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Lincoln High School (Oregon)
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Lincoln High School, known as Lincoln, is a public high school located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood
of Portland, Oregon
, United States
. It was established in 1869.
(the other is San Francisco's
Lowell High
).
In 1889, a "very successful" night school program was started at the building. The school was renamed Lincoln High School in 1909, then moved to the 45-room South Park Blocks
location (now known as Lincoln Hall
) when construction was completed in 1912.
In 1937, the school had grown to 1580 students and 53 teachers. In 1972, it had 1253 students, 7% of which were black
(a contemporary report noted they were mostly "voluntary transfers"); 4.3% of the students were on welfare.
Due to the baby boom
and passing of a $25 million building levy by the school district in 1947, a new high school was slated. The existing building was sold to the Vanport Extension Center (now Portland State University
) in April 1949 for $875,000, with the intention that the high school would not leave for "at least two years." Land was cleared for the school by June 1950 on the former Jacob Kamm House
property.
.
. In 2008, Lincoln was voted 2nd out of all 261 of the public high schools in all of the state of Oregon
, having the School of Science and Technology
from the Beaverton School District
in 1st place.
In 2008, 89% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma
. Of 372 students, 330 graduated, 34 dropped out, 4 received a modified diploma
, and 4 are still in high school.
Lincoln is a part of the International Baccalaureate
(IB) program, and has averaged roughly 38 successful IB diploma candidates over each of the past three years from 2009.
Lincoln has 60 classroom teachers, 2.5 special instruction teachers, 4 educational assistants, 5 student counselors, an alternative education teacher, and a library/media specialist. Programs provide the highest quality-academic and extracurricular opportunities with a strong college preparatory program. Basic high school curriculum is enhanced with advanced course work in English
, social sciences
, foreign languages, mathematics
and physical and life sciences
.
In a July 2006 interview with The Oregonian
, former Lincoln High Principal Peter Hamilton described it as "a classic college preparatory school." It is home to more National Merit
scholarship semifinalists than any other public or private high school in Oregon.
The school received a silver ranking from U.S. News & World Report
's 2010 "America's Best High Schools" survey.
In 2010, a student at the school was honored as a Presidential Scholar
, one of three from Oregon.
Lincoln's nationally renowned constitution team has won twenty state championships and several national titles. Most recently, Lincoln's Constitution Team won the 2010 state competition, then placed fourth out of 52 teams (all states plus Washington, D.C. and the territory of the Northern Mariana Islands
) in the 2010 National championship in Washington D.C.
The Lincoln Dancers have been State Champions in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009,and 2010. They have also won the PIL District Champions title for ten consecutive years.
The school newspaper, The Cardinal Times, was established in 1897 and is the oldest continually-published high school newspaper in the West
.
In 2008, the senior prank
received media coverage.
Lincoln High School also boasts an internationally ranked robotics team (ping: 7 MHz of Adrenaline). In the 2008 MATE
underwater robotics competition, ping won the Pacific Northwest regional competition and placed fourth at the international competition at UCSD. The team also competes in FIRST
, where they placed fifth at the Oregon Regional in 2009.
coach, has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence
. This was Adelman's second DUI charge since June 2005, a year before he became the school's basketball coach. 27-year old Adelman, son of veteran NBA
coach Rick Adelman
(former coach of the Portland Trail Blazers
and current coach of the Houston Rockets
), had to apologize to both his players and the Lincoln staff. However, principal Peyton Chapman decided to keep Adelman for the remainder of the basketball season.
In late-March of that same year, Michael Todd, Lincoln's baseball
coach, has been in trouble with the school staff when he took three of his players, all aged 18, to a strip club
while in San Francisco
for a spring break baseball tournament. 25-year old Todd, about to be fired, decided to resign from being Lincoln's baseball coach and is no longer part of Portland Public Schools. The assistant coaches, who also went to the strip club, resigned as well. Neither the identities of the players or the assistant coaches were revealed.
