17 Facts About Don Pease

Don Pease served eight terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th District, an area in northeast Ohio.

Don Pease attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, supporting himself through college by working summers as a laborer at a Toledo oil refinery.

Don Pease was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity.

Don Pease graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1953.

Don Pease earned a master's degree in government from Ohio University in 1955 and completed graduate work as a Fulbright Scholar at King's College, Durham University.

Don Pease became editor and copublisher of the weekly local newspaper, Oberlin News-Tribune.

Don Pease was a member of the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors, winning ISWNE's Golden Quill Award for editorial writing in 1962 and serving as president of the Society in 1965.

Don Pease served in the Ohio Senate from 1965 to 1967.

Early in his career, Don Pease established a reputation for honesty and integrity, which he maintained throughout his political career.

Don Pease was a member of the Democratic Party and was regarded as a liberal.

In 1976, Don Pease was elected to the US House of Representatives.

Don Pease served eight terms in Congress, easily winning all eight elections in the Democratic-leaning 13th Congressional District of Ohio.

Don Pease quickly distinguished himself as a skillful legislator and staunch human rights advocate.

Don Pease was the legislative champion of the rapidly growing movement inside and outside of Congress in the early 1980s to link respect for internationally recognized workers' rights, such as prohibiting exploitative child labor in the production of products for export, to international trade, investment and aid agreements to which the US is a party.

Don Pease successfully authored six different laws in this regard before he left Congress.

Don Pease was appointed by Bill Clinton to the Amtrak Board of Directors and served five years.

Don Pease married Jeanne Camille Wendt August 29,1953, who still resides in Oberlin.