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William Rufus King (b. 1864) —
also known as William R. King; Will R.
King —
of Baker City, Baker
County, Ore.; Ontario, Malheur
County, Ore.
Born in Walla Walla
County, Wash., October
3, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1892-94; member of Oregon
state senate, 1894-98; candidate for Governor of
Oregon, 1898; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1909-10; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oregon, 1912
(speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Oregon, 1912-16.
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Davis Rufus King and Elizabeth (Estes) King; married, December
6, 1892, to L. Myrtle King. |
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Ross McCormick (b. 1927) —
of Albany, Linn
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., October
27, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; university
professor; candidate for Oregon
state house of representatives, 1962.
Unitarian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Freemasons;
Elks.
Still living as of 1970.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus Ross McCormick and Helen (Kalbus) McCormick; married, August
6, 1955, to Nancy Kathleen Bohman. |
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Maurine Brown Neuberger (1907-2000) —
also known as Maurine Neuberger; Maurine Brown; Mrs.
Richard L. Neuberger —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Cloverdale, Tillamook
County, Ore., January
9, 1907.
Democrat. School
teacher; writer; photographer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1951-56; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1960-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oregon, 1964.
Female.
Unitarian. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Theta
Sigma Phi; Delta
Kappa Gamma; American
Association of University Women.
Third woman to win a full term in the U.S. Senate.
Died, of a bone
marrow disorder, in a nursing
home at Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., February
22, 2000 (age 93 years, 44
days).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Robert William Packwood (b. 1932) —
also known as Bob Packwood —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Lake Oswego, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., September
11, 1932.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Multnomah County Republican Party, 1960-62; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1963-68; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1969-95; resigned 1995; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1972.
Unitarian. Member, American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Resigned
from the U.S. Senate in 1995, after the Select Committee on Ethics recommended
his expulson for sexual
misconduct, attempting to obstruct
the committee's investigation, and using his position to solicit
employment for his
wife.
Still living as of 2014.
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Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994) —
also known as Linus Pauling —
of California.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., February
28, 1901.
Chemist;
university
professor; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1962; received the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry in 1954, the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1962, and the Lenin
Peace Prize in 1968-69.
Unitarian; later Atheist.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Big Sur, Monterey
County, Calif., August
19, 1994 (age 93 years, 172
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oswego Pioneer Cemetery, Lake Oswego, Ore.
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