Michael Bird (politician)
Michael Bird | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Colorado Senate from the 9th district | |
| In office January 1987 – January 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Joel Hefley |
| Succeeded by | Charles R. Duke |
| Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 18th district | |
| In office January 1983 – January 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Frank H. Randall Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Thomas W. Ratterree |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Conrad Bird |
| Political party | ) |
Michael Conrad Bird is an economics lecturer, and was a
Bird graduated from
In 1973 Bird and fellow Colorado College Professor Fred Sondermann were elected to city council of Colorado Springs on a "Sensible Growth" ticket.[2] Bird went on to become a Colorado state representative in 1983 and state senator in 1987.
After a failed bid to become Governor of Colorado in 1993, losing out to businessman Bruce Benson in the GOP due to his superior financial resources,[3] and being time barred to extend his stay in the Senate in 1994, he returned to the world of education as a lecturer at Colorado College.[4]
In 2004, Bird became Professor Emeritus of Economics at Colorado College, a position he still holds.
Bird is married to Ursula Steinhoff-Bird, the daughter of
References
- ^ "Colorado College | Catalog of Courses". www.coloradocollege.edu. Archived from the original on 19 September 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Colorado College Historical Timeline: 1960s-1970s". www.coloradocollege.edu. Archived from the original on 19 September 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ Governor Twenty-Seven
- ^ Colorado College Tutt Library: Special Collections Archived September 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ TheHistoryNet | World War II | Interview With World War II Luftwaffe Eagle Johannes Steinhoff Archived 2008-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
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