On August 29, the head football
coach, 38-year old Chad Carlson, and the two assistant coaches, brothers Kyle (25) and Kacy Fairfax (24), were under arrest for interrupting a police investigation. When they were riding the TriMet
to Rose Quarter stadium for an Ultimate Fighting Championship event, a woman complained to police about a man (Kacy) touching her rear. While police were investigating, Carlson and Kyle Fairfax, while drunk with alcohol, kept interrupting the investigation. Kacy Fairfax was also drunk when he groped her. On September 17, Carlson and Kyle pleaded guilty for interfering with the police. They were sentenced to eight hours of community service. However, prosecutors dismissed Kacy Fairfax's charges. After that, the coaches apologized to the Lincoln staff, and the team, telling them that they "let them down" and that they were going to resign as the football coaches from Lincoln.
Also in the fall of 2009, the cheerleading coach and assistant coach resigned after having their decision to demote a cheerleader from varsity to JV overruled by the principal. The cheerleader in question was said to have broken the agreed code of conduct on multiple occasions as well as threatening to drop a teammate during stunt practice. However, after the cheerleader accused the school's administration of being racist, the decision was made to not only keep her on varsity, but also promote her to team captain. The resignation of coaches was followed by the resignation of the cheerleading team and the termination of the program for the remainder of the year.
Goose Hollow, Portland, Oregon
Goose Hollow is a neighborhood in southwest Portland, Oregon. It acquired its distinctive name through early residents’ practice of letting their geese run free near the wooded ravine in the Tualatin Mountains now known as the Tanner Creek Canyon and in the now infilled Tanner Creek Gulch...
of 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...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was established in 1869.
History
With an initial enrollment of 45 students, the school was established in 1869 as the Portland High School on Morrison Street. The principal was J.W. Johnson. It is one of the two oldest public high schools west of the Mississippi RiverMississippi River
The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...
(the other is San Francisco's
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
Lowell High
Lowell High School (San Francisco)
Lowell High School is a public magnet school in San Francisco, California. The school opened in 1856 as the Union Grammar School and attained its current name in 1896. Lowell moved to its current location in the Merced Manor neighborhood in 1962....
).
In 1889, a "very successful" night school program was started at the building. The school was renamed Lincoln High School in 1909, then moved to the 45-room South Park Blocks
South Park Blocks
The South Park Blocks form a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon. The Oregonian has called it Portland's "extended family room", as Pioneer Courthouse Square is known as Portland's "living room"....
location (now known as Lincoln Hall
Lincoln Hall (Portland, Oregon)
Lincoln Hall is a building containing a theatre and classrooms at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. It was originally home to Lincoln High School.-History:...
) when construction was completed in 1912.
In 1937, the school had grown to 1580 students and 53 teachers. In 1972, it had 1253 students, 7% of which were black
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
(a contemporary report noted they were mostly "voluntary transfers"); 4.3% of the students were on welfare.
Due to the baby boom
Baby boom
A baby boom is any period marked by a greatly increased birth rate. This demographic phenomenon is usually ascribed within certain geographical bounds and when the number of annual births exceeds 2 per 100 women...
and passing of a $25 million building levy by the school district in 1947, a new high school was slated. The existing building was sold to the Vanport Extension Center (now Portland State University
Portland State University
Portland State University is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1946, it has the largest overall enrollment of any university in the state of Oregon, including undergraduate and graduate students. It is also the only public university in...
) in April 1949 for $875,000, with the intention that the high school would not leave for "at least two years." Land was cleared for the school by June 1950 on the former Jacob Kamm House
Jacob Kamm House
The Jacob Kamm House, also called the Jacob Kamm Mansion, is a French Second Empire style mansion in Portland, Oregon, built in 1871. It was moved from its original Goose Hollow location in 1950 to make room for Lincoln High School's campus....
property.
Student profile
The student population is 75% white, 9% Asian/Pacific Islander, 7% Latino, 5% African American. About 84% of students live within the school boundaries, the second-highest percentage in the district, behind WilsonWoodrow Wilson High School (Portland, Oregon)
Woodrow Wilson High School, known as Wilson High School, is a public high school in Portland, Oregon, United States. In 2006, the school was one of seven in Oregon ranked among America's 1,200 best high schools by Newsweek. In 2008, Wilson was voted 37th out of all the public high schools in all...
.
