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156-642: The Oregon Graduate Center for Study and Research (OGC) was incorporated on 2 April 1963 as a university at the behest of Gov. Mark O. Hatfield , Tektronix co-founder Howard Vollum and the City Club of Portland , with the help of $ 2M grant from the Tektronix Foundation. Retired physician Samuel L. Diack of the Oregon Medical Research Foundation was named the first chairman of OGC's board of trustees, and Vollum

312-567: A Green River Ordinance banning door-to-door solicitation, but it was ruled unconstitutional by the Oregon Supreme Court in a 1988 decision. The court determined that the city ordinance was overly broad, in a case that was seen as a test case for many similar laws in the state. In 1979, Intel opened its first facility inAloha, Or . The Aloha campus was followed by the Hawthorn Farms, then Jones Farm campus adjacent to

468-519: A hook and ladder company organized in 1880 by the board of trustees (now city council). A drinking water and electricity distribution system added in 1892–93 gave the town three fire hydrants and minimal street lighting. Hillsboro built its first sewer system in 1911, but sewage treatment was not added until 1936. In 1913, the city built its own water system , and the first library, Carnegie City Library , opened in December 1914. From 1921 to 1952,

624-435: A warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Hillsboro's population grew from 402 in 1880 to 2,016 by 1910, making it the county's most populated city, according to the 1910 census data. By 1970, it had increased to more than 15,000, although neighboring Beaverton had overtaken it as the county's most populous city. By 1990 there were more than 37,000 residents, and commuters raised this to 110,000 during daytime. At

780-677: A Hillsboro edition of the News-Times , a weekly newspaper owned by the same company and based in nearby Forest Grove . Historically, the city's longtime newspaper of record was the weekly Hillsboro Argus newspaper (published twice-weekly from 1953 to 2015). It was published in Hillsboro for more than 120 years until its discontinuation in 2017. The city is also served by Portland-based media outlets, including The Oregonian , Willamette Week , and all broadcast stations. Local FM radio station KQRZ-LP airing Oldies on 100.7 MHz

936-641: A Washington, D.C., real estate lawyer, had been paid $ 55,000 by Greek arms dealer Basil Tsakos in connection with a real estate purchase. Tsakos had been lobbying Hatfield, then Appropriations Committee chairman, to support a trans-Africa oil pipeline megaproject. The Hatfields apologized and donated $ 55,000 to a Portland hospital. The Senate Ethics Committee investigated and decided to take no action. However, after Hatfield's death, an FBI report released under Freedom of Information law revealed that Tsakos had been indicted for bribery and had offered to plead guilty to lesser charges (though this never occurred), and that

1092-428: A bachelor's degree, while an additional 11% held an associate degree. Those with less than a high school diploma made up 15% of the population, and 22% of residents had more than a high school diploma but less than a college degree. For the year 2011 , the city had 180 violent crimes reported to law enforcement, and 2,154 reports of property crimes . The violent crime rate was 157.2 per 100,000 people compared to

1248-478: A brick courthouse in 1873. In 1891, the courthouse was remodeled and a clock tower was added, and the building was expanded with an annex in 1912. A new courthouse replaced the brick structure in 1928. The last major remodel of the 1928 structure occurred in 1972, when the Justice Services Building was built and incorporated into the existing building. The city's first fire department was

1404-473: A chapter of Beta Theta Pi . (In 1964, Hatfield was elected to the National position of Third Vice President of Alpha Phi Omega). In college he also worked part-time for then Oregon Secretary of State Earl Snell , where he learned how to build a political base by sending out messages to potential voters after reading about life changes posted in newspapers, such as deaths and graduations. He also sketched out

1560-585: A committee of the Portland City Club asked, "Why does Portland lag so far behind in the great surge of science-based industry?" in 1963. At the time, metropolitan Portland had about 800,000 residents and its employment mainstays were timber and agriculture. The committee's answer to its question was, "Portland is the largest metropolitan area in the West without a full university." Portland State College (PSC), Reed College , Lewis & Clark College ,

1716-478: A community here in 1842, later named after David Hill , an Oregon politician. Transportation by riverboat on the Tualatin River was part of Hillsboro's settler economy. A railroad reached the area in the early 1870s and an interurban electric railway about four decades later. These railways, as well as highways, aided the slow growth of the city to about 2,000 people by 1910 and about 5,000 by 1950, before

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1872-634: A dinner with driving their guest, black artist Paul Robeson back to Portland, as African Americans were prohibited from staying in hotels in Salem. In 1953, he introduced and passed legislation in the House that prohibited discrimination based on race in public accommodations before federal legislation and court decisions did so on a national level. In 1954, Hatfield ran and won a seat in the Oregon State Senate representing Marion County. While in

2028-513: A graduate training and research center was not founded in Portland." Tek encouraged employees to pursue advanced degrees and sometimes provided financial support. Tek started an in-house continuing education program in the late 1950s that rivaled the local community colleges in size. Benedict's vision for OGC was based on the European model of research for a civilian-based economy, rather than

2184-594: A job in the Nixon administration in Southeast Asia in June 1971, and the original OGC facility on Barnes Road was sold for $ 350k that year. De Luccia was named a Life Trustee of OGI in 1990 for his longtime support. Arthur F. Scott (1898-1982), a provost of OGC and former chemistry professor and president (1942 to 1945) at Reed College, was appointed acting president in 1971–1972. Negotiations with PSU failed to produce

2340-487: A joint venture between the Willamette Valley Lumber Co. and Santiam Lumber Co. in 1954, and merged with Willamette Industries Inc. in 1973. The younger Keller was a trustee of OGC from 1984 to 1987. J. Richard "Dick" Kerr, a professor of electrical engineering at PSC and OGC and later the executive vice-president of OGC, was promoted to president in 1977. Kerr, a laser expert, was hired by OGC as

2496-478: A marine influence from the Pacific Ocean. The Willamette Valley in which Hillsboro lies receives the majority of its precipitation during the winter months, with the wettest period from November through March. This occasionally includes snowfall. Hillsboro receives precipitation on 161 days per year, on average. The average yearly precipitation between 1930 and 1998 was 38 in (970 mm). August

2652-489: A merger, a request for $ 1.5M in operating funds from the state legislature was denied, and OGC was on the brink of extinction during this time. The chemistry building at Reed is named for Scott. Western Kraft Corp. founder Ira C. Keller (1899-1978) was appointed president in 1972. His business approach kept OGC afloat, and brought full accreditation in 1973. Applied physics professor Lynwood W. Swanson and partners incorporated FEI Company in 1973, although Swanson remained on

2808-635: A moderate approach for the party and opposed the extreme conservatism associated with Goldwater and his supporters. He also was the only governor to vote against a resolution by the National Governors' Conference supporting the Johnson Administration's policy on the Vietnam War , as Hatfield opposed the war, but pledged "unqualified and complete support" for the troops. He preferred the use of economic sanctions to end

2964-502: A national average of 309.3 and 287 for Oregon. Property crime nationally was 3,335 per 100,000 compared to 3,203 in Hillsboro, and 4,402 for the state. Violent offenses include forcible rape, robbery, murder, non-negligent manslaughter, and aggravated assault. Property crimes include arson, motor vehicle theft, larceny, and burglary. Statistics published by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission showed

3120-559: A national primary, would you then understand that the Convention would meet merely to ratify the process, or would that be an advisory judgment by the people," to which the Senator replied, "I would like to see this as the final decision by the people themselves. I would like to see this thing move toward that objective. It may not be achieved overnight." As a senator Hatfield took positions that made him hard to classify politically. In

