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FalllWinter 1984 o--~.,-- As he readies himself for City Hall, Portland's mayor-elect sha res his urban visions. by Cynthia D. Stowell Bud Clark, Portland's spirited mayor-elect, keeps coming back to Portland State. Whether it's to take a class, find talent, or drop off a bag of money, the former Vanporter has been a frequent visitor to campus. And the school - as extension center,. college and university - has been an undeniable part of the urban landscape that has shaped the new mayor. Clark enrolled at Vanport as an "idealistic" youth just out of lincoln High School, and spent a year studying business technology and playing a lot of pinochle. In the next decade, after his first wife died in a traffic accident, he sought intellectual solace in anthropology and geology classes at Portland State College ("they were still playing pinochle"). Then in 1984, PSU speech professor and Clark campaign manager Ben Padrow helped engineer Clark's surprise defeat of incumbent Mayor 1 Frank Ivancie in the May primary. ci Immediately, the mayor began .. brushing up on public administration ! in a private seminar with PSU's Dan ~ OToole and PSU adjunct professor Jim Marshall. And as January ~~~--~--~~ I approaches, Clark and his staff are Mayor-elect Bud Clark On the inside using O'Toole's talents as a facilitator to help them set goals for the next also with a commitment to the "vital here from out of state, or from other Alice Stewart, M.D. I 3 four years in City Hall. British epidemiologist comes to PSU to Throughout 23 of these eventfu l partners" notion that has been on the parts of the state, can be an industry reminisce, but finds more work years, Clark was a tavern-keeper, agenda of PSU presidents and and business within itself. We're all in Foollwll Coach Don Read / 5 depending on the patronage of PSU Portland mayors for more than a one bag together ... His Vikings spent four years building character students and faculty who flocked to decade. And Portlanders in general I don't know if it's the influence of to win '84 championship first one tavern, the Spatenhaus, and are anxious to see whether Clark has the legislature or the State Board of Fit or fal; iI', up 10 you / (, the ideas to match the enthusiasm he Higher Education, but moneys tend to A PSU health professor and the "Father of then another, the Goose Hollow Inn. Aerobics" take their fitness messages to the In fact, Clark helped memorialize one brings to city government. go to the other state colleges before public of his patrons, Bruce Baer - a former PSU Perspective talked with Bud Portland State. urtoons for Our Times / 8-9 Vanguard editor whose successful Clark in October, during the quiet - Also, it looks to me like the state The '60s at PSU produced three prominent media career was cut short when he but not idle - time before the colleges and community colleges are cartoonists, and another is born of the '80s. died of cancer - by setting up a cash general election, to find out just what competing with each other for Vanport Reunion '84 / 11 he envisions for the city, its students. I think they should Steve Epler and Joe Holland come back for a award in his name for public affairs nostalgic visit reporting. PSU Foundation staff can inhabitants and its institutions. These cooperate more. AlumNoles / 4 remember at least one occasion when are some of his words. Speaking of Alumni, .. / 11 What the city can offer PSU: Clark came in with a paper sack full Advocacy. I'd like to encourage Foundalion News / 12 of money collected at "the Goose. " Importance of the urban university: Compu5 News / 13·14 We've got to have a liaison there. people within city government to Calendar / 15 Now, of course, PSU people extend their education and take wonder if Clark, in his new mayoral All the colleges in the area must be strong because we want businesses to sabbaticals or just take courses on On lhe cOYer: Fa ll's changeable weather is duties, will remember the school up their own. We should be constantly mirrored in puddles on HPE's rooftop tennis come into this area and a large reason on the Park Blocks, not only with improving city government and courts, which should be covered by spring. nostalgia (and a nice mention on for coming in is fine and excellent See page 13. Johnny Carson's Tonight Show) but educational facilities. Students coming Continued on p. 2 1 Clark wants to tie colleges to city, and city to rest of state Continued from p. 1 making it more efficient, and the people and trying to interpret from launching-off spot - you come to our education is part of that. At the their reactions what sort of mayor jX)rt and you go see the rest of the college level, people will help they want. state. themselves, so what you do is We've put our political career on What the people of Portland want encourage and advocate. the line for a convention center in from their mayor! It seems like whenever the city Portland ... 1 would like to fund it I think they want to be represented. wants a consultant they go to regionally, at least Clackamas, I think they want to have a voice in California. Why not get somebody out Washington and Multnomah their government. They want to be of Portland State? These two Counties, through hotel/motel taxes or proud of their mayor. When they are gentlemen (O'Toole and Marshall) something. We've got a committee have done work for other parts of the represented someplace they don't investigating that. want to be embarrassed by that city government - facilitating goal The rest of the state: mayor. Bud Clark and his transition staff are setting for the zoo and the fire Portland has tended to set itself up There was a revolution in the late using tM talents of PSU's Dan O'Toole, department - and it's been written as imperial Portland, dividing itself Sixties, over the c ity, and it started School of Urban & Public Affairs up in national magazines. all from the rest of the state. I went down with people getting involved in (above), to assist in goal-seHing. This goes (or the business to the Oregon Mayors Conference in government. That's when I started on community, too. Say you've got a Ashland - they were delighted as the neighborhood associations. Then Development in Portland: project that your company wants to hell to see me there. And there's when Frank (lvancie) got into office it Everybody on the west side wants do and there are some students at strength in that because when was just like going back to the 1950s. to put everything on the west side and Portland State who want on-the-job Portland goes to the legislature they The- pendulum had swung too far and that's ridiculous. During this should have some support from the experience. There should be ways to administration I want to jump that gel them together. outlying regions. There has always river and make the east side a very tended to be a battle and then " I want to jump that river and vital part of the city ... The inner east nothing gets done in the whole state. Right here in Portland, Oregon: side business area's just hotter than make the east side a very vital " Is Bud Clark serious?" hell to get going with their plans. We'll have a certain amount of fun, ~nn?l~k~~ ~~~ ~~~f:~d ~~;!S part of the city." pages first .' He nry Pittock was trying Portland as the regional hub: but we'll still maintain the dignity to make that point in 191 5 when he I like to look at it regionally. This is that's needed. I used to wear suits all built the Pittod Mansion. He used all really the hub of the Pacific the time in my younger days ... local labor, local talent, and the light too quickly and by my election Northwest and Columbia Basin I don't want people to be upset fixtures were cast in Portland. you've seen this explosion of delight, empire. We ought to sell ourselves as because I go "whoop whoop" - that Nobody learned (rom that. The so to speak, which surprised me. the commun ication center. We can just adds color to the city of Portland. Metropolitan Arts poster that won a My God, 1 get good vibes from be a great convention center city, a I'll do the best job I can and I think prize here - they started to get an neighborhoods I go to and great tourist center.