Academics
In 2006, the school was one of seven in Oregon ranked among America's 1,200 best high schools (based on Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or Cambridge test scores) by NewsweekNewsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
. In 2008, Lincoln was voted 2nd out of all 261 of the public high schools in all of the state of Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
, having the School of Science and Technology
School of Science and Technology
The School of Science and Technology is an accredited, public high school located in Beaverton, Oregon, United States. It is a magnet program within Merlo Station High School for students who have an interest in mathematics, life and physical sciences, and technology.- History :SST began as a...
from the Beaverton School District
Beaverton School District
The Beaverton School District is a school district in suburban Beaverton and Portland, Oregon, United States. The Beaverton Elementary School District 48 was established in 1876, with other elementary districts later merged into the district. The elementary district was later merged with the high...
in 1st place.
In 2008, 89% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma
High school diploma
A high school diploma is a diploma awarded for the completion of high school. In the United States and Canada, it is considered the minimum education required for government jobs and higher education. An equivalent is the GED.-Past diploma styles:...
. Of 372 students, 330 graduated, 34 dropped out, 4 received a modified diploma
Oregon modified high school diploma
The Oregon modified high school diploma, also known as the OAR 581-022-1134 Modified Diploma, is a document that is given to students who need special consideration throughout their time in high school...
, and 4 are still in high school.
Lincoln is a part of the International Baccalaureate
IB Diploma Programme
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a two-year educational programme for students aged 16–19that provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into higher education, and is recognised by universities worldwide. It was developed in the early to mid-1960s in Geneva by...
(IB) program, and has averaged roughly 38 successful IB diploma candidates over each of the past three years from 2009.
Lincoln has 60 classroom teachers, 2.5 special instruction teachers, 4 educational assistants, 5 student counselors, an alternative education teacher, and a library/media specialist. Programs provide the highest quality-academic and extracurricular opportunities with a strong college preparatory program. Basic high school curriculum is enhanced with advanced course work in English
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
, social sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
, foreign languages, mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and physical and life sciences
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
.
In a July 2006 interview with The Oregonian
The Oregonian
The Oregonian is the major daily newspaper in Portland, Oregon, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 1850...
, former Lincoln High Principal Peter Hamilton described it as "a classic college preparatory school." It is home to more National Merit
National Merit Scholarship Program
The National Merit Scholarship Program is a United States academic scholarship competition for recognition and college scholarships administered by National Merit Scholarship Corporation , a privately funded, not-for-profit organization. The program began in 1955...
scholarship semifinalists than any other public or private high school in Oregon.
The school received a silver ranking from U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
's 2010 "America's Best High Schools" survey.
In 2010, a student at the school was honored as a Presidential Scholar
Presidential Scholars Program
The United States Presidential Scholars Program is the highest possible honor for graduating high school seniors in the United States of America....
, one of three from Oregon.
Activities
Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...
) in the 2010 National championship in Washington D.C.
The Lincoln Dancers have been State Champions in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009,and 2010. They have also won the PIL District Champions title for ten consecutive years.
The school newspaper, The Cardinal Times, was established in 1897 and is the oldest continually-published high school newspaper in the West
Pacific Coast
A country's Pacific coast is the part of its coast bordering the Pacific Ocean.-The Americas:Countries on the western side of the Americas have a Pacific coast as their western border.* Geography of Canada* Geography of Chile* Geography of Colombia...
.
In 2008, the senior prank
Senior prank
A senior prank is a type of organized prank pulled by the senior class of a school, college, or university to cause chaos throughout the institution. The pranks are usually carried out at the end of the senior school year as a going away mark on the school, and in some cases have become something...
received media coverage.
Lincoln High School also boasts an internationally ranked robotics team (ping: 7 MHz of Adrenaline). In the 2008 MATE
Mate
Mate may refer to one of the following meanings based on the generic dictionary definitions of the word:* One of a pair of animals involved in mating* Mate , a colloquialism used to refer to a friend* A naval officer:...
underwater robotics competition, ping won the Pacific Northwest regional competition and placed fourth at the international competition at UCSD. The team also competes in FIRST
First
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one.First or 1st may also refer to:* First , minor summit below the Schwarzhorn in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland* First , mountain in Bernese Alps in Switzerland...