3276-620: A party convention which existed at the time, stating that "So, even if you can assume a situation in which John won all the presidential primaries, but James is the favorite of the Republican Party qua institution, then James is going to get nominated." Hatfield argued that the system of presidential primaries as a whole should be turned into a system of a simple "national primary." Buckley eventually prompted Hatfield to expand upon his ideal system of presidential nominations by asking, "If, in fact, you invite four candidates to participate in

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3432-485: A peak of ~15,000. Prolific author Lawrence E. Murr was a professor of MS&E and the vice-president for academic affairs during Carlson's term. Carlson returned briefly in 1986 as acting president of OGC upon Kahne's departure, then resigned as chairman of the board and took a job with Honeywell . Stephen J. Kahne (1937- ), an electrical engineer and dean of engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), served as president of OGC in 1985–1986. Before RPI, he

3588-399: A political base by sending out messages and speaking at any public forum where he could get an invitation. Mark Hatfield's career in public office spanned five decades as he held office in both the legislative and executive branches of Oregon's state government, including two terms as governor. On the national stage he became the longest serving U.S. Senator from Oregon and a candidate for

3744-544: A political career path beginning with the state legislature and culminating in a spot in the United States Senate, with a blank for any position beyond the Senate. Hatfield graduated from Willamette in 1943 with a Bachelor of Arts degree after three years at the school. While at the school he lost his only election, for student body president. Hatfield joined the U.S. Navy after graduation, taking part in

3900-651: A professor. While still teaching, Hatfield served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly . He won election to the Oregon Secretary of State 's office at the age of 34 and two years later was elected as the 29th Governor of Oregon . He was the youngest person to serve in either of those offices, and served two terms as governor before election to the United States Senate . In the Senate he served for thirty years,

4056-580: A remodeled church in downtown. The center provides space for galleries and performances, as well as classrooms for art instruction. The Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals is located on the northern edge of the city. The Five Oaks Museum (at the time Washington County Museum) was located in downtown Hillsboro from 2012 to 2017, and later moved back to its previous location, at the Rock Creek campus of Portland Community College , just northeast of Hillsboro. Hillsboro's annual Fourth of July Parade

4212-620: A research center at the National Institutes of Health was named after him for his support of medical research while in the Senate. Hatfield died in Portland on August 7, 2011, after a long illness. Hatfield was born in Dallas, Oregon , on July 12, 1922, the only child of Dovie E. (Odom) Hatfield, a schoolteacher, and Charles Dolen Hatfield, a blacksmith for the Southern Pacific Railroad . Hatfield's father

4368-544: A researcher in 1966. He resigned in 1979 amid more financial crises and controversy with the faculty over cutbacks. The Jack Murdock Research Laboratory, housing the physics and electrical engineering programs and funded by a $ 2M grant by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, opened in 1978 as the third building on the OGC campus. After OGC, Kerr was an executive at Flight Dynamics Inc. and FLIR Systems Inc., and founded Max-Viz Inc. in Portland. Electrical engineer F. Paul Carlson

4524-524: A slight downward trend in the Washington County crime rate between 1991 and 2005. The rate for index crimes, a group comprising the combined violent offenses and property crimes mentioned above, was 3,930 per 100,000 in 1991 and rose to 4,440 per 100,000 in 1997 before falling to 3,410 per 100,000 in 2005. According to the City's 2022 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the largest employers in

4680-715: A structural engineer, was the first staff member hired, and laser expert J. Richard Kerr was the second. OGC moved to a newly developed 74-acre site at 20000 NW Walker Road on the Hillsboro -Beaverton boundary in August 1969, which was intended to be its permanent campus, adjacent to the Oregon National Primate Research Center . The new site had been the Donovan family's wheat farm. Both campuses used Portland mailing addresses, although neither

4836-950: A team of 40 researchers developing technology for defense contracting, telecommunications and space. Thompson became the dean of the OGI School of Science and Engineering and a vice-president of OHSU after the merger in 2001. The name of OGC was changed on 1 November 1989 to the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology (OGI), on Dwight Sangrey's watch. Sangrey foresaw an education-business complex for OGI similar to Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. By 1995, OGI had grown to 153 full-time and adjunct faculty members and 1100 students in full-time, part-time and continuing education enrollment, in six departments. Edward H. Cooley (1922-2000), founder and retired chairman of Precision Castparts Corporation ,

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4992-442: A tour bus when a car collided with the bus. They received only minor injuries, but the experience led them to advocate for seat belts to be required on buses. Numerous buildings, organizations, awards, and outdoor areas have been named in honor of Hatfield. These include: From February 2000 to May 2008 Hatfield served on the board of directors for Oregon Health & Science University. His papers and book collection are stored in

5148-729: A wartime economy as was common in the United States. Benedict liked the Oxford University tutorial system in the United Kingdom and the Technische Hochschule network in West Germany . Benedict had been in charge of SRI's European operations before he was hired by OGC. The first six faculty—all chemists—and staff were hired in 1966, and the first students were admitted in 1969. Carl Miller,

5304-539: Is The Sunset Esplanade , located along Tualatin Valley Highway. In November 2005, the world's largest Costco , a warehouse club store, opened in Hillsboro. The store, with 205,000 sq ft (19,000 m ) of floor space, is about 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m ) bigger than the average Costco. Within the city are two commercial movie theaters with a total of 29 screens. Until its closure in 2017, one historic theater had also remained in operation:

5460-602: Is a 2019 renaming of the Washington County Fairgrounds (also known as Fair Complex). A new 89,000 sq ft (8,300 m ) conference center and exhibition hall, known as the Wingspan Event & Conference Center, opened at the Commons in August 2020, replacing buildings demolished in 2018. Hillsboro operates two library branches. Opened in 2007 after a smaller location was closed,

5616-648: Is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County . Situated in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area , the city hosts many high-technology companies, such as Intel , locally known as the Silicon Forest . The population was 106,447 at the 2020 census , making Hillsboro the fifth-most populous city in Oregon . Settlers founded

5772-474: Is also a landing point on three fiber optic cable systems linking the United States across the Pacific Ocean: C2C , Southern Cross Cable , and VSNL Transpacific . These cable landings, lower energy costs, and tax breaks led to a boom of data centers being built starting about 2010. Data centers include those for Adobe, NetApp, Umpqua Bank , OHSU, and Fortune Data Centers. Hillsboro serves as

5928-512: Is based in Hillsboro. The Hatfield Government Center in Hillsboro is the western terminus of the MAX Blue Line , part of the Portland metropolitan area's light-rail system. The presence of MAX prompted the development of the pedestrian-oriented community of Orenco Station within Hillsboro. (See also: Orenco, Oregon .) Hillsboro's primary commercial cores are concentrated along Tualatin Valley Highway and Cornell Road. Additionally,

6084-427: Is in Portland proper . The initial programs were in chemistry , physics and mathematics , without any departmental divisions. OGC had no undergraduates, dormitories, sororities, fraternities, student-athletes, mascots, Latin motto, homecoming parade or social science departments, ever. The first research project was a study of the propagation of laser beams through the atmosphere by Kerr. The first master's degree

6240-476: Is the corporate headquarters for RadiSys and Planar Systems among others. In 2006, Genentech announced plans to locate a packaging and distribution facility on 100 acres (0.40 km ) in Hillsboro. The $ 400 million facility opened in 2010, which Oregon officials hoped would eventually also be used for research and development for the biotechnology company. Other biotech or medical companies based in Hillsboro include FEI Company and Acumed . The city

