Title	Meeting with school kids
Description	Val Ogden and Senator Al Bauer meet school kids in the State Reception Room. Valeria (Val) Ogden was born February 9, 1924 in Wenatchee, WA. She attended Washington State University in Pullman from 1942-1946, earning a BA in Sociology, Magna Cum Laude. She married Daniel M. Ogden Jr. and had three children, Janeth (1949), Patricia (1952), and Dan (1957) along with six grandchildren. Ms. Ogden was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives in 1990 representing the 49th District, serving for 12 years. She served 12 years on the Capital Budget Committee and 10 years on the Transportation Committee, making significant contributions to state policy. She was elected Speaker Pro Tem by the House in 1998 and served in that leadership role until she retired in 2002, one of only 3 women in the history of the state to have held that position. Ms. Ogden has served as Executive Director for several non-profit organizations including the YWCA of greater Washington, DC; Executive Director for Camp Fire for the Greater Washington area; and Clark County YWCA. She served on the National Staff of the YWCA as a Trainer and on the National Staff of Camp Fire, Inc. She was adjunct professor in 1978 at Lewis and Clark College and Portland State University in the Graduate program of Public Administration. She taught an intensive seminar with Dr. Cease on Non-Profit Management and Survey. She is a professional trainer/consultant specializing in Fund Raising and Board Development.
Date	undated
Subject	People; Ogden, Val; Politics; Politicians; Government officials; Government facilities; Buildings; Speeches; School children
Type	Photographs
Coverage	United States--Washington (State)--Olympia--Thurston County
Collection Source	Clark County Historical Museum Photographs
Object Identifier	P48.15
Accession Number	2014.55
Catalog Number	2014.55.2.87
Repository	Clark County Historical Museum; http://www.cchmuseum.org
Relation	Val Ogden Collection; Personal and Political
Contributors	Washington State University Vancouver Library; http://library.vancouver.wsu.edu/
Project Identifier	cchm14932
Physical Description	7 x 5 in.
Format	Original images were scanned as 600 dpi TIFF files on an EPSON Expression 11000XL scanner. 100 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENT database at the WSU Libraries.
Rights	To request a copy and permission to use this image, contact the Clark County Historical Museum at 1511 Main Street, Vancouver WA 98660 360.993.5679 or visit www.cchmuseum.org.