Full Name:
Bill Quirk
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Laurel; 2 Children
Home City:
Union City, CA
PhD, Astrophysics, Columbia University, 1967-1970
BS, Applied Physics, Columbia University, 1963-1967
Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 20, 2012-2022
Candidate, California State Assembly, District 20, 2020
Member, Hayward City Council, 2004-2012
Member, Agriculture Committee, California State Assembly, present
Member, Appropriations Committee, California State Assembly, present
Member, Public Safety Committee, California State Assembly, present
Member, Utilities and Commerce Committee, California State Assembly, present
Former Member, Agriculture Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Appropriations Committee, California State General Assembly
Former Member, Biotechnology Committee, California State General Assembly
Former Member, Community and Law Enforcement Relations and Responsibilities Committee, California State General Assembly
Former Chair, Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Improving Bay Area Transportation Systems Committee, California State General Assembly
Former Member, Rail Committee, California State General Assembly
Former Member, Regional Transportation and Interconnectivity Solutions, California State General Assembly
Former Member, Rules Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Rules Committee, California State General Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on End of Life Health Care, California State Assembly
Former Member, Utilities and Commerce Committee, California State Assembly
Former Professor, Physics, California Institute of Technology
Former Professor, Physics, Columbia University
Former Professor, Physics, University of California, Davis
Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, July 1979-June 2005
Corporate Planner, Amdahl, 1978-1979
Consultant, McKinsey & Company, 1977-1978
Research Scientist, Climate Change, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1972-1975
Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1970-1972
Union Member, Communication Workers of America (CWA) 9119, Society of Professionals Scientists and Engineers, February 1982-present
Former Member, Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency
Former Board Member, Communication Workers of America Local 9119
Former Chair, Hayward Library Commission
Former Member, Hayward Rotary
Participant, Leadership Hayward
Former Member, Parent-Teacher's Association
President, Hayward Friends of the Library, 1995
Favorite Quote:
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." - Albert Einstein