Colleges for Oregon's Future Collection 1959-1977 1959-1964

Oregon State System of Higher Education

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The University of Oregon was created by an act of the Oregon Legislature in 1872. In 1876, the Legislature passed an act to "Provide for the Support and Government of the University of Oregon." Section 2 of that act vested the government of the University in a nine-person Board of Regents. In 1929, the Legislature established the State Department of Higher Education and invested it with the power previously held by the individual Boards of Regents at all Oregon universities. Some of the function...

Colleges for Oregon’s Future.

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Colleges for Oregon's Future was established in the late 1950s as a non-partisan citizen organization to increase public understanding of the needs of higher education in Oregon. The organization remained active through the 1970s. The organization partnered with the Oregon State System of Higher Education to prepare educational and information materials. Former Oregon Governer Charles A. Sprague served as state chairman of Colleges for Oregon's Future in 1964; Ursel Narver was chair...

Sprague, Charles A. (Charles Arthur), 1887-1969

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Charles Arthur Sprague, the twenty-second governor of Oregon (1939-1943) was born in Lawrence, Kansas on November 12, 1887. From the guide to the Charles A. Sprague papers, 1895-1969, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Charles Arthur Sprague, the twenty-second governor of Oregon (1939-1943) was born in Lawrence, Kansas on November 12, 1887. From his early beginnings, Charles Sprague was dedicated to education. After graduating from Monmouth...

Oregon State university

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