, where they placed fifth at the Oregon Regional in 2009.
2009 athletic coach scandals
A couple of Lincoln's athletic coaches have been in trouble in the year of 2009. On February 21, 2009, David Adelman, Lincoln's boys' basketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
coach, has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence
Driving under the influence
Driving under the influence is the act of driving a motor vehicle with blood levels of alcohol in excess of a legal limit...
. This was Adelman's second DUI charge since June 2005, a year before he became the school's basketball coach. 27-year old Adelman, son of veteran NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
coach Rick Adelman
Rick Adelman
Richard Leonard "Rick" Adelman is an American former basketball professional player and current basketball coach. He is the head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA. Confirmation of the hiring came from the Timberwolves on September 13, 2011...
(former coach of the Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the...
and current coach of the Houston Rockets
Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1967, and played in San Diego, California for four years, before being...
), had to apologize to both his players and the Lincoln staff. However, principal Peyton Chapman decided to keep Adelman for the remainder of the basketball season.
In late-March of that same year, Michael Todd, Lincoln's baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
coach, has been in trouble with the school staff when he took three of his players, all aged 18, to a strip club
Strip club
A strip club is an adult entertainment venue in which striptease or other erotic or exotic dance is regularly performed. Strip clubs typically adopt a nightclub or bar style, but can also adopt a theatre or cabaret-style....
while in San Francisco
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
for a spring break baseball tournament. 25-year old Todd, about to be fired, decided to resign from being Lincoln's baseball coach and is no longer part of Portland Public Schools. The assistant coaches, who also went to the strip club, resigned as well. Neither the identities of the players or the assistant coaches were revealed.
On August 29, the head football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
coach, 38-year old Chad Carlson, and the two assistant coaches, brothers Kyle (25) and Kacy Fairfax (24), were under arrest for interrupting a police investigation. When they were riding the TriMet
TriMet
TriMet, more formally known as the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, is a public agency that operates mass transit in a region that spans most of the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon...
to Rose Quarter stadium for an Ultimate Fighting Championship event, a woman complained to police about a man (Kacy) touching her rear. While police were investigating, Carlson and Kyle Fairfax, while drunk with alcohol, kept interrupting the investigation. Kacy Fairfax was also drunk when he groped her. On September 17, Carlson and Kyle pleaded guilty for interfering with the police. They were sentenced to eight hours of community service. However, prosecutors dismissed Kacy Fairfax's charges. After that, the coaches apologized to the Lincoln staff, and the team, telling them that they "let them down" and that they were going to resign as the football coaches from Lincoln.
Also in the fall of 2009, the cheerleading coach and assistant coach resigned after having their decision to demote a cheerleader from varsity to JV overruled by the principal. The cheerleader in question was said to have broken the agreed code of conduct on multiple occasions as well as threatening to drop a teammate during stunt practice. However, after the cheerleader accused the school's administration of being racist, the decision was made to not only keep her on varsity, but also promote her to team captain. The resignation of coaches was followed by the resignation of the cheerleading team and the termination of the program for the remainder of the year.
Notable alumni
- Marion BauerMarion BauerMarion Eugénie Bauer was an American composer, teacher, writer, and music critic. A contemporary of Aaron Copland, Bauer played an active role in shaping American musical identity in the early half of the twentieth century....
, composer - Mel BlancMel BlancMelvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...
, voice actor - Chris DeWolfeChris DeWolfeChris DeWolfe is an American entrepreneur, and one of the creators of Myspace , of which he is also the former CEO. He has the sixth account ever made on the site. During DeWolfe's tenure, MySpace became the top social network, with over 135 million worldwide unique visitors a month...
, businessman, MyspaceMyspaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors.... - Aaron DirectorAaron DirectorAaron Director , a celebrated professor at the University of Chicago Law School, played a central role in the development of the Chicago school of economics...
, professor who helped develop the Chicago school of economics - Ron EastRon EastRonald Allan East is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League from 1967 to 1977. He played for Oregon State University and Montana State University in college following his completion of service to the United States Marine Corps.Ron East was the fifth defensive...
