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State Representative Steve Hailey - 9th Legislative District
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  PHOTO: Rep. Don Cox Rep. DON COX
(R)  9th LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
Olympia Office:
122 Legislative Building
PO Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504-0600
(360) 786-7942
 E-mail: cox.don@leg.wa.gov		 District Office
111 W. Emma
P.O. Box 127
Rockford, WA 99030-0127
(509) 291-3170
Committees: Education
Education Appropriations
Transportation
Local Government and Housing
Biography

EDUCATION:
Whitworth College, BA
Washington State University, EdM, counseling
Washington State University (EdD, educational leadership
University of Washington and University of Idaho, additional graduate studies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Director, Rural Education Center, Washington State University
Associate professor, educational administration/leadership, Washington State University
Superintendent, Colfax School District, 1990-98
Teacher, counselor, administrator, various Washington public schools, 1963-90

STATE GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE:
State Representative, 1999-2007
State Representative, appointed Jan. 2009

CIVIC ACTIVITIES:
Colfax Rotary Club
Community Bible Church, Colfax

AWARDS:
Parent-Teacher Association Golden Acorn Award, 1966 and 1985

PERSONAL:
Don and his wife, Sherry, reside in Colfax, and own family farms in Whitman and Garfield counties. They are the proud parents of a son and daughter, and have three grandchildren.