Dorn, Jennifer Lynn, 1950-
Dates
- Existence: 1950
Biography
Jennifer "Jenna" Lynn Dorn was born in Nebraska in 1950, and grew up in La Grande, Oregon, and in Corvallis, Oregon. She moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where she worked in advertising. She was legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield from 1977 to 1981. She and Dave Oldfield were married for a number of years; they divorced while she was serving on Hatfield’s staff. She went on to hold several positions in the United States government, including associate deputy secretary for the Department of Transportation from 1985 to 1987, and then assistant secretary for policy in the U.S. Department Labor from 1989 to 1991.
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Oral history interview with Jenna L. Dorn
Oral history interview with Jenna L. Dorn conducted by Clark Hansen from June 13-15, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Dorn was a legislative assistant to Hatfield from 1977 to 1981.