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- Ro_Foege abstract "Romaine Henry "Ro" Foege (born September 1, 1938) was the Iowa State Representative from the 29th District, representing portions of Linn & Johnson Counties. He was in the Iowa House of Representatives 1996 to 2008. Foege was Director, Iowa Department on Aging 2010-2011. He was born in George, Lyon County, Iowa. He is the fourth of seven children born to Henry Foege, a Lutheran minister, and Frieda (Kruse) Foege. He was the first of his siblings to be born in the United States as his parents had recently returned from doing mission work for the American Lutheran Church in Papua New Guinea. His family moved from George to Decorah, Iowa and then to Montgomery, Alabama before moving to Dows, Wright County, Iowa in 1942 where his father was the Pastor of Vernon Lutheran Church. The family moved to Pocahontas, Iowa in 1946 and he graduated from Pocahontas High School in 1956.At the age of 4, Romaine went to live with the John H & Ellie Janssen family of Gilmore City, Iowa due to the illness of his mother. This 6 month stay developed into a lifelong relationship with the Janssen family as he returned to live with the Janssen family every summer until his 17th birthday.He received his BA in Social Work from Wartburg College in 1960 and his MSW from the University of Iowa in 1963. He also studied Individual Psychology at Bowie State University (Maryland) and received a Certificate in Psychotherapy from the Alfred Adler Institute of Minnesota. Foege was involved in a wide variety of professional and voluntary human services and community activities. While on the staff of Linn County Department of Human Services, he developed a foster family program and later, while working as the administrator of Catholic Charities in Cedar Rapids, he served as a consultant to the Linn County Juvenile Court. He was a founding board member of Cedar Rapids based family and children service agencies, Four Oaks and Horizon's. He also served on the Marion Independent School Board and assisted in the development of Foundation II. Foege was a School Social Worker with Grant Wood Area Education Agency from 1978 until his tenure as an Iowa Legislator. He was named Iowa School Social Worker of the Year, 1992-'93.Foege sat on numerous committees in the Iowa House. Foege served as an Assistant Minority Leader for two years and as the Ranking Democrat on the Justice Systems Appropriations Sub-committee. Foege served on the House Committees on Education; Human Resources; Administration & Rules; and Appropriations. He served as Chair of the House Health and Human Services Appropriations Sub-committee, 2006–2008 and served as the Co-chair of the Commission on Affordable Healthcare for Small Businesses and Families in 2007-2008. Foege retired from the Iowa House and did not run for re-election in 2008.Governor Culver appointed Foege to Chair the Mental Health Institute Task Force in 2009. In June, 2010, Foege was appointed Director of the Iowa Department on Aging by Governor Culver serving in that position until January 2011.Foege was a member of the Iowa Tobacco Use and Prevention Commission, The Iowa Mental Health Planning Council; The Iowa Community Empowerment Board; and the Iowa Consortium for Comprehenvive Cancer Control. He also served on the Linn County (IA) Community Empowerment Board, Iowa Healthcare Collaborative and the National Annie E Casey Family & Children's Services Advisory Board. Foege has received many awards and much recognition for his contributions to the field of health and human services.Foege continues his community involvement as a member of the St. Luke's Hospice Board; Iowa Policy Project Board; Parish Nurse Advisory Council; Wartburg College Advisory Board; Iowa Medical Home Advisory Council; Matthew 25 Advisory Board; and the Foster Aunts & Uncles program, a support organization for youngsters who have aged out of the foster care system.Foege holds appointments as an adjunct instructor at the University of Iowa School of Social Work and the College of Public Health where he teaches Advanced Social Policy in the Graduate CollegeFoege is married to Susan Salter. They are parents of six adult children and ten grandchildren. Foege was re-elected in 2006 with 8,055 votes (60%), defeating Republican opponent Emma Nemecek.".
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