Mark O. Hatfield

A Senator from Oregon. Born in Dallas, Polk County, Oreg. , July 12, 1922. Graduated, Willamette University 1943. Completed graduate degree at Stanford University 1948. Served in the United States Navy in the Second World War. Associate professor of political science 1949-1956 and dean of students 1950-1956, Willamette University. Member, State house of representatives 1951-1955. Member, State senate 1955-1957. Oregon secretary of state 1957-1959. Governor 1959-1967. Author. Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1966 for term beginning January 3, 1967. Delayed taking oath of office until January 10, 1967, to finish term as governor. Reelected in 1972, 1978, 1984, and 1990, and served from January 10, 1967, to January 3, 1997. Not a candidate for reelection in 1996. Chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Ninety-seventh through Ninety-ninth Congress, One Hundred Fourth Congress). Resumed teaching of political science and history at Portland State University, George Fox University and Willamette University. Died August 7, 2011. Interment in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Oreg.