A native son of Eugene, Oregon, Ormond R. Bean was one of five sons of U.S. District Court Judge (1910-1931) Robert Sharp Bean and Ina Condon Bean, daughter of the famous Oregon geologist Thomas Condon. Trained in civil engineering and architecture, he became one of Portland’s busiest city commissioners from 1933 forward and ran for mayor of Portland in 1960. A member of numerous civic organizations, Bean also invented and patented a sink for the treatment of athletic injuries (he managed several athletic squads while an undergraduate at the University of Oregon).
During World War II he served as the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency Regional Director of Transportation in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Cairo, Egypt.
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1885 (October 21):
Born, Eugene, Oregon
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[Date needed]:
High School in Salem and Eugene, Oregon
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1909:
BS Civil Engineering, University of Oregon
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1911:
Architecture certificate, MIT
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1911 -
1933
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Architect, Lawrence, Holford, Allyn and Bean (Portland, Oregon)
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1933 -
1939
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Portland Commissioner of Public Works
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1940:
Portland Public Utilities Commissioner
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1940 -
1946
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War Service. Includes tours as Regional Director, Office of Defense Transportation, Hawaii (1 yr.) and Puerto Rico (6 mos.; and Director, Transportation, US State Department, Middle East Supply Center, Cairo, Egypt
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1946:
Opens architectural practice with son Ormond R. Bean, Jr.
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1949 -
1967
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Commissioner of Finance, Portland
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1949 -
1950, 1952
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Administrator, Bureau of Parks
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1949 -
1953
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Administrator, Bureau of Buildings and the Office of the Planning Commission
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1950 -
1952, 1958
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Administrator, Bureau of Street Transportation Investigation and Bureau of Traffic and Transportation
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1952 -
1954, 1956
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Administrator, Municipal Golf Links
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1954 -
1956
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Administrator, Bureau of City Hall
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1954 -
1959
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Administrator, Bureau of Municipal Auditorium
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1954 -
1956
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Administrator, Bureau of Weights and Measures
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1958 -
1966
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Administrator, Bureau of Municipal Garage and Shops (changed to Bureau of Shops in 1962)
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1958 -
1966
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Administrator, Street Lighting (changed to Bureau of Lighting and Power in 1962)
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1960:
Mayoral Bid, City of Portland
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1968:
University of Oregon Distinguished Service Award recipient
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1975:
Deceased
From the guide to the Ormond R. Bean papers, 1930-1960, 1866-1965 1930s-1960s, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)
