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  • Eddie Wied (1925 - 2007)

    Known as “the Professor,” jazz pianist Eddie Wied was an influential teacher and exemplary player during the years he lived in Portland. His work …

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  • Edison Chiloquin (1923-2003)

    Edison Chiloquin earned international attention in 1974 when he refused to accept a $273,000 payment from the federal government as compensation for terminating the Klamath …

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  • Edison Marshall (1894-1967)

    Edison Marshall was a nationally known author and adventurer who once told Grit magazine: "I went after the two big prizes, fame and fortune, and …

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  • Edith Henry Kilbuck (1931–2008)

    Edith Kilbuck was a noted harpsichordist, pianist, and professor of music at Lewis & Clark College in Portland. Her keen interest in the field …

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  • Edith Starrett Green (1910-1987)

    Democrat Edith Starrett Green represented Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District from 1955 through 1974. During her twenty years in the U.S. House of Representatives, she gained …

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  • Edmund Creffield and the Brides of Christ Church

    In 1903, Edmund Creffield, a thirty-three-year-old German immigrant and former Salvation Army captain, persuaded about twenty Salvation Army soldiers in Corvallis to join his church, …

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  • Edward Baker (1811-1861)

    Edward "Ned" D. Baker, who was born in London, England, on February 24, 1811, immigrated with his family to the United States at age five. …

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  • Edward Boyce (1862–1941)

    Before moving to Portland in the early years of the twentieth century, Edward Boyce was reviled in the city’s newspapers. As the first president of …

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  • Edward Wah (1931?-2008)

    Edward Eng Wah, D.M.D., practiced dentistry in both Portland and John Day. The great-grandnephew of Oregon herbalist Ing Hay (Wu Yunian; also know as Doc …

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  • Edwin C. (Bill) Berry (1910–1987)

    Bill Berry, a leader in the Urban League for nearly thirty years, was the first director of the organization’s Portland chapter, established in 1945. At …

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2114 results

  • Eddie Wied (1925 - 2007)

    Known as “the Professor,” jazz pianist Eddie Wied was an influential teacher and exemplary player during the years he lived in Portland. His work …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Edison Chiloquin (1923-2003)

    Edison Chiloquin earned international attention in 1974 when he refused to accept a $273,000 payment from the federal government as compensation for terminating the Klamath …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Edison Marshall (1894-1967)

    Edison Marshall was a nationally known author and adventurer who once told Grit magazine: "I went after the two big prizes, fame and fortune, and …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Edith Henry Kilbuck (1931–2008)

    Edith Kilbuck was a noted harpsichordist, pianist, and professor of music at Lewis & Clark College in Portland. Her keen interest in the field …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Edith Starrett Green (1910-1987)

    Democrat Edith Starrett Green represented Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District from 1955 through 1974. During her twenty years in the U.S. House of Representatives, she gained …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Edmund Creffield and the Brides of Christ Church

    In 1903, Edmund Creffield, a thirty-three-year-old German immigrant and former Salvation Army captain, persuaded about twenty Salvation Army soldiers in Corvallis to join his church, …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Edward Baker (1811-1861)

    Edward "Ned" D. Baker, who was born in London, England, on February 24, 1811, immigrated with his family to the United States at age five. …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Edward Boyce (1862–1941)

    Before moving to Portland in the early years of the twentieth century, Edward Boyce was reviled in the city’s newspapers. As the first president of …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Edward Wah (1931?-2008)

    Edward Eng Wah, D.M.D., practiced dentistry in both Portland and John Day. The great-grandnephew of Oregon herbalist Ing Hay (Wu Yunian; also know as Doc …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Edwin C. (Bill) Berry (1910–1987)

    Bill Berry, a leader in the Urban League for nearly thirty years, was the first director of the organization’s Portland chapter, established in 1945. At …

    Oregon Encyclopedia