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Church in Papua New Guinea. His family moved from George to
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Appropriations. He served as chair of the House Health and Human
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At the age of 4, Foege went to live with the John H. and Ellie
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Foege was involved in a wide variety of professional and voluntary human services and community activities. While on the staff of Linn County
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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
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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 and Uncles program, a support
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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
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Foege sat on numerous committees in the Iowa House. Foege served as an assistant minority leader for two years and as the ranking
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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.
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