Allan Hart was a Portland attorney who was a leading specialist in energy law, particularly electrical power. As an early general counsel for the Bonneville …

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Ancer L. Haggerty was the first African American to become a partner in a major Portland law firm and the first to serve as a …

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Arthur Ferdinand Scott, known as Scotty, was a distinguished member of the Reed College faculty. He served as chair of the Chemistry Department from 1937 …

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Carol Hewitt was one of a small number of women who transformed the Oregon legal community during the 1970s and 1980s. Beginning her career as …

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Charles Davis was a distinguished Oregon businessman, public servant, and public citizen. A conscientious objector in World War II, he was an important figure in …

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Civilian Public Service Camp #21 opened in November 1941 at Wyeth, a few miles east of Cascade Locks in the Columbia River Gorge. It was …

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Dominique Bachelet is a climate scientist and science communications specialist at Oregon State University and an accomplished watercolor artist. In her work as a quantitative …

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Doug Strain was president and CEO of Electro Scientific Industries (ESI), one of the first two companies in the Silicon Forest, west of Portland …

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A respected and successful trial lawyer, Elden Rosenthal practiced law in Oregon from 1972 to 2019 with a focus on personal injury law and civil …

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Electro Scientific Industries (ESI) was one of the first two electronics manufacturing companies in what is now termed the Silicon Forest in Oregon’s Washington County. …

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