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Oral history interview with Angus Duncan [Session 04, Recording 01]
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- 1999-09-24 (Creation)
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Audiocassette; 00:30:05
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Robert Angus Duncan was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1946. In 1948, his family relocated to Oregon, and settled in Medford a few years later. In 1967, he earned a degree in government from Harvard University. From 1974 to 1979, he served as an aide to Portland Mayor Neil Goldschmidt, and continued to assist Goldschmidt in the U.S. Department of Transportation from 1979 to 1980. He participated in the creation of the 1980 Northwest Power Act. During the 1980s, he worked in the private sector for various renewable energy companies, and in 1990, he became a member of the Northwest Power Planning Council, now known as the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. He served as chair from 1994 to 1995.
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Tape 8, Side 1. In the fourth and final interview session, conducted on September 24, 1999, Duncan continues to discuss serving on the Northwest Power Planning Council from 1990 to 1995. He revisits the topic of the shutdown of the Trojan nuclear power plant, and talks about his working relationship with the NWPPC council members and staff. He discusses the controversies surrounding the 1995 departure of Ed Sheets from the council; talks about working with federal agencies, particularly the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and shares his thoughts about the future of power generation on the Columbia River. He closes the interview by reflecting on his career in the public and private sectors.
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Copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society. Use is allowed according to the following statement: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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- Strassmaier, James (Contributor)