Bill Text: OR SCR6 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memoriam: William E. Connor, M.D., 1921-2009.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-18 - Filed With Secretary of State. [SCR6 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-SCR6-Enrolled.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Concurrent Resolution 6
Sponsored by Senators SHIELDS, BURDICK; Senator ROSENBAUM,
Representative WILLIAMSON
Whereas William E. Connor, M.D., was born on September 14,
1921, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, grew up in Dubuque, Iowa, and
attended the University of Iowa, receiving a Bachelor of Arts
degree and a Doctor of Medicine degree after serving in the
United States Army Signal Corps in Hawaii during World War II;
and
Whereas after 14 years on the faculty in the Department of
Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine,
including seven years as director of the Clinical Research
Center, William E. Connor moved to Portland in 1975 and became a
faculty member in the Department of Medicine at Oregon Health and
Science University; and
Whereas William E. Connor was a physician scientist and a
pioneer in diet and heart disease research, studying dietary
cholesterol, omega-3 fats, changing eating habits and diseases of
sterol metabolism; and
Whereas William E. Connor was devoted to his patients at Oregon
Health and Science University, the Neighborhood Health Clinic and
the Wallace Medical Clinic; and
Whereas William E. Connor worked tirelessly on many social
justice issues, including promoting racial equality during the
Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, advocating for peace during
the Vietnam War, serving on multiple City Club research groups,
two of which studied early childhood development and the minimum
wage, and working to alleviate homelessness and poverty by
supporting both social service agencies and public policy
proposals meant to help change conditions that result in
homelessness and poverty; and
Whereas William E. Connor worked with Iowans Against the Death
Penalty from 1962 until the death penalty was repealed in Iowa in
1965 and continued working to oppose the death penalty after
moving to Oregon as a chief petitioner of the Life for a Life
ballot initiative effort and chair emeritus of Oregonians for
Alternatives to the Death Penalty; and
Whereas William E. Connor was in constant contact with
legislators to promote passage of policies to help the
disadvantaged; and
Whereas William E. Connor supported the Friends of Marquam
Nature Park to promote the development of new trails, and was
also a supporter of the Nature Conservancy; and
Whereas William E. Connor was an avid bike rider and climber,
having climbed Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens; and
Whereas William E. Connor was a devoted family man who
instilled in his children and grandchildren a love of books,
hiking, biking, camping, gardening and especially a passion for
helping others; and
Whereas William E. Connor passed away on October 25, 2009,
leaving behind his wife, Sonja, his five children, eight
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grandchildren and numerous extended family members and friends;
now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
Oregon:
That we, the members of the Seventy-seventh Legislative
Assembly, honor William E. Connor, M.D., for his many
achievements and contributions, both scientific and humanitarian,
and extend our sympathies and condolences to his family.
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Adopted by Senate March 6, 2013
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Robert Taylor, Secretary of
Senate
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Peter Courtney, President of
Senate
Adopted by House June 13, 2013
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Tina Kotek, Speaker of House
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