6396-682: Is the second-largest Independence Day parade in Oregon. The Oregon International Air Show , Oregon's largest air show, is held each year during the summer at the Hillsboro Airport. Each summer the city offers a free concert series at Shute Park (Showtime at Shute), while the Washington County Fair is held annually at the Westside Commons (county fairgrounds) adjacent to the airport. The name Westside Commons

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6552-506: Is the warmest month with an average high temperature of 81  °F (27  °C ), while January is the coolest month with an average high of 46 °F (8 °C). The highest recorded temperature, 114 °F (46 °C), occurred on June 28, 2021, and the lowest, −14 °F (−26 °C), occurred in January 1930. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Hillsboro has

6708-617: The Gulf War , one of only two members of his party to do so in the Senate. Most famously, in 1995, Hatfield was the deciding vote against a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. Hatfield compared the balanced budget amendment to President Reagan's tax cuts, claiming that both were examples of "imagery versus substance". Hatfield was sometimes called "Saint Mark" because of his squeaky-clean reputation, but in 1984 columnist Jack Anderson revealed that Hatfield's wife Antoinette,

6864-557: The Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve along the Tualatin River on the south side of the community. Hillsboro operates under a council–manager form of city government. Voters elect six at-large councilors and a mayor, who each serve four-year terms, subject to a charter-imposed limitation of two consecutive terms. The mayor and council appoint a city manager to conduct the ordinary business of

7020-772: The Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland , the Mark O. Hatfield Library at Willamette University (his alma mater ), the Hatfield Government Center light-rail station in Hillsboro , the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government in the College of Urban and Public Affairs at Portland State University , and the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport . Outside of Oregon,

7176-669: The Miller Education Center , an alternative school, the Hare Field athletic complex, and City View Charter School . The school district covers Hillsboro, Scholls , Reedville , North Plains , West Union , and other surrounding communities. Total enrollment as of the 2022–23 school year was 18,872 students, making it the fourth-largest district in the state (behind Portland, Salem-Keizer, and Beaverton). The four traditional public high schools are, in order of creation: Post-secondary educational opportunities include

7332-769: The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in and around Hillsboro include the Old Scotch Church , completed in 1876 north of the city. Near the Orenco neighborhood is Imbrie Farm , which includes a house built in 1866 and the Frank Imbrie Barn, both of which McMenamins converted for use as a brewpub . Built in 1935, the Harold Wass Ray House is near Intel's Hawthorn Farm campus. Historic properties in downtown include

7488-628: The Republican vice presidential nomination in 1968. In the U.S. Senate he would twice serve as chairman of the Appropriations Committee , and twice be investigated for possible ethics violations. In 1950 while teaching political science and serving as dean of students at Willamette, Hatfield began his political career by winning election to the Oregon House of Representatives as a Republican. He defeated six others for

7644-606: The Senate , where it eventually failed on September 1 of the same year. The Senators primarily discussed issues of the Constitution in relation to the war, as Senator McGovern began with, "There is no way under the Constitution by which the Congress of the United States could act either to continue this war or to end it, except by a decision on whether we will appropriate funds to finance the war." In 1981, Hatfield served as

7800-622: The University of Portland and other halls of academe in northwestern Oregon were primarily undergraduate schools. PSC was also under pressure to become a university and a research institution, which it did in 1969 when it was renamed Portland State University (PSU). The Portland interests were competing with the University of Oregon (U of O) in Eugene and Oregon State University (OSU) in Corvallis for research funding. Tektronix ("Tek"),

7956-707: The Venetian Theatre , which had re-opened at the site of the old Town Theater in 2008. The Oregon Chorale (a 60-person symphonic choir), a men's barbershop chorus, the Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra , and the Hillsboro Artists' Regional Theatre are also located in Hillsboro. The orchestra was founded in 2001 under the direction of Stefan Minde . In 2004, the city opened the Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center in

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8112-415: The Westside Commons ) in the city, but was restored and moved to the Five Oaks Museum outside the city in 2004, and was de-listed from the NRHP in 2008. In 2007, the Manning–Kamna Farm was added to the NRHP and includes 10 buildings, dating to as early as 1883. The Malcolm McDonald House in Orenco was added to the Registry in 2015. Landmarks in Hillsboro include the Washington County Courthouse ,

8268-427: The World War II battles at Iwo Jima and Okinawa as a landing craft officer where he witnessed the carnage of the war. A lieutenant , he also witnessed the effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima , as one of the first Americans to see the ruins of the city (later, as Senator, Hatfield opposed arms proliferation and the Vietnam War ). After Japan, he served in French Indochina , where he witnessed firsthand

8424-413: The Zula Linklater House (completed 1923), Rice–Gates House (1890), Edward Schulmerich House ( c.  1915 ), and Charles Shorey House (c. 1908). The Richard and Helen Rice House is adjacent to the Sunset Highway on the north side of the city and houses the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals. The Old Washington County Jail had been at the Washington County Fairgrounds (now known as

8580-458: The constitutional issue , with the appointment of Appling confirmed. He was the youngest governor in the history of Oregon at that point in time at the age of 36. In 1962 Hatfield had been considered a possible candidate to run against Morse for his Senate seat, but Hatfield instead ran for re-election. He faced Oregon Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton in the general election, winning with 345,497 votes to Thornton's 265,359. He became

8736-436: The death penalty , though as governor he chose not to commute the sentence of a convicted murderer and allowed that execution to go forward. As a prominent evangelical Christian, he opposed government-sponsored school prayer and supported civil rights for minorities. Hatfield voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 , as well as to override President Reagan 's veto, for

8892-424: The 2010 Census, the population was 91,611, fifth in rank among the state's largest cities behind Portland, Eugene , Salem and Gresham and slightly ahead of Beaverton, which ranked sixth. This figure was a 30.5% increase from Hillsboro's 70,186 residents in 2000, which made Hillsboro the fourth fastest-growing city in the state during the 2000s (decade), and the fastest-growing city in the Willamette Valley over

9048-400: The 38,000 sq ft (3,500 m ) main branch is located in the north-central section of the city. The older, smaller second branch is in Shute Park in the southwest area of the city. The Hillsboro libraries are part of Washington County Cooperative Library Services , which allows residents to use other libraries in the county and includes interlibrary loans . Properties listed on

9204-411: The Democrat with 590,095 (53.7 percent) votes to 507,743 (46.2 percent) votes. In 1993, he became the longest-serving senator from Oregon, surpassing the record of 9,726 days in office previously held by Charles McNary . In 1995, Hatfield was the only Republican in the Senate to vote against the proposed balanced budget amendment , and was the deciding vote that prevented the passage of

9360-405: The Department of Justice had decided against charging Hatfield in the case. In 1991, it was also revealed that Hatfield had failed to report a number of expensive gifts from the president of the University of South Carolina , James B. Holderman . Again, he apologized. But the Senate Ethics Committee rebuked Hatfield for the latter act. Hatfield received another rebuke from the Senate after

9516-490: The Department of Management in Science & Technology in 2004, which became the Division of Management in the OHSU School of Medicine. As head of the Division of Management he co-led the development of the OHSU-PSU MBA in Healthcare Management in the School of Medicine. He is a former chairman of the board of directors for Saturday Academy. Dwight A. Sangrey, a professor of civil engineering at Cornell University and Carnegie Mellon University and dean of engineering at RPI,

