{{Short description|American politician (1942–2004)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = |name = Paul Offner |honorific_suffix = |image = |alt = |state = Wisconsin |state_senate = Wisconsin |district = 32nd |term_start = January 3, 1977 |term_end = January 7, 1985 |predecessor = Milo Knutson |successor = Brian Rude |state_assembly1 = Wisconsin |district1 = 95th |term_start1 = January 6, 1975 |term_end1 = January 3, 1977 |predecessor1 = Lawrence R. Gibson |successor1 = John Medinger |party = Democratic |birth_date = {{birth date|1942|8|7}} |birth_place = Bennington, Vermont, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2004|4|20|1942|8|7}} |death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. |death_cause = Cancer |resting_place = Saint Agnes Cemetery, {{nowrap|Avon, New York}} |father = Richard Offner |spouse = Molly |children = 1 |alma_mater = {{unbulleted list | Amherst College {{small|(B.A.)}} | {{nowrap|Princeton University {{small|(M.P.A., Ph.D.)}}}} }} |profession = }} '''Paul Offner''' (August 7, 1942{{spaced ndash}}April 20, 2004) was an American economist, educator, public health expert, and Democratic politician.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/paul-offner-70 |title= Paul Offner *70 |magazine= Princeton Alumni Weekly |accessdate= February 6, 2021 }}</ref>
==Biography== Born in Bennington, Vermont, Offner was raised in Italy. Offner graduated from Amherst College in 1964. He received an M.P.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1966 and a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University in 1970 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "Labor force participation in the ghetto: a study of New York City poverty areas."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Offner|first=Paul|url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/1487991|title=Labor force participation in the ghetto : a study of New York City poverty areas|date=1970|language=English}}</ref> In 1974, Offner was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly from La Crosse, Wisconsin. Then in 1976, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate serving until 1984. After his legislative service, Offner worked in Ohio in public health. Then he worked for Daniel Patrick Moynihan as a legislative aide. Finally he worked for the Washington, D.C., government, was a professor at Georgetown University, and worked at the Urban Institute.<ref>{{cite act|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2003/related/proposals/sjr73 |title= Relating to: the life and public service of Paul Offner |year= 2003 |legislature= Wisconsin Legislature |type= Senate Joint Resolution |index = 73 |accessdate= February 6, 2021 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term=view&term_id=1866&search_term=1886 Wisconsin Historical Society-Paul Offner]</ref>
==Works== * {{Cite book|last=Offner |first= Paul |url= https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/1487991 |title= Labor force participation in the ghetto: a study of New York City poverty areas|year= 1970 |publisher= Princeton University |language=English}}
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