Mark Hatfield, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Mark Hatfield

American politician, former governor of Oregon

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1922

Place of Birth: Dallas, Oregon, United States

Date of Death: 07-Aug-2011

Profession: writer, politician, military officer, dean, political scientist, associate professor, peace activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Mark Hatfield

  • Mark Odom Hatfield (July 12, 1922 – August 7, 2011) was an American politician and educator from the state of Oregon.
  • A Republican, he served for 30 years as a United States Senator from Oregon, and also as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
  • A native Oregonian, he served in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II after graduating from Willamette University.
  • After the war he earned a graduate degree from Stanford University before returning to Oregon and Willamette as a professor. While still teaching, Hatfield served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly.
  • He won election to the Oregon Secretary of State's office at the age of 34 and two years later was elected as the 29th Governor of Oregon.
  • He was the youngest person to ever serve in either of those offices, and served two terms as governor before election to the United States Senate.
  • In the Senate he served for 30 years, and now holds the record for longest tenure of any Senator from Oregon.
  • At the time of his retirement, he was 7th most senior Senator as well as second most senior Republican.
  • In 1968, he was considered a candidate to be Richard Nixon's running mate for the Republican Party presidential ticket. Hatfield served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations on two different occasions.
  • With this role, he was able to direct funding to Oregon and research-related projects.
  • Several Oregon institutions, buildings and facilities are named in his honor, including the Mark O.
  • Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, the Mark O.
  • Hatfield Library at Willamette University (his alma mater), the Hatfield Government Center light-rail station in Hillsboro, the Mark O.
  • Hatfield School of Government in the College of Urban and Public Affairs at Portland State University, and the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport.
  • Outside of Oregon, a research center at the National Institutes of Health is also named in his honor for his support of medical research while in the Senate.
  • Hatfield died in Portland on August 7, 2011, after a long illness.

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