into her campaign, she decided to forgo the race and joined up with Mike Leavitt, who was running for Governor, and run as his Lt. Governor.They won, and Olene is now the first woman Lt. Governor of Utah. In 24 1982, |
