Sherma Jwayad Norris, nee Sherma Sharr, was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1914. In 1935, she and Nicholas Jacob Jwayad were married; they later had three children. She was a founding member of the St. Sharbel Parish in Southeast Portland, and she managed the bookstore on the Portland Community College Cascade campus. Nicholas Jwayad died in 1976. Sherma Jwayad retired in 1978, and in 1979 she and Marvin Norris were married. Norris died in 1997.

The Northwest Power Planning Council is a four-state regional planning body formed by Congress through the Northwest Power Act of 1980 to develop and maintain regional conservation and electric power plans and a fish and wildlife program. The council is composed of two representatives from each member state: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. The mission of the council is "to preserve the benefits of the Columbia River for future generations." The body was originally known as the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council; the name was shortened to Northwest Power Planning Council in October 1981, and in 2003, the name was changed to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.

The Northwest Women's History Project was founded in 1978 in Portland, Oregon. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, it worked on a project to conduct oral histories with women who had worked in Portland-area shipyards during World War II, whose histories the organization felt had not been properly represented. The organization ultimately conducted in-depth interviews with more than 30 women, and in 1982 released a touring presentation, titled "Good Work, Sister!," featuring the interviews and a slideshow.

The organization's later projects included gathering materials to celebrate Eleanor Roosevelt's 100th birthday; sponsoring an audio historical walking tour of downtown Portland; and re-releasing "Good Work, Sister!" on DVD. The organization dissolved in 2021.

Sources: Oregonian articles, 1979-1988; collection materials.

Cornella Hill Novak, nee Hill, was born in Ithaca, New York, in 1913. In 1922, she graduated from Utah State University, and in 1939, she earned a master's degree in child development and family life education from the University of Minnesota. She spent much of her career as a child development specialist in Portland, Oregon. She married three times and had five children. At the time of her death in 2003, she was known as Cornella Hill White.

Warne Harry Nunn was born in Spokane, Washington, in 1920. His parents divorced a short time later, and his mother brought him to Oregon, where he grew up on a farm outside Salem. He attended Willamette University, graduating in 1941. From 1942 to 1945, during World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps and was stationed in Texas. In 1943, he and Delores Netz were married; they later had three children. In 1945, after the war, he returned to Salem and began a career in civil service. In 1952, he became assistant public utilities commissioner for Oregon, and in 1956, Governor Elmo Smith appointed him as the first director of the state Department of Motor Vehicles. He became assistant secretary of state of Oregon in 1957 and was Governor Mark Hatfield's chief of staff from 1959 to 1967. After Hatfield was elected as a U.S. senator, Nunn served as Hatfield's chief of staff in 1967, just long enough to help him set up an office in Washington, D.C. He returned to Oregon, then worked for Pacific Power and Light until retiring in 1983. He was also a trustee of the Meyer Memorial Trust from 1983 until his death in 2007.

Raymond Woodrow Nyls, nee Suesens, was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1920. After his mother remarried, he took his step-father's name. He joined the Army Air Corps just after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1940, he and Lucile Katherine Tinker were married; they later divorced in 1945. That same year, Nyls and Laila "Peggy" Rose Garver were married. During the Korean War, Nyls served as an engineering officer and also flew missions as a fighter pilot. Some years later, Nyls and Peggy Nyls divorced, and he married Marjorie (her surname before marriage to Nyls is unknown). Nyls ultimately had three children. During the Cold War, he continued to serve in the U.S. Air Force, and for a time served as a UFO investigator. After his retirement, the Nyls family lived in Eugene. He died in 2019.

George Oberg was born around 1938 and grew up on a farm in Hazel Dell, Washington. In 1958, he graduated from Clark College. Oberg was the founding president of the Second Foundation, Oregon's first official gay support organization.

Ambrose "Brose" Adolph Oderman was born in Foxholm, North Dakota, in 1912. His father died of influenza during the 1918 pandemic. His mother remarried and the family moved to Monroe, Oregon in 1926. He studied business at the University of Oregon, graduating in 1936. In 1938, he and Virginia Arnetta Thompson married; they later had three children. He worked as an accountant and auditor for the Public Utility Commission and the Bonneville Power Administration. He volunteered for the military during World War II and served in the Navy in the Pacific Theater. After the war, he became western region audit director for the U.S. Interior Department. He died in 2014.

Frodo Okulam was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1954. In 1976, she earned a bachelor's degree in music from Portland State University. In 1981, she earned a music teaching certificate from Lewis and Clark College. In 1995, she earned a master's degree in theology from Mount Angel Seminary in St. Benedict, Oregon. She taught college courses on theology and women's spirituality at Portland State University and at the Samaritan Institute for Religious Studies. Beginning in 1985, she served as a pastor at SisterSpirit. She also served as chair for the Metropolitan Community Church Northwest District Board of Ordained Ministry. She She wrote a book, "The Julian Mystique," published in 1998, about Julian of Norwich.