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9672-409: The Ethics Committee investigated two gifts that he had received in the form of forgiven loans from a former congressman and a California businessman. His final re-election campaign came in 1990 against businessman Harry Lonsdale . Lonsdale aggressively went after Hatfield with television attack ads that attacked Hatfield as out of touch on issues such as abortion and timber management and accused

9828-470: The Hops on June 14, 2013, with its inaugural home game at the new Ron Tonkin Field on June 17. Hillsboro's Department of Parks and Recreation operates more than 20 facilities, including the Gordon Faber Recreation Complex which includes Hillsboro Stadium and Ron Tonkin Field . There are 23 parks, two sports complexes, the Walters Cultural Arts Center, the Shute Park Aquatic & Recreation Center , and three other mixed-use facilities. The city also owns

9984-432: The National Institutes of Health in Maryland in November 2010 for observation after his health began to decline. Mark Hatfield died at a care facility in Portland on August 7, 2011, after several years of illness. A specific cause of death was not immediately given. A selection of items Hatfield authored or contributed to: Hillsboro, Oregon Hillsboro ( / ˈ h ɪ l z b ər oʊ / HILZ -burr-oh )

10140-410: The Oregon House. He also received national attention for his early support for coaxing Dwight D. Eisenhower to run for President of the United States as a Republican. This earned him a spot as a delegate at the Republican National Convention that year. While in college he saw firsthand the discrimination against African Americans in Salem when he was tasked by his fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, after

10296-425: The Portland grid instead of Hillsboro's internal cardinal direction grid. In January 2015, the city began the process of making all addresses and streets within Hillsboro conform to the internal grid, through the Connecting Hillsboro Address Project. The internal grid in Hillsboro centers on the downtown intersection of Main Street, which runs east–west, and First Avenue, which runs north–south. Most addresses within

10452-410: The Republican nomination. In July 1958, after the primary election, Hatfield married Antoinette Kuzmanich, a counselor at Portland State College (now Portland State University ). The marriage during the campaign drew some attention as the Catholic Kuzmanich converted to Hatfield's Baptist religion. They had four children: Elizabeth, Mark Jr., Theresa and Charles ("Visko"). He continued his campaign for

10608-427: The Saturday Academy, a science program for high school students at OGC and other area campuses, in May 1983. Vollum was awarded OGC's first honorary doctor of science degree in 1984. Carlson retired as academic president of OGC, and became president of the Oregon Graduate School Corporation and chairman of the OGC board of trustees in 1985. The OGC Corp. was formed to be the developer and landlord for Science Park after

10764-442: The Senate until January 10 instead of the usual January 3. Hatfield's re-election victory for governor in 1962 and successful Senate campaign in 1966 made him something of a national figure. In 1968, Hatfield was on Richard Nixon 's short list for vice president , and received the strong backing of his friend, the Rev. Billy Graham . Hatfield was considered too liberal by many conservatives and Southern moderates, and Nixon chose

10920-420: The Southern Pacific Railroad introduced its own interurban service, known as the Red Electric , on a separate line and serving different communities between Hillsboro and Portland. SP discontinued its Hillsboro service on July 28, 1929, while the Oregon Electric Railway's passenger service to Hillsboro lasted until July 1932. A brick building was constructed in 1852 to house the county government, followed by

11076-426: The Summer of 1969, he had told Murray Rothbard that he had "committed himself to the cause of libertarianism." Rothbard remarked concerning Hatfield, "obviously his voting record is not particularly libertarian – it's very good on foreign policy and the draft, but it's not too great on other things", adding that "in the abstract, at least, he is very favorable to libertarianism." Hatfield was opposed to abortion and

11232-460: The Tanasbourne neighborhood is a regional shopping area on the eastern edge of the city. The neighborhood is home to the lifestyle shopping center The Streets of Tanasbourne . The $ 55 million outdoor complex with 368,000 sq ft (34,200 m ) of retail space opened in 2004 with Meier & Frank (later Macy's ) as the anchor tenant. The other large shopping center in the city

11388-733: The U of O, OSU and PSU combined. OGI considered mergers with OSU and PSU in the late 1990s, but the 90-mile distance of OSU in Corvallis and the large-public-university nature of both OSU and PSU were deterrents. The OGI board squelched a proposed merger with OSU in 2000. OGI merged with the Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) in July 2001, with OGI becoming the OGI School of Science and Engineering , one of four Schools within OHSU. OGI president Ed Thompson became

11544-533: The U.S. involvement in the war in 1966. At that time the war was supported by 75 percent of the public, and was also supported by Hatfield's opponent in the November election. He won the primary election with 178,782 votes compared to a combined 56,760 votes for three opponents. Hatfield then defeated Democratic Congressman Robert Duncan in the election. In order to finish his term as governor, which ended on January 9, 1967, he delayed taking his oath of office in

11700-751: The Whispering Giants . Due to storm damage, it was removed in 2017. The city has two professional sports teams, the Portland Timbers 2 (T2) of MLS Next Pro who began play at Hillsboro Stadium in 2020 and the Hillsboro Hops of the Northwest League , a Minor League Baseball club affiliated with the Arizona Diamondbacks . The baseball team relocated from Yakima, Washington, in 2012 and began play as

11856-614: The Willamette University Archives and Special Collections, inside the Mark O. Hatfield Library. Senator Hatfield merited his own chapter in Tom Brokaw 's The Greatest Generation . In 2014, a 90-minute documentary about Hatfield's life and career called The Gentleman of the Senate: Oregon's Mark Hatfield was released. Hatfield was admitted to the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research hospital at

12012-615: The Work Force Training Center ( Portland Community College ) and a branch of the University of Phoenix. Hillsboro is home to private primary and secondary schools including Faith Bible High School , St. Matthew Catholic School, Tualatin Valley Academy , and Renaissance Alternative School, among others. The weekly Hillsboro Tribune , launched in 2012, was based in Hillsboro. It was replaced in 2019 by

12168-700: The administrative, scientific, professional, or waste management industries. 68% of workers commute alone to the workplace, and 8% use public transportation. The average one-way commute time is about 24 minutes. Many technology companies operate in Hillsboro, making it the center of Oregon's Silicon Forest . In particular, Intel 's largest site is in Hillsboro, and includes three large campuses: Ronler Acres, Jones Farm, and Hawthorn Farm, along with several smaller campuses that employ about 16,000 workers. Other high-tech companies operating facilities in Hillsboro include Synopsys , Epson, Salesforce , and Oracle's (formerly Sun Microsystems) High-End Operations. Hillsboro

12324-439: The age of 10, when he campaigned in his neighborhood for President Herbert Hoover 's 1932 re-election campaign. In the late 1930s Hatfield worked as a tour guide at the new Oregon State Capitol Building in Salem, using his key to enter the governor's office, where he sat in the governor's chair. On June 10, 1940, the 17-year-old Hatfield, driving his mother's car, struck and killed a pedestrian, Alice Marie Lane, as she crossed

12480-519: The age of 18 living with them, 55% were married couples living together, 9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32% were non-families. About 23% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.8 and the average family size was 3.3. City residents included about 28% under the age of 18, 11% from 18 to 24, 37% from 25 to 44, 17% from 45 to 64, and 6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

12636-549: The airport in 1982, and finally by the Ronler Acres campus in 1994. TriMet opened a Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) light rail line into the city in 1998. A cultural center was added in 2004, and a new city hall was completed in 2005. In 2008, SolarWorld opened a facility producing solar wafers , crystals, and cells, the largest plant of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. U.S. President Barack Obama visited

