Silicon Forest is a Washington County cluster of high-tech companies located in the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. The term most frequently refers to the industrial corridor between Beaverton and Hillsboro in northwest Oregon. The high-technology industry accounted for 19 percent of Oregon's economy in 2005,and the Silicon Forest name has been applied to the industry throughout the state in such places as Corvallis,Bend,and White City. Nevertheless,the name refers primarily to the Portland metropolitan area,where about 1,500 high-tech firms were located as of 2006.
Sunset High School (SHS) is a public high school in Beaverton,Oregon,United States. The school currently offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. It opened in 1959 and is the second oldest of the six high schools in the Beaverton School District. Sunset's athletic teams are known as the Apollos.
Pietro Belluschi was an Italian-American architect. A leading figure in modern architecture,he was responsible for the design of over 1,000 buildings.
The Miss Oregon competition is a regional scholarship competition that selects the representative for the US state of Oregon in the Miss America pageant. The annual event includes contestants from across the state and awards scholarships to the participants.
Randall Edwards is an American politician who most recently served as the state treasurer of the state of Oregon. A Democrat,Edwards was elected as treasurer in 2000 and reelected in 2004,after serving two terms in the Oregon Legislative Assembly. He served as a manager and senior advisor at the Oregon State Treasury from 1992–1996,and was an International Trade Analyst for the U.S. Commerce Department.
Radius Recycling,Inc.,previously known as Schnitzer Steel Industries,Inc.,is a steel manufacturing and scrap metal recycling company headquartered in Portland,Oregon. Founded in 1906,the publicly traded company is a component Russell 2000 Index with approximately 3,500 employees. In 2023,the company adopted its current name and a new NASDAQ symbol of RDUS.
Margaret Louise Carter is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1999 and 2001 to 2009 and was the first black woman elected to the state's legislature. She served in the Oregon House of Representatives until 1999,and then in the Oregon State Senate from 2001 to 2009. She served as President Pro Tempore of the Senate,Vice Chair for Ways and Means,and as a member of both the Health and Human Services and Oregon State Hospital Patient Care committees. She announced her resignation from the Senate effective August 31,2009,and took a post as Deputy Director for Human Services Programs at the Oregon Department of Human Services. In 2015,she was reportedly considering a return to the senate.
Tobias Read is an American politician who is the secretary of state-elect of Oregon. As a member of the Democratic Party he has been serving as the Oregon State Treasurer since 2017. He was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives,representing the 27th district from 2007 to 2017,which comprises parts of Beaverton,southwest Portland,and unincorporated Multnomah and Washington Counties. He served as Speaker Pro Tempore and was formerly the Democratic Majority Whip.
Bruce Starr is an American politician and businessman in Oregon. A Republican,he served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives before winning election to the Oregon State Senate in 2002. There he joined his father Senator Charles Starr and they became the first father-son team to serve at the same time in Oregon's Senate. Bruce had previously been a member of the Hillsboro City Council,and was re-elected to the Senate in 2006 and 2010,but lost a bid in 2012 to be the Oregon Labor Commissioner.
Richard Thomas Metsger served in the Oregon State Senate from 1999 to 2011. President Barack Obama nominated Rick Metsger to serve on the board of the National Credit Union Administration on May 16,2013. The U.S. Senate confirmed Metsger on August 1,2013,and he took the oath of office on August 23,2013. He served as the ninth NCUA board chairman from May 1,2016,through January 22,2017.
Malcolm Francis Marsh is an American attorney and jurist from the state of Oregon. He is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon in Portland,Oregon. A native of Oregon,he served as an active judge for eleven years,and was in private legal practice in Salem before that.
Anthony Meeker is a politician in Oregon. He was appointed State Treasurer in 1987. Oregon Governor Neil Goldschmidt appointed him to fill the vacancy created when Bill Rutherford resigned from office. Meeker was elected to a full term in 1988. He had also served in the Oregon House of Representatives and in the Oregon State Senate.
James Anthony Redden Jr. was an American judge and politician from Oregon. He was a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon,from 1995 to 2020,and,before that,had served as a federal judge since 1980. Before his appointment to the bench,he was a trial attorney,and a career Democratic politician,serving as a legislator and in two of the state's constitutional offices,as Treasurer and Attorney General.
George Greenwood Bingham was an American judge and legal educator in the state of Oregon. A native of Wisconsin,he migrated to Oregon with his family in his teens,though he returned to the Midwest for his legal education. Bingham served as the second dean at the Willamette University College of Law and was also a judge for Multnomah County after previously serving as a district attorney for Salem and the state. His former home in Salem,the Dr. Luke A. Port House,is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Gambling in Oregon relates to the laws,regulations,and authorized forms of gambling.
Edward Tevis Wheeler is an American politician who has served as the mayor of Portland,Oregon since 2017. He was Oregon State Treasurer from 2010 to 2016.
White Stag is an in-store brand of women's clothing and accessories sold by Walmart. Founded as a skiwear manufacturer in Portland,Oregon,the company was purchased by the Warnaco Group in 1966,which in turn sold the brand to Wal-Mart in 2003.
William Sumio Naito was an American businessman,civic leader and philanthropist in Portland,Oregon,U.S. He was an enthusiastic advocate for investment in downtown Portland,both private and public,and is widely credited for helping to reverse a decline in the area in the 1970s through acquiring and renovating derelict or aging buildings and encouraging others to invest in downtown and the central city.
Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center is a non-profit organization that provides primary health care in Washington and Yamhill counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. Established in 1975,Virginia Garcia operates five medical clinics,five dental clinics,one women's clinic as well as six school-based health centers,and is based in Cornelius,Oregon. The organization was founded to provide medical care to migrant and farm workers and those with barriers to care. It was named after the daughter of migrant workers who died after failing to receive medical treatment for an infected cut on her foot. In 2016,Virginia Garcia had revenues of $60 million and served 45,000 patients.
Sally Amanda Marshall is an American lawyer in the U.S. state of Oregon. She was,most immediately,the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon,the top federal prosecutor position in the state. She resigned her position on April 24,2015,amid an internal review,citing unspecified health issues.
