MARK ODOM HATFIELD
July 12, 1922-August 7, 2011
SENATOR MARK HATFIELD
(R-Oregon)
Published in the March 29, 1982
issue of BUSINESS WEEK, p. 38
Governor of Oregon for eight years (1959-1967); U.S. Senator from Oregon for thirty years (1967-1997). Served in the U.S. Navy in World War II; one of the first to see Hiroshima after the bombing; the first "prominent Republican" to come out against the Vietnam War. Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee for eight years; came out against the 1986 Constitutional Amendment requiring a Balanced Budget (the deciding vote); "strong advocate" of public spending on biomedical research; known for directing funds to projects in his home state. A man of conscience and principle; a touch of scandal. Much more in interesting articles here and here and here and here; the basic facts here; a more recent photograph here.
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