12792-416: The arrival of high-tech companies in the 1980s. Hillsboro has a council-manager government consisting of a city manager and a city council headed by a mayor. In addition to high-tech industry, sectors important to Hillsboro's economy are health care, retail sales, and agriculture, including grapes and wineries . The city operates more than twenty parks and the mixed-use Hillsboro Stadium , and ten sites in

12948-509: The ban on travel to Cuba , while often siding with them on environmental and conservation issues. Senator Hatfield supported increased logging on federal lands. He was the lone Republican to vote against the 1981 fiscal year's appropriations bill for the Department of Defense . He was rated as the sixth most respected senator in a 1987 survey by fellow senators. In 1991, Hatfield voted against authorizing military action against Iraq in

13104-785: The bill. In 1996 the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, a group he served on previously, granted him their Distinguished Service Award. Hatfield retired in 1996, having never lost an election in 46 years and 11 campaigns as an elected official. During his tenure he gained billions of dollars in the form of federal appropriations for projects in Oregon. This included funding for transportation projects, environmental protection of wilderness areas and scenic rivers, facilities for research on AIDS , Alzheimer's disease , and Parkinson's disease and health care facilities. After retiring from political office, he returned to Oregon and teaching, joining

13260-470: The board of OGC circa 1986. James J. Huntzicker was hired by OGC as a professor of atmospheric chemistry in 1974. He served as acting president from 1986 to 1988. The Oregon Institute for Advanced Computing opened in 1988 on the OGC campus, intended to be the SEMATECH of parallel computing . Huntzicker stayed on as a professor at OGC, and joined OHSU in 2001 when OGI merged with OHSU. He became Head of

13416-761: The bureaucracy and politics of a conventional university, somewhat similar to Rockefeller University . The original board of trustees of OGC was Harry Alpert (U of O), Henry Cabell, Vernon Cheldelin (OSU), Arno H. Denecke , S.L. Diack (chairman), physicist Walter P. Dyke ( Linfield College , Field Emission Corp.), Gerald W. Frank (Governor's Advisory Committee), educator James T. Marr, Harold M. Phillips, Donald E. Pickering (OHSU), G. Herbert Smith ( Willamette University ), Willard B. Spalding (dean of PSC), Richard H. Sullivan (president of Reed College), metallurgist R.H. "Rudy" Thielemann (Martin Marietta Metals Co.), C. H. Vollum and Harry White. Donald L. Benedict

13572-431: The campaign issues such as the declining economy, increased taxation, capital punishment, labor, and education. After the election, Holmes attempted to appoint David O'Hara as Secretary of State to replace Hatfield, who would have to resign to become governor. Hatfield appointed Howell Appling, Jr. to the office, and O'Hara challenged the appointment in state court. The Oregon Supreme Court ruled in favor of Hatfield on

13728-631: The center. In 1970, with Senator George McGovern (D-South Dakota), he co-sponsored the McGovern-Hatfield Amendment , which called for a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam . In 1973 he explained to the Eugene Register-Guard his "Neighborhood Government Act" which he repeatedly introduced in congress. It would have permitted Americans to divert their personal federal tax money from Washington to their local community. He explained that his long-term goal

13884-532: The chairman of the Congressional Joint Committee on Presidential Inaugurations , overseeing the first inauguration of Ronald Reagan in January of that year. On December 2, 1981, Hatfield was one of four senators to vote against an amendment to President Reagan's MX missiles proposal that would divert the silo system by $ 334 million as well as earmark further research for other methods that would allow giant missiles to be based. The vote

14040-501: The city altered its charter and adopted a council-manager government with a six-person city council, a part-time mayor who determined major policies, and a city manager who ran day-to-day operations. On September 30, 1908, 5,000 people gathered as the Oregon Electric Railway opened a connection between the city and Portland with an interurban electric rail line, the first to reach the community. In January 1914,

14196-463: The city and Intel's Ronler Acres campus in February 2011. The United States Census Bureau reports the city has a total area of 21.6 sq mi (55.9 km ), all of which is land. In 2013, Hillsboro itself reported an area of 23.88 sq mi (61.8 km ), equivalent to 15,283 acres (61.8 km ). The city is located in the Tualatin Valley , and the Tualatin River forms part of

14352-716: The city are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Modes of transportation include private vehicles, public buses and light rail , and aircraft using the Hillsboro Airport . The city is home to Pacific University 's Health Professions Campus. The European-American community was founded by David Hill, Isaiah Kelsey, and Richard Williams, who arrived in the Tualatin Valley in 1841, followed by six more pioneers in 1842. The locality went by two other names—East Tualatin Plains and Columbia—before it

14508-510: The city are: Manufacturing is the leading employment sector in Hillsboro, employing 24% of the workforce, followed by health care, education, and social services with a total of 15%. One example of a manufacturer headquartered in Hillsboro is Beaverton Foods, a family-owned condiment manufacturer since 1929, with 70+ employees and $ 25 million in annual sales; it moved to its current headquarters in 2001. Retail employment constitutes 12%, construction makes up 7%, and 13% of workers are employed in

14664-646: The city councilors. Robby Hammond serves as the city's manager. At the federal level, Hillsboro lies in Oregon's 1st congressional district , represented by Suzanne Bonamici . In the State Senate , Hillsboro is in District 15, represented by Chuck Riley , District 13, represented by Kim Thatcher , and District 12 represented by Brian Boquist . In the House , Districts 24 ( Ron Noble ), 26 ( Courtney Neron ), 29 ( Susan McClain ) and 30 ( Janeen Sollman ) cover

14820-537: The city did not want to give the railroad land in exchange for the rail connection. Hillsboro was incorporated as the Town of Hillsboro on October 19, 1876, by the Oregon Legislature . The first mayor was A. Luelling, who took office on December 8, 1876, and served a one-year term. Notable later mayors included Congressman Thomas H. Tongue (1882 and 1886) and state senator William D. Hare (1885). In 1923,

14976-963: The city include a quadrant prefix: NW, NE, SW, or SE. Main Street is simply designated as East Main or West Main, and First Avenue is only North First or South First. Addresses on the streets' south side and the avenues' east side have even numbers, while odd numbers are on the opposite side. Hillsboro's street system contains 20 blocks per mile (12.5 blocks per kilometer). North–south through roadways are called avenues , while east–west roadways are called streets . All cul-de-sacs are named courts . Private roadways are named ways or places . Roads that curve can be named drives . Alleys are named lanes . Non-city streets may not conform to these naming conventions. The city's municipal code has designated several special plan areas, each of which follow area-specific plans and codes: Summers in Hillsboro are generally warm, but temperatures year-round are moderated by

15132-640: The city. Parts of county commissioner districts 1 ( Nafisa Fai ), 2 ( Pam Treece ), and 4 ( Jerry Willey ) overlap the city. In addition, Hillsboro lies within District 4 ( Juan Carlos González ) and District 3 ( Gerritt Rosenthal ) of the Metro regional government. Public schools in Hillsboro are operated by the Hillsboro School District (1J). The district is a unified school district with twenty-three elementary schools, four middle schools, and four high schools. The district also operates

