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Wilson, Milton, 1923-2004

  • no2017138392
  • Person
  • 1923-2004

Milton Woodrow Wilson was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1923. He studied art at the Museum Art School in Portland, now the Pacific Northwest College of Art. In 1952, he and Marial Yvonne Patterson were married; they later had three children. Wilson was one of the founders of the New Gallery for Contemporary Art in Portland, Oregon, which was open from 1959 to 1962. He died in 2004.

De Bernardis, Amo

  • no2017065785
  • Person
  • 1915-2010

Dr. Amo De Bernardis (1915-2010) was the founding president of Portland Community College.

Bradley, Henry William, 1813-1891

  • no2016085450
  • Person
  • 1813-1891

Born June 1813; died 27 April 1891. Bradley learned the daguerreotype process in New Orleans, Louisiana, before 1850. In 1850, he moved to San Francisco, California, where he opened a daguerreotype gallery as well as a daguerreotype supply business that he operated until 1878. From 1852 to 1855, Bradley operated the "National Daguerreian Gallery" in San Francisco. He also opened a branch outlet in Sacramento, California. In 1863, Bradley, with William Herman Rulofson, formed a partnership named "Bradley & Rulofson," in San Francisco. Bradley left the firm in 1878. In 1885, Bradley retired to Alameda, California where he continued to photograph.

Katz, Vera, 1933-2017

  • no2015155950
  • Person
  • 1933-2017

Vera Katz, nee Vera Pistrak, was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1933. Her family moved to France during the lead-up to World War II. In 1940, they immigrated to the United States, where she grew up in New York. She attended Brooklyn College, where she earned a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1955, and a master's degree in 1957. In 1954, she and Mel Katz were married; they later had one child. In 1964, the family moved to Portland, Oregon, where Katz soon embarked upon a political career. She served in the Oregon House of Representatives, representing Portland and Multnomah County, from 1973 to 1990, and she became the first woman speaker of the house in 1985. She then served as Portland mayor from 1993 to 2005. She died in 2017.

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