CITY

Official Website:
http://www.portlandonline.com/

Population:
529121 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1843

County:
Clackamas County, Multnomah County, Washington County

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
The Oregonian

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Portland Community College	1961
Portland State University	1946
Reed College	1908
University of Portland	1901
Lewis & Clark College	1867

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
World Forestry Center	1964
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry	1944

ORCHESTRA

Orchestra	Founded
Oregon Symphony	1896

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Integra Telecom	1996
PacifiCorp	1984
Willamette Industries	1967
Precision Castparts	1949
Freightliner Trucks	1942
Fred Meyer Stores	1922
StanCorp Financial	1906
Schnitzer Steel Industries	1906
Portland General Electric	1888
Pope & Talbot	1849

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Laura Allen	Actor	21-Mar-1974		Hannah Britten on Awake
Steve Antin	Actor	19-Apr-1958		Without You I'm Nothing
Victor G. Atiyeh	Politician	20-Feb-1923	20-Jul-2014	Governor of Oregon, 1979-87
Les AuCoin	Politician	21-Oct-1942		Congressman from Oregon, 1975-93
James Beard	Chef	5-May-1903	23-Jan-1985	First prominent TV chef
Earl Blumenauer	Politician	16-Aug-1948		Congressman, Oregon 3rd
Chris Botti	Jazz Musician	12-Oct-1962		Night Sessions
Bill Bowerman	Fitness Guru	19-Feb-1911	24-Dec-1999	Track coach, Co-Founder of Nike
Stephen G. Bradbury	Government	1958		Acting head, Office of Legal Counsel, 2004-09
H. W. Brands	Historian	7-Aug-1953		Prolific historian, professor at UT-Austin
John Angus Campbell	Activist	10-Mar-1942		Discovery Institute
Michelle Clunie	Actor	7-Nov-1969		Mel on Queer as Folk
Donald Cook	Actor	26-Sep-1901	1-Oct-1961	Viva Villa!
David DeCoteau	Film Director	5-Jan-1962		Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
Chris DeWolfe	Business	1966		Co-Founder of MySpace
Ray Milton Dolby	Inventor	18-Jan-1933	12-Sep-2013	Inventor of Dolby stereo
Doug Engelbart	Computer Programmer	30-Jan-1925	2-Jul-2013	Pioneer of human-computer interaction
Dick Fosbury	Track and Field	6-Mar-1947		High jumper invented Fosbury Flop
Hugh J. Gallen	Politician	30-Jul-1924	29-Dec-1982	Governor of New Hampshire, 1979-82
Matt Groening	Cartoonist	15-Feb-1954		Creator of The Simpsons
John H. Hall	Politician	7-Feb-1899	14-Nov-1970	Governor of Oregon, 1947-49
Kathleen Hanna	Musician	12-Nov-1969		Riot Grrrl extraordinaire
Tonya Harding	Figure Skating	12-Nov-1969		Figure skater caused Olympic sized scandal
Joey Harrington	Football	21-Oct-1978		Atlanta Falcons QB
Bret Harrison	Actor	6-Apr-1982		Grounded for Life
Lou Harrison	Composer	14-May-1917	2-Feb-2003	Musical wayfarer
Larry Harvey	Business	1948		Executive Director, Burning Man
Byron Haskin	Film Director	22-Apr-1899	16-Apr-1984	The War of the Worlds
Margaux Hemingway	Actor	16-Feb-1955	2-Jul-1996	Troubled actress OD'd on klonopin
Donald Hodel	Government	23-May-1935		Reagan's Secretary of Energy & Interior
Rufus C. Holman	Politician	14-Oct-1877	27-Nov-1959	US Senator from Oregon, 1939-45
Bill Hudson	Musician	17-Oct-1949		The Hudson Brothers
David E. Jeremiah	Military	25-Feb-1934	7-Oct-2013	Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1990-94
Robert W. Johannsen	Historian	22-Aug-1925	16-Aug-2011	Stephen A. Douglas
June Jones	Football	19-Feb-1953		Hawaii Warriors Head Coach
James William Kilgore	Criminal	11-Dec-1947		One of the Patty Hearst kidnappers
Phil Knight	Business	24-Feb-1938		Co-Founder of Nike
David M. Lawrence	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Kaiser KHFP, 1991-2002
David Lyle Mack	Diplomat	10-Jun-1940		US Ambassador to the UAE, 1986-89
John McEntire	Drummer	1970		Tortoise
Douglas McKay	Politician	24-Jun-1893	22-Jul-1959	US Secretary of the Interior, 1953-56
Julius L. Meier	Politician	31-Dec-1874	14-Jul-1937	Governor of Oregon, 1931-35
Ona Munson	Actor	16-Jun-1903	11-Feb-1955	Belle Watling in Gone with the Wind
Dale Murphy	Baseball	12-Mar-1956		National League MVP, 1982 and 1983
Brent Musburger	Sports Journalist	26-May-1939		Sports commentator for ABC
Barbara Niven	Actor	26-Feb-1953		Pensacola: Wings of Gold
Bob Packwood	Politician	11-Sep-1932		Oregon Senator, sexual harrasser
Linus Pauling	Chemist	28-Feb-1901	19-Aug-1994	Scientist and peacenik
Johnny Pesky	Baseball	27-Sep-1919	13-Aug-2012	Boston Red Sox
Mitch Pileggi	Actor	5-Apr-1952		Walter Skinner on The X-Files
Bill Plympton	Film Director	30-Apr-1946		I Married a Strange Person!
Jane Powell	Actor	1-Apr-1929		Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Maudie Prickett	Actor	25-Oct-1914	14-Apr-1976	Rosie on Hazel
Ahmad Rashad	Sports Journalist	19-Nov-1949		Wide Receiver turned sportscaster
Jack Reed	Activist	22-Oct-1887	19-Oct-1920	Ten Days That Shook the World
Kim Rhodes	Actor	7-Jun-1969		The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
Burton Richardson	Game Show Host	29-Sep-1949		Game show announcer
Donald A. Robert	Business	15-May-1959		CEO of Experian
John Robinson	Actor	25-Oct-1985		Elephant
Phillip J. Roth	Film Director	10-Jun-1959		Velocity Trap
Burt Rutan	Scientist	17-Jun-1943		Homebrew aircraft guru
Katee Sackhoff	Actor	8-Apr-1980		Starbuck on Battlestar Galactica
Mary F. Sammons	Business	12-Oct-1946		CEO of Rite Aid
Pat Schroeder	Politician	30-Jul-1940		Congresswoman from Colorado, 1973-97
Gordon Scott	Actor	3-Aug-1926	30-Apr-2007	Played Tarzan, 1955-60
Norton Simon	Business	5-Feb-1907	2-Jun-1993	Founder, Norton Simon Museum
Otto R. Skopil, Jr.	Judge	3-Jun-1919	18-Oct-2012	9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-86
Harry Smith	Musicologist	29-May-1923	26-Nov-1991	Anthology of American Folk Music
Robert F. Smith	Politician	16-Jun-1931		Congressman from Oregon, 1983-99
Bob Steele	Actor	23-Jan-1907	21-Dec-1988	Trooper Duffy on F Troop
Sally Struthers	Actor	28-Jul-1948		All In The Family
Kett Turton	Actor	4-Apr-1982		Gypsy 83
Suzy Welch	Journalist	1959		HBR Editor, now wife of Jack Welch
Philip Whalen	Poet	20-Oct-1923	26-Jun-2002	Canoeing up Carbaga Creek
Ronald B. Woodard	Business	c. 1944		Former Boeing Executive