15288-549: The city. Policy decisions are the responsibility of the council and mayor. Administrative functions are carried out by the manager and manager-appointed staff. Government functions are centered at the Hillsboro Civic Center , which houses the office of the city manager and is the location of the twice-monthly city council meetings. As of 2021, Steve Callaway was the mayor; Beach Pace, Rick Van Beveren, Kyle Allen, Anthony Martin, Olivia Alcaire, and Gina Roletto were

15444-519: The city. The population density was about 3,800/sq mi (1,500/km ). There were 35,487 housing units at an average density of about 1,500/sq mi (600/km ). Among the 33,289 households, about 38% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51% were married couples living together, 11% had a female householder with no husband present, 5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 33% were non-families. About 24% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6% had someone living alone who

15600-631: The corporate headquarters for Rodgers Instruments , Soloflex , Norm Thompson Outfitters , and Parr Lumber , among others. Fujitsu and NEC Corporation formerly had factories in Hillsboro. Hillsboro is also home to the Laika stop-motion animation studio, creator of the Oscar-nominated feature films Coraline (2009) and Paranorman (2012). In addition, Erickson Aero Tanker, an aviation company which operates McDonnell Douglas MD-87 jetliners converted for use as aerial firefighting air tankers ,

15756-584: The county. Most cities in Washington County use a numbering system and cardinal direction orientation based on a grid that begins at the Willamette River in downtown Portland, which was originally part of Washington County. For example, the street names in Beaverton generally include Southwest (SW) prefixes because Beaverton lies in the southwest quadrant of the Portland grid. Previously, some county road names and addresses in Hillsboro conformed to

15912-526: The deadly car accident when he was 17. This tactic backfired as the press denounced the comments, as did Holmes and other Democrats. Hatfield defeated Holmes in a landslide, winning 55.3% of the vote in the election. That same election saw the Democratic Party gain a majority in both chambers of the state legislature for the first time since 1878. Holmes' defeat was attributed in part to the image and charisma portrayed by Hatfield and in part due to

16068-517: The dean of the school. The enlarged OHSU was slightly renamed the Oregon Health & Science University . Although OHSU is the state medical school, it had become a public corporation in 1995; this was closer to OGI's business model than either OSU or PSU. The MS&E department moved to downtown Portland and became part of PSU's mechanical engineering department in 2001. Fragments of other departments also moved to PSU. The OHSU-OGI merger

16224-539: The faculty at OGC until 1987. The National Institutes of Health , National Science Foundation and Weyerhauser Co. all made generous grants to OGC during Keller's tenure. Keller retired as president in 1977 and became chairman of the board of trustees upon Diack's retirement. The Keller Fountain Park in downtown Portland was named in honor of Ira Keller for his philanthropy and civic involvement, and Keller Auditorium for his son Richard B. Keller. Western Kraft began as

16380-670: The faculty of George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon . In 2006, he was named the Herbert Hoover Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Politics at the school. Additionally, he taught at the Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University , which is named in his honor, and lectured at Willamette University and Lewis & Clark College while living in Portland. In July 1999, Hatfield and his wife were passengers on

16536-536: The first new laboratory building on campus since 1983, was completed in 1993. Sangrey left in 1994, and was hired as an administrator by Pacific University in 2009. Paul E. Bragdon , a lawyer and president of Reed College 1971–1988, was succeeded Sangrey in 1994, and took on the task of rescuing OGI from a $ 2M deficit. Bragdon had been a member of the OGI board of trustees. He retired in 1998, but served as an interim president of Lewis & Clark College in 2004–2005. He

16692-471: The funds. The town's name was later simplified to Hillsboro. A log cabin was built in 1853 to serve as the community's first school, which opened in October 1854. Riverboats provided transportation to Hillsboro as early as 1867 when the side-wheel steamer Yamhill worked on the Tualatin River. In 1871, the Oregon and California Railroad line was extended to the area, but it ran just south of town because

16848-440: The governor's office after the wedding, but avoided most public appearances with fellow Republican candidates for office and did not mention them during his campaign, despite requests by other Republicans for joint appearances. In the November general election Hatfield faced Democratic incumbent Robert D. Holmes . In the final days of the campaign U.S. Senator Wayne Morse , a Democrat, implied Hatfield lied in his trial regarding

17004-473: The incumbent of being too closely allied with special interest groups in Washington. Lonsdale's tactics moved him even with, and then ahead of Hatfield in some polls. Hatfield, who had typically stayed above the fray of negative campaigning, responded in kind with attack ads of his own. He raised $ 1 million in a single month after trailing Lonsdale in the polls before the November election. He defeated

17160-542: The initiative, he helped to found the Oregon Graduate Center in 1963 in what became the Silicon Forest in Washington County . A graduate level school in the Portland area ( Portland State was still a college with no graduate programs at this time) was seen by business leaders as essential to attracting new industries and by Tektronix as needed to retain highly skilled workers. In lieu of

17316-569: The largest private employer in Oregon from the 1960s through the 1980s, was quoted, "...the creation of a graduate center 'an absolute necessity' for its operations because 'we find it extremely difficult to attract competent people to our plant, and we find those who have acquired with us a degree of scientific competence often leave us for the specific reason that they do not find here further help or stimulation to their scientific development. Tektronix stated that it would have to establish research and development facilities elsewhere near universities if

17472-458: The late Richard A. Elliott, Stephen Fisk, George A. Gray, James K. Hurst, J. Richard Kerr, George G. Lendaris, Thomas M. Loehr, Hans Oesterreicher, George P. O'Leary, David K. Roe, Erwin Rudy and Gerald J. Throop. The graduating class of 34 students consisted of 24 master's degrees and ten doctorates. OGI's most popular degree in 2001 was management in science and technology. At the doctorate level,

17628-400: The legislature, he continued to apply the grassroots strategy he learned from Earl Snell, but expanded it to cover the entire state to increase his political base. After serving in the state senate, he became the youngest secretary of state in Oregon history after winning election in 1956 at age 34. Hatfield defeated fellow state senator Monroe Sweetland for the office, receiving 51.3% of

17784-610: The longest tenure of any Senator from Oregon. At the time of his retirement, he was seventh most senior Senator and the second most senior Republican. In 1968, he was considered a candidate to be Richard Nixon 's running mate for the Republican Party presidential ticket. Hatfield served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations on two occasions. With this role, he was able to direct funding to Oregon and research-related projects. Numerous Oregon institutions, buildings and facilities are named in his honor, including

17940-649: The more centrist Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew . Hatfield would later find himself at odds with Nixon over Vietnam and other issues, including a threat by Hatfield to reduce funding for the White House 's legal department in 1973 during the Watergate Scandal , after Nixon had failed to use funds appropriated for renovating dams on the Columbia River . On December 14, 1967, Hatfield appeared on William F. Buckley's talk show Firing Line . On

18096-970: The most popular degree was in computer science and engineering. The least popular degrees were in biochemistry/ molecular biology and MS&E. Non-degree programs offered by OGI included Saturday Academy, an Applied Mathematics Certificate, the Solid State Devices Consortium, and short courses under the Center for Professional Development umbrella. OGC was a partner in the Oregon Center for Advanced Technology Education , created by Gov. Victor Atiyeh in 1985 in conjunction with PSU, OSU and U of O. OGI quickly became very competitive with other Oregon universities in research and graduate degrees in STEM fields . In 1995, OGI conferred 77 master's degrees and 26 doctorates, compared to 218 and 26 for

18252-644: The nomination of Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court and the bill establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday . Hatfield voted against the Supreme Court nominations of Clement Haynsworth and George Harrold Carswell , but voted in favor of the nominations of William Rehnquist , Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas . Hatfield was the only Senator who voted for both Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas. Regarding political solutions, Hatfield believed that they were found in

