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Oral history interview with Frank C. Cook [Session 02, Recording 04]
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- 1989-11-30 (Creation)
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Audiocassette; 00:30:21
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Franklin Charles Cook was born in Pasadena, California, in 1944. He graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles, California, in 1967. He was drafted during the Vietnam War and served in the National Guard from 1967 to 1968. He was an aide to U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield from 1969 to 1973. He was founding president of the Pacific Northwest Foundation, serving from 1988 to 1994.
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Tape 4, Side 2. In the second interview session, conducted on November 30, 1989, Cook continues to discuss working as an aide to Hatfield from 1969 to 1973. He talks about Hatfield's political career, including Hatfield's role in coaching California Governor Ronald Reagan and how Hatfield's views on the Vietnam War affected his political career and his family. He talks about writing speeches for Hatfield, his work on anti-draft legislation, and other members of Hatfield's staff, particularly Gerry Frank. He also talks about other legislation he worked on for Hatfield, particularly the Neighborhood Government Act; about Hatfield's 1972 re-election campaign; and about his work on Middle East issues. He closes the interview by discussing the possibilities for Hatfield's future career.
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Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and Willamette University. Use is allowed according to the following license: Creative Commons - BY-NC-SA: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/. Copyright to photograph has not been determined and permission for use may require authorization from copyright holders.
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- Hansen, Clark (Contributor)