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stew Albert	Activist	4-Dec-1939	30-Jan-2006	Founding Yippie
Lyle Alzado	Football	3-Apr-1949	14-May-1992	Steroid-using defensive lineman
Marian Anderson	Singer	27-Feb-1897	8-Apr-1993	Operatic contralto
Victor G. Atiyeh	Politician	20-Feb-1923	20-Jul-2014	Governor of Oregon, 1979-87
Ernest Bloch	Composer	24-Jul-1880	15-Jul-1959	Schelomo
Jack Buetel	Actor	5-Sep-1915	27-Jun-1989	Deputy Taggert on Judge Roy Bean
Evans F. Carlson	Military	26-Feb-1896	27-May-1947	Carlson's Raiders
Stanley Fafara	Actor	20-Sep-1949	20-Sep-2003	Whitey on Leave It to Beaver
Chuck Forsberg	Computer Programmer	6-May-1944	24-Sep-2015	Creator of ZMODEM
Mark Hatfield	Politician	12-Jul-1922	7-Aug-2011	US Senator from Oregon, 1967-97
Rufus C. Holman	Politician	14-Oct-1877	27-Nov-1959	US Senator from Oregon, 1939-45
Jim Jontz	Politician	18-Dec-1951	14-Apr-2007	Congressman from Indiana, 1987-93
Frank Leahy	Football	27-Aug-1908	21-Jun-1973	Longtime Notre Dame Head Coach
Charles H. Martin	Politician	1-Oct-1863	22-Sep-1946	Governor of Oregon, 1935-39
Tom McCall	Politician	22-Mar-1913	8-Jan-1983	Governor of Oregon, 1967-75
Connie McCready	Politician	21-Aug-1921	22-Dec-2000	Mayor of Portland Oregon, 1979-81
John H. Mitchell	Politician	22-Jun-1835	8-Dec-1905	US Senator from Oregon, 1873-1905
Mitch Mitchell	Drummer	9-Jun-1947	12-Nov-2008	Drummer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Wayne Morse	Politician	20-Oct-1900	22-Jul-1974	US Senator from Oregon, 1945-69
Maurine Brown Neuberger	Politician	9-Jan-1907	22-Feb-2000	US Senator from Oregon, 1960-67
Richard L. Neuberger	Politician	26-Dec-1912	9-Mar-1960	US Senator from Oregon, 1955-60
Ben W. Olcott	Politician	15-Oct-1872	21-Jul-1952	Governor of Oregon, 1919-23
Paul L. Patterson	Politician	18-Jul-1900	31-Jan-1956	Governor of Oregon, 1952-56
Boris Sagal	Film Director	18-Oct-1917	22-May-1981	The Omega Man
Otto R. Skopil, Jr.	Judge	3-Jun-1919	18-Oct-2012	9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-86
Wendell Wyatt	Politician	15-Jun-1917	28-Jan-2009	Congressman from Oregon, 1964-75

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