18408-671: The property. The campus had 15 buildings totaling 286,000 ft. The OGI School of Science and Engineering was renamed the Department of Science & Engineering within the School of Medicine at OHSU in 2008. OHSU vacated the OGI property in 2014, and it was sold again in 2015 for $ 15.1M. The OGI degree programs in biochemistry, molecular biology, computer science and engineering, electrical engineering, and environmental science and engineering were moved to OHSU's Marquam Hill complex. The rest went to PSU or were discontinued. Science Park

18564-425: The same period. In 2007, there were 17,126 houses lived in by their owners, with an average home price in the city of $ 246,900. Bloomberg Businessweek listed the city as the fastest-growing in Oregon for the period between 1990 and 2010, for cities with populations over 10,000. As of the 2020 census , there were 106,447 people, 40,891 households, and 25,874 families residing in the city. The population density

18720-512: The seat at a time when state assembly elections were still determined by county-wide votes. He served for two terms representing Marion County and Salem in the lower chamber of the Oregon Legislative Assembly . At the time he was the youngest legislator in Oregon and still lived at his parents' home. Hatfield would teach early-morning classes and then walk across the street to the Capitol to legislate. In 1952 he won re-election to his seat in

18876-526: The seat of county government. Along the western edge of the city is Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery , established in 1870, which serves as the final resting place of city pioneers and politicians. Next to the airport is the Westside Commons (known as the Washington County Fairgrounds, or Fair Complex, until 2019), home to the annual county fair. Located at Shute Park was the 25 ft (7.6 m) tall wood sculpture Chief Kno-Tah , donated to Hillsboro and dedicated in 1987 as part of Peter Wolf Toth 's Trail of

19032-416: The show, Hatfield and Buckley primarily discussed Senator Barry Goldwater's unsuccessful bid for the presidency in the 1964 election . Hatfield clarified that he believed it was "Goldwater's basic approach to problems," which "tended to evoke fear," that was rejected by many Americans in the election, rather than "Senator Goldwater as a person." In addition, Buckley criticized the system of the institution of

19188-619: The southern city limits. The city's terrain is fairly level, consistent with an agricultural past and the farms still in operation. Hillsboro is about 17 mi (27 km) west of Portland and immediately west of Beaverton , at an elevation of 194 ft (59 m) above sea level . In addition to the Tualatin River, streams include Dairy Creek , McKay Creek, Rock Creek, Dawson Creek, and Turner Creek. Neighboring communities in addition to Beaverton are Aloha , Cornelius , Glencoe , North Plains , Reedville , Scholls , and West Union . Hillsboro's street system differs from many others in

19344-516: The standard portrait for former governors, Hatfield is represented by a marble bust at the Oregon State Capitol. Limited to two terms as governor, Hatfield announced his candidacy in the 1966 U.S. Senate election for the seat vacated by the retiring Maurine Neuberger . During the Vietnam War , and during an election year, he was one of the only people to vote against a resolution by a governors' conference that expressed support for

19500-701: The state of Oregon . A Republican , he served eight years as Governor of Oregon, followed by 30 years as one of its United States senators , including time as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. A native Oregonian, he served in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II after graduating from Willamette University . After the war he earned a graduate degree from Stanford University before returning to Oregon and Willamette as

19656-478: The state's first two-term governor in the 20th century when he was re-elected in 1962, and later became only the second governor up to that point in the state's history to serve two full-terms. Hatfield gave the keynote speech at the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco that nominated Barry Goldwater and served as temporary chairman of the party during the convention. He advocated

19812-468: The street. Hatfield was not held criminally liable for the crash, but was found civilly liable to the family. The case made its way to the Oregon Supreme Court in 1943, with the court affirming the trial court's decision. Hatfield graduated from Salem High School in 1940 and then enrolled at Willamette University , also in Salem. While attending Willamette, Hatfield became a brother of Alpha Phi Omega and Kappa Gamma Rho, which he later helped become

19968-491: The trustees just 12 days after the dedication. E. Robert de Luccia, a Pacific Power & Light Co. executive and board member became interim president in 1969, following Benedict's dismissal. De Luccia had been a trustee from 1968 to 1972. OGC had to borrow money to meet the payroll and pay contractors for new buildings. Mergers with Lewis & Clark College and PSU and a takeover by Tek were proposed, and most OGC employees were looking for other jobs. De Luccia left OGC for

20124-447: The vote in the November general election. He took office on January 7, 1957, and remained until he resigned on January 12, 1959. For his first run for Governor of Oregon in 1958, the Republican Party opposed his candidacy going into the primary election. The large political base he had cultivated allowed him to win the party's primary despite the party's opposition. In the primary he defeated Oregon State Treasurer Sig Unander for

20280-402: The war. Hatfield was a popular Governor who supported Oregon's traditional industries of timber and agriculture, but felt that in the postwar era expansion of industry and funding for transportation and education needed to be priorities. While governor he worked to begin the diversification of the state's economy, such as recruiting industrial development and holding trade missions. As part of

20436-522: The wealth divide between the peasant Vietnamese and the colonial French bourgeoisie. After his discharge as a Lieutenant (junior grade) , he spent one year at Willamette's law school , but decided politics or teaching better suited him. Hatfield then enrolled at Stanford University , where he obtained a master's degree in political science in 1948. He returned to Salem and Willamette after Stanford and began working as an assistant professor in political science. During his tenure as professor, he built

20592-428: The west campus of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) while Pacific University operates a satellite Health Professions Campus in downtown adjacent to Tuality Community Hospital. The OHSU site was formerly that of the Oregon Graduate Institute (later OGI School of Science and Engineering ) and the Oregon National Primate Research Center portions of OHSU. Other educational opportunities are available at

20748-440: The withdrawal of Rembold Corp. The Science Park was intended to provide, in the form of an estimated $ 4M annual rent from tenants, the endowment that OGC sorely needed for its survival. Planar Systems was the first tenant, in August 1983. A campus quarterly magazine, Visions , was begun in the spring of 1985, with historian Norman R. Eder as its managing editor and Georgiana Johnsrud as editor. The circulation of Visions reached

20904-555: The world's second-tallest radio tower stood on the south side of the city, but in 1952, the wireless telegraph tower was demolished. During the 1950s and 1960s, the privately owned company Tualatin Valley Buses, Inc. , provided transit service connecting Hillsboro with Beaverton and Portland. It was taken over by the publicly owned transit agency TriMet in 1970. In 1972, the Hillsboro City Council passed

21060-416: Was $ 14M, consisting of 9% from tuition, 8% from annual giving, 8% from endowments, 68% from government and industrial research grants, and 6% from other sources. The original faculty members, most of whom were recruited by Benedict, were honored at the 1990 commencement. They were: Harlan U. Anderson, Robert L. Autrey, Douglas F. Barofsky, Edward J. Baum, Warren E. Budden-baum, G. Doyle Daves Jr., Roger Eiss,

21216-483: Was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were about 106 males. The median household income was about $ 52,000 and the median family income was $ 57,000. Males had a median income of $ 41,000 compared to $ 30,000 for females. The per capita income for the city was about $ 22,000. Approximately 6% of families and 9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 11% of those under age 18 and 8% of those age 65 or over. In 2007, 28% of people 25 and older held at least

