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Padrow, Ben, 1927-
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1927-1986
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Ben Padrow was born in 1927 and grew up in Portland, Oregon. He studied speech at Lewis and Clark College, and began teaching high school in Hermiston after his graduation in 1949. He left a year later to continue his education at the University of Oregon. After graduating, he taught at Palomar College in San Marcos, California. In 1954, he and Delores Esther Mintz were married; they later had two children. In 1955, Padrow returned to Portland to teach at Portland State University. He served on the Multnomah County Commission from 1971 to 1974. He wrote speeches for several Oregon politicians, including Betty Roberts and Bob Straub, and served on Multnomah County Commissioner Don Clark's staff. He died in 1986.
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Ben Padrow (1927-1986) was a longtime political scientist and Portland State University speech instructor.
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