Spencer, Douglas R., 1923-2013

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Spencer, Douglas R., 1923-2013

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1923-2013

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Douglas R. Spencer was born in Eugene, Oregon, in 1923. He attended Harvard University from 1941 until his naval reserve unit was activated in 1944. He served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. In 1946, after the war, he returned to Harvard and earned both a bachelor of arts degree and a law degree in 1949. He returned to Eugene and became an assistant Lane County district attorney. He met Amy Lou Ware while there, and they married in 1950. They later had three children. In 1951, he left the district attorney's office and entered private law practice in Cottage Grove. Six months later, he returned to Eugene and became an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon for one term, then a research attorney for the League of Oregon Cities. He then practiced law with Bailey & Hoffman in Eugene from 1953 to 1967. He also served as the chair of the Lane County Housing Authority. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the Lane County Circuit Court in 1960. However, Governor Tom McCall appointed him to that bench in 1967. He took senior status in 1989. Spencer died in 2013.

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He was District Attorney in Lane County, research attorney for the League of Oregon Cities, and Adjunct Professor at university of Oregon. He was a lawyer for Bailey & Hoffman in Eugene, Oregon, 1953-1967. He was appointed Lane County Circuit Judge by Governor Tom McCall, 1967, retiring to senior status in 1989.

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