John R. "Jack" Faust is a retired Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, attorney, television personality and political activist.

Education

Jack graduated from Jefferson High School in Portland, Oregon in 1949, the University of Oregon

University of Oregon

-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...

 in 1953, and graduated first in his class at the University of Oregon Law School in 1958. At law school he was Editor-in-chief of the law review and received the Order of the Coif

Order of the Coif

The Order of the Coif is an honor society for United States law school graduates. A student at an American law school who earns a Juris Doctor degree and graduates in the top 10 percent of his or her class is eligible for membership if the student's law school has a chapter of the...

 and the Phi Delta Phi

Phi Delta Phi

Phi Delta Phi, ΦΔΦ, is the world's second largest legal fraternity. Phi Delta Phi is the second oldest legal organization in continuous existence in the United States and third oldest in North America...

 Award for Outstanding Graduate Pacific Northwest.

Military service

Served in the U. S. Army from 1953-5 as a Special Agent in the 441st Counterintelligence Corps detachment, Far East Command.

Attorney

A well-known Oregon lawyer, he practiced with Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt is an American law firm with over 165 attorneys in eight cities. The firm currently has offices in:* Oregon** Portland** Bend** Salem** Eugene* Washington** Seattle** Stevenson** Vancouver...

 of Portland and retired 2007. Practice consisted of corporate, appellate and general law. Represented public utilities, insurance companies, local baseball teams, public officials, public figures, pro bono clients, numerous others. President, Multnomah County Bar Association. Vice-president, Oregon State Bar. Selected by peers for listing in Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in Portland.

Town Hall

For 13 years, Faust moderated Town Hall, a weekly public affairs television program on ABC affiliate KATU

KATU

KATU, virtual channel 2, also known as K2, is an ABC-affiliated television station broadcasting on digital channel 43 in Portland, Oregon, USA. It has been owned by Fisher Communications of Seattle, Washington, which has been the owner of the Seattle's ABC affiliate KOMO-TV, ever since it began...

. The program featured discussions, often contentious, between public officials, experts and plain citizens on topics that ranged from serious (child abuse) to light (alien abductions). It drew high ratings and received numerous awards including the Iris Award for Outstanding Local Public Affairs Program in the Nation, national awards from United Press International

United Press International

United Press International is a once-major international news agency, whose newswires, photo, news film and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations for most of the twentieth century...

, the San Francisco State Broadcaster, and the National Association of TV Executive Programmers.

Business

Served on the boards of Pacific Northwest Bell

Pacific Northwest Bell

Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company was an AT&T majority-owned Bell System company that provided local telecommunications services in Oregon, Washington, and northern Idaho. Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company was formed on July 1, 1961 when it was spun off from the Pacific Telephone and...

, Equitable Savings & Loan and Western Savings Bank.

Civic involvement

Member United States Advisory Committee on Trade Negotiations, United States Bus De-regulation Commission, Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission (vice chairman), Oregon Commission on Higher Education In Portland, Oregon Transportation Study Committee, Oregon Trail Commission Coordinating Council, Multnomah County Charter review Committee (chairman), Metropolitan Coliseum-Stadium Task Force.

Served as Chairman of the Board of Lewis & Clark College, and as a member of the boards of Portland Opera, Campfire Girls, SEI, Arlington Club (president). Master of ceremonies or speaker at numerous civic banquets and charitable fundraisers. Introduced Presidents Ford, Reagan, Bush Sr., Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, U. S. senators, Oregon governors from Tom McCall to Ted Kulongoski, other public figures.

Politics

Campaign Chairman U S Senator Bob Packwood 1974-1992, active in campaigns of Oregon Governors Victor Atiyeh and Tom McCall, Oregon Secretary of State Norma Paulus, Oregon Attorney General Lee Johnson, and others.

Awards

Portland’s First Citizen, Multnomah County Medical Society Layman of the Year, Distinguished Service Award of Anti-Defamation League, Salvation Army Community Pride Award, Honorary Doctor of Humanities Degree from Lewis & Clark College, Drug Awareness Council Person of the Year Award, Oregon Toastmasters Communicator of the Year, named one of 100 Outstanding Graduates of Jefferson High from 1909 to 2009.

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