Dates

• Existence: 1946

Biography

Michael Scott Lincicum was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1946. He attended Willamette University with a double major in Russian and political science, graduating in 1968. He then attended the University of Wisconsin where he earned his master’s degree in 1969. He transferred to the University of Oregon to continue working toward a Ph.D., but he was unable to complete it. That same year, he and Bernice were married (her surname prior to marriage is unknown). They later had two children. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War. From 1970 to 1972, he worked for the Oregon Educational Coordinating Commission, where he conducted a study on education programs for children with disabilities. He worked as a budget analyst for the Oregon Budget and Management Division from 1973 to 1983, and as administrative services director for the Oregon Children Services Department from 1983 to 1984. He was administrative services director for the Oregon Mental Health Services Department from 1984 for around two years, briefly serving as acting director around 1986. He also served as deputy director of the department, from 1987 to around 1992. He then worked as an administrator for the Oregon Health Plan in the mid-1990s, then returned to the Oregon Budget and Management Division. He retired in 2000.

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