21372-403: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.21. The median age in the city was 34.8 years. About 20% of residents were under the age of 18 and 11% were 65 years of age or older The gender makeup of the city was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. As of the 2010 census , there were 91,611 people, 33,289 households, and 22,440 families residing in

21528-479: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.24. The median age in the city was 32 years. About 27% of residents were under the age of 18; 9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 35% were from 25 to 44; 21% were from 45 to 64; and 8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. As of the 2000 census , there were 25,079 households, of which about 38% had children under

21684-671: Was a board member. Diack is also noted as a founder of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry . Physicist Donald L. Benedict of the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) was hired as the first president of OGC in 1966. The original campus, a former Martin Marietta building, was located at 9430 SW Barnes Road near the intersection of Oregon Route 217 and U.S. Route 26 in an unincorporated area just north of Beaverton next to Tek's Sunset facility. Hatfield

21840-669: Was a professor at the University of Minnesota and Case Western Reserve University , directed a division of the National Science Foundation , and was president of the IEEE Control Systems Society in 1981. Vollum, upon his death in 1986, bequeathed $ 14.8M to OGC, which became OGC's first endowment. Kahne worked for the MITRE Corp. and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University after leaving OGC. Lawyer Monford Orloff served as chairman of

21996-494: Was about 4,119/sq mi (1,600/km ). There were 42,363 housing units at an average density of about 1,639/sq mi (600/km ). Among the 40,891 households, about 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51% were married couples living together, 7% had a female householder with no husband present, 5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37% were non-families. About 26% of all households were made up of individuals, and about 8% had someone living alone who

22152-721: Was awarded an honorary D.Sc. by OHSU in 2004. OGI reported 448 employees in 1994. A master's degree in management in Science and Technology, in conjunction with Willamette University's Atkinson Graduate School of Management , was launched in late 1994 in a ceremony attended by U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield. Paul Clayton, a professor of materials science and engineering and the campus provost , served briefly as an interim president in 1998 after Bragdon's departure. Clayton's research included tribology and wear, in addition to his administrative duties. The last president, Edward W. Thompson came to OGI in 1998 from HRL Laboratories , where he led

22308-559: Was awarded to Terry D. Lee in organic chemistry in 1971, and the first doctor of philosophy to Paul M. Perry in applied physics in 1973. All programs were accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges . In 1979, OGC had 23 faculty and 33 students. By 1988, OGC had 48 faculty members, all un tenured , and 150 students. The purpose of OGC was to provide training, research and graduate credentials pertinent to Silicon Forest and other local industries, without

22464-541: Was broken for the Samuel L. Diack Memorial Library in 1979, and the building was completed in 1980, named in honor of the first chairman. The Computer Science building was completed in 1981, with Richard B. Kieburtz coming from State University of New York at Stony Brook to head the new department. Jacqueline Jackson, coordinator of a gifted education program in Portland Public Schools (Oregon) , started

22620-491: Was from California and his mother from Tennessee . When he was five years old, his maternal grandmother took over the household while his mother, Dovie attended Oregon State College and graduated with a teaching degree after four years. Dovie taught school in Dallas for two years before the family moved to Salem , where she taught junior high school. Encouraged by his mother, Hatfield's first experience with politics came at

22776-400: Was funded in part by a $ 4M grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, an organization started by Vollum's partner at Tektronix, Jack Murdock. The award was earmarked to help launch a new biomedical engineering program at OGI SS&E. OHSU sold the 40-acre OGI School of Science and Engineering campus at 20000 NW Walker Road in Hillsboro in 2007 for $ 44.4M, but also signed a 7-year lease for

22932-564: Was hired by OGC as president in 1988, "with a mandate to increase significantly the size of OGC's faculty and student body." OGC was renamed OGI in 1989. Sangrey was awarded the State-of-the-Art Civil Engineering Award by ASCE in 1990 for a paper on the reliability of offshore foundations such as oil rigs. FEI Company moved into Science Park circa 1990, but relocated to its present headquarters in Hillsboro in 1992. The 65,000-ft Cooley Science Center,

23088-530: Was hired by OGC as the vice-president for development in 1977 in the midst of a financial crisis, and became acting president in 1979. OGC purchased 100 acres of land adjacent to its 77-acre campus in 1980, and Carlson was elected president of the center. The additional land became the Science Park in 1982, a site for start-up companies intended as an endowment for OGC. Planar Systems , a Tek spin-off, began developing flat-panel displays there in 1984. Ground

23244-662: Was hired by the Beckmann Research Institute in California in 1982, and was working for the City of Hope National Medical Center in protein research in 1988. First Ph.D. graduate Paul Perry became a computer services manager at Western Geophysical Exploration Production in Texas. Mark O. Hatfield Mark Odom Hatfield (July 12, 1922 – August 7, 2011) was an American politician and educator from

23400-400: Was named "Hillsborough" in February 1850 in honor of Hill, when he sold part of his land claim to the county. On February 5, 1850, commissioners chosen by the territorial legislature selected the community to be the seat of the county government. Hill was to be paid $ 200 for his land after plots had been sold for the town site, but he died before this occurred, and his widow Lucinda received

23556-428: Was originally hired as a consultant to Gov. Hatfield's committee. Benedict favored theoretical or pure research, as opposed to the applied research favored by most of the industrialists and philanthropists on the committee. His major accomplishment was acquiring the new campus on Walker Road from Tektronix Foundation, where the first new building was dedicated on 15 August 1969. Cost overruns resulted in his dismissal by

23712-413: Was renamed AmberGlen Business Center. The Samuel L. Diack Memorial Library closed in June 2013. Companies that have roots at OGI include Cascade Microtech Inc. in 1983, Integra Telecom Inc. in 1984, and electron-ion microscope maker FEI Company. First M.Sc. graduate Terry Lee earned a Ph.D. in chemistry at the U of O in 1977, and returned to OGC as a post-doctoral fellow in mass spectrometry . He

23868-786: Was seen as a rebuff of the Reagan administration. In the 1980s, Hatfield co-sponsored nuclear freeze legislation with Senator Edward M. Kennedy , as well as co-authoring a book on the topic. He also advocated for the closure of the N-Reactor at the Hanford Nuclear Site in the 1980s, though he was a supporter of nuclear fusion programs. The N-Reactor was used for producing weapons grade plutonium while producing electricity. Hatfield frequently broke with his party on issues of national defense and foreign policy in support for non-interventionism , such as military spending and

24024-491: Was the chairman of the board of trustees. The board also included executives from ESCO Corporation , Planar Systems Inc., Tektronix, Intel Corp. and ESI Inc. The board adopted a mission statement: "Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology, the only private graduate school of science and engineering in the Pacific Northwest, educates leaders and creates knowledge through research." The annual budget

24180-402: Was to have all social services provided at the neighborhood level. Hatfield appeared alongside Frank Church , Charles Goodell , Harold Hughes , and George McGovern on a bipartisan broadcast concerning the Vietnam War on May 12, 1970. The broadcast specifically concerned the McGovern-Hatfield Amendment , and was primarily for the purpose of promoting it. The Amendment had not yet reached

24336-614: Was unsuccessful in his attempt to get $ 1.5M in seed funding for OGC from the state legislature. Financial support was an ongoing problem for OGC, as demonstrated by the brief terms of several of its presidents. Funding in the late 1960s was received from Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company , and sought from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the National Institutes of Health . Other early backers and board members included Douglas Strain of Electro Scientific Industries (ESI), John Gray of Omark Industries Inc. and Ira Keller of Western Kraft Corporation. A report by

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