Kathryn Morrison is an American

United States

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 educator and Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States)

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 politician who was the first woman to be elected to serve in the Wisconsin Senate. Morrison was born in Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

 and graduated from Madison East High School

Madison East High School

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. Morrison was elected in 1975 and served one term representing the 17th District.

After leaving the Wisconsin State Senate Morrison pursued a career in health care administration with the United States Government, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

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, and the March of Dimes

March of Dimes

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. She has published about the topic of health care economics. Morrison has a BA and MBA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Career

At the time Morrison was elected to a seat in the Wisconsin Senate, she was an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville. In the book, What Two Can Do: Sam & Mandy Stellman's crusade for social justice, the author discuss the events and political environment that led to Morrisons's decision to run for the Senate seat.

After leaving the Senate, she served for a time in the United States Department of Health and Human Services as a Deputy Commissioner of the Department on Aging, and was Administrator of the Division of Health in Wisconsin.

New York City Health and Hospital Corporation

Morrison was the Chief Financial Officer

Chief financial officer

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 of the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation which runs the public hospital system in New York City

New York City

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March of Dimes

Morrison was the Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration at the March of Dimes, a not for profit organization focused on preventing birth defects and infant mortality.

Works

• Morrison, Kathryn, Internal Budgeting at HHC (1992) in Public hospital systems in New York and Paris. New York: New York University Press.