Education
University of Notre Dame.
University of Notre Dame.
He served as Insurance Commissioner of California from 1995–2000 and as a California State Assemblyman representing the 22nd District, from 1986–1994. As a child, he grew up in a military family and after graduating University of Notre Dame on a full Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship, he joined the United States Army and rose to the rank of Captain as a helicopter pilot. In 1982, he left the military to join the family business in Silicon Valley.
He was elected as a Republican to the California Assembly in 1986.
At this point, Quackenbush was considered the most promising Republican elected official in the state of California.