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  Myers, Hardy
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NameHardy Myers
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Portland, Oregon , United States
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Born October 25, 1939
Died November 29, 2016 (77 years)
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InfoWilliam Hardy Myers, Jr.

Education:

Educated in public schools of Bend and Prineville; A.B. With Distinction, University of Mississippi, 1961; LL.B., University of Oregon, 1964; member, Phi Eta Sigma (freshman scholastic honorary), Phi Kappi Phi (undergraduate scholastic honorary), Omicron Delta Kappa (undergraduate leadership honorary); Board of Editors, Oregon Law Review.

Family:

Married to Mary Ann Thalhofer of Prineville in 1962; children - Hardy III, Christopher and Jonathan.

Professional:

Law Clerk to United States District Judge William G. East, 1964-65; private practice with Stoel Rives, LLP and predecessor firms 1965-96; practice specialties: labor and employment law, government affairs law; member, Oregon State Bar and Multnomah County Bar Association; admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Oregon and United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Primary Civic and Professional Activities:

* President, Portland City Planning Commission, 1973-74 (appointed by Mayor Goldschmidt and confirmed by City Council);
* Member, Commission on the Judicial Branch, 1983-85;
* Chair, Citizens' Task Force on Mass Transit Policy, 1985-86 (appointed by Tri-Met Board of Directors);
* Chair, Oregon Jail Project, 1984-86 (appointed by Association of Oregon Counties);
* Chair, Oregon Criminal Justice Council, member, State Sentencing Guidelines Board, 1987-91 (appointed by Governor Goldschmidt);
* Chair, Portland Future Focus (city strategic planning process), 1990-91 (appointed by Mayor Bud Clark);
* Chair, Metro Charter Committee (statutory committee that prepared home rule charter for November 1992 regional vote at which charter was adopted), 1991-92 (appointed by Metropolitan Service District Executive Officer Rena Cusma);
* Chair, Governor's Task Force on State Employee Benefits, 1994 (appointed by Governor Roberts);
* Co-chair, Governor's Task Force on State Employee Compensation, 1995 (appointed by Governor Kitzhaber);
* Former member, Oregon State Bar Committee on Continuing Legal Education.

Elective Positions:

* Member, Oregon House of Representatives, 1975-85 (then District 19, parts of NE and SE Portland); rated most outstanding member of Oregon Legislature in The Oregonian 1979 and 1981 surveys of legislative observers (no 1983 survey); rated most outstanding metro area State Representative in Willamette Week surveys of legislative observers in 1977, 1979, 1981 and 1983;
* Speaker of the House, 1979-83;
* Chair, Committee on Judiciary, 1977-78 and 1983-84;
* Councilor, Metropolitan Service District (now Metro), 1985-86;
* Attorney General of Oregon, 1997-2009

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  05/18/2004 OR Attorney General - D Primary Won 99.00% (+98.00%)
  11/07/2000 OR Attorney General Won 49.82% (+3.67%)
  11/05/1996 OR Attorney General Won 52.58% (+11.30%)
  05/21/1996 OR Attorney General - D Primary Won 62.82% (+25.97%)
  11/02/1982 OR State House 15 Won 72.61% (+45.24%)
  11/04/1980 OR State House 19 Won 99.65% (+99.30%)
  11/07/1978 OR State House 19 Won 71.27% (+42.56%)
  11/02/1976 OR State House 19 Won 73.76% (+47.55%)
  11/05/1974 OR State House 19 Won 60.85% (+21.73%)
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OR Attorney General - D Primary - May 20, 2008 D Greg Macpherson
OR US Senate - D Primary - May 20, 2008 D Jeff Merkley
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