, NFL Football Player - Rick EmersonRick EmersonRick Emerson , formerly known as Rick Taylor, is a radio personality most known for The Rick Emerson Show, currently broadcasting daily from , and has been broadcast in Portland, Oregon, in one form or another, since 1997. The show was nationally syndicated for a period from 1998-2001 by NBG Radio...
, Oregon's Entertainer of the Year, three years running - Harry GlickmanHarry GlickmanHarry Glickman is a retired journalist, promoter, and sports executive. He was one of the founders of the Portland Trail Blazers, and was the team's president from 1987 to 1994.-Early career:...
Sports promoter, "Father" of professional sports in Oregon - S. David GriggsS. David GriggsStanley David Griggs was a United States Navy officer and a NASA astronaut. He is credited with conducting the first unscheduled extra-vehicular activity of the space program during Space Shuttle mission STS-51-D...
, astronaut - Matt GroeningMatt GroeningMatthew Abram "Matt" Groening is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell as well as two successful television series, The Simpsons and Futurama....
, creator of The SimpsonsThe SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
(in fact, inside the building has a poster of every single character from The Simpsons, signed by Groening) - Kathleen HannaKathleen HannaKathleen Hanna is an American musician, feminist activist, and punk zine writer. In the early- to mid-1990s she was the lead singer and songwriter of Bikini Kill, before fronting Le Tigre in the late 1990s and early 2000s...
, Musician - Peter JacobsenPeter JacobsenPeter Erling Jacobsen is an American professional golfer, who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. He has won seven events on the PGA Tour and two events on the Champions Tour, both majors.-Early years:...
, professional golfer - Mickey LolichMickey LolichMichael Stephen Lolich is a former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1962 until 1979 who played the majority of his career with the Detroit Tigers.-Baseball career:...
, baseball player, 1968 World Series MVP AwardWorld Series MVP AwardThe World Series Most Valuable Player Award is given to the player deemed to have the most impact on his team's performance in the World Series, which is the final round of the Major League Baseball postseason...
winner - Robert MannRobert MannRobert Mann is a musician, composer, and conductor.He was a founding member and first violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet for 52 years, and mentor to younger generations of string musicians....
, founding member and first violinist, Juilliard String Quartet - Chet Orloff, director of Oregon Historical SocietyOregon Historical SocietyThe Oregon Historical Society is an organization that encourages and promotes the study and understanding of the history of the Oregon Country, within the broader context of U.S. history. Incorporated in 1898, the Society collects, preserves, and makes available materials of historical character...
, professor, writer - Johnny PeskyJohnny PeskyJohn Michael Pesky , nicknamed "The Needle" and "Mr. Red Sox", was a Major League Baseball shortstop, third baseman, and manager. During a 10-year career, he played in 1942 and from 1946-1954 for three different teams. He missed all of the 1943, 1944, and 1945 seasons while serving in World War...
, professional baseball player - Nate QueryNate QueryNate Query plays electric bass, upright bass, and cello in the rock band The Decemberists. He is also credited on Michael Zapruder's record. Former bands include Calobo and Everyday Dirt. His most recent project is the acoustic band Black Prairie with a number of other Portland...
, Musician (The Decemberists) - Mark RothkoMark RothkoMark Rothko, born Marcus Rothkowitz , was a Russian-born American painter. He is classified as an abstract expressionist, although he himself rejected this label, and even resisted classification as an "abstract painter".- Childhood :Mark Rothko was born in Dvinsk, Vitebsk Province, Russian...
, modern artist - Richard SandersRichard Sanders (wrestler)Richard Sanders was an Olympic wrestler from the United States. He won a silver medal in both the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, the flyweight division, and the 1972 Munich Olympic Games in Germany in the bantamweight division. Both medals were won in freestyle wrestling...
, Olympic Wrestler - Rebecca SchaefferRebecca SchaefferRebecca Lucile Schaeffer was an American actress best known for her role in the sitcom My Sister Sam...
, Actress - Elliott SmithElliott SmithSteven Paul "Elliott" Smith was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity...
, singer-songwriterSinger-songwriterSinger-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the... - Gary SnyderGary SnyderGary Snyder is an American poet , as well as an essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist . Snyder is a winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry...
, poet