04 Nov 2018 Theodore T. Geer THEODORE T. GEER was born near Salem, Oregon. After attending public schools in Silverton and Salem, he studied at the Oregon Institute (a lower division of Willamette University) in Salem.… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 George Earle Chamberlain GEORGE EARLE CHAMBERLAIN was born in Natchez, Mississippi, where he attended public schools. He then earned his bachelor's and law degrees from Washington and Lee University in Virginia. After finishing… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 Frank W. Benson FRANK W. BENSON was born in Santa Clara, California and moved with his family to Portland, Oregon at the age of six. He attended the Portland Academy but returned to… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 Jay Bowerman JAY BOWERMAN was born in Hesper, Iowa. He moved to Oregon in 1893, where he studied law at Willamette University, completing a law degree at the age of twenty. He… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 Oswald West OSWALD WEST was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada but moved to Oregon with his family as a young child and was educated in Salem public schools until the age of… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 James Withycombe JAMES WITHYCOMBE was born in Devonshire, England. He moved to the United States in his late twenties when his parents settled on a farm near Hillsboro, Oregon. He eventually bought… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 Ben Olcott BEN OLCOTT was born in Keithsburg, Illinois. After attending a business college in Dixon, Illinois, he began working as a clerk in Chicago, and later moved to Salem, Oregon, where… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 Walter Marcus Pierce WALTER MARCUS PIERCE was born near Morris, Illinois. In his early twenties he traveled west, living first in Colorado and then settling near Milton in northeastern Oregon. He was a… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 Isaac Lee Patterson ISAAC LEE PATTERSON was born on a farm in Benton County, Oregon and attended Christian College at Monmouth for one year. He became part owner of a grocery and ultimately… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 Albin Walter Norblad Born in Malmo, Sweden, ALBIN WALTER NORBLAD moved with his family to Grand Rapids, Michigan as a child. Leaving home at the age of twelve, he held a number of… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 Julius L. Meier JULIUS L. MEIER was born in Portland, Oregon and graduated from the University of Oregon Law School in 1895. After practicing law for four years, he joined his family's merchandise… National Governors Association
04 Nov 2018 Charles Henry Martin CHARLES HENRY MARTIN was born in White County, Illinois. After graduating from West Point in 1887, he was assigned to Ft. Vancouver, Washington. He rose to the rank of Major… National Governors Association
