71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
 LC 3045
 
                 Senate Concurrent Resolution 5
 
Sponsored by Senator GORDLY
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Honors Robert Ford for his dedication to educating Oregon's
students.
 
                      CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  Whereas Robert Ford was born on August 17, 1906, in Oklahoma to
parents who were born into slavery; and
  Whereas Robert Ford finished high school in 1926 and decided to
become a teacher; and
  Whereas, after working for five years in New York City to earn
money for college, Robert Ford attended and graduated cum laude
from Morgan College, now known as Morgan State University, and
moved to Vanport, Oregon, in 1942; and
  Whereas Robert Ford, after working in the Kaiser shipyards in
Vancouver, Washington, until they closed, was hired in 1945 by
the Portland School District as its first African American
teacher and was assigned to the former Eliot Elementary School;
and
  Whereas, during his public school teaching career, Robert Ford
wrote several plays, offering many students their first
theatrical opportunities and coaching a racially integrated drama
group at Knott Street Center; and
  Whereas Robert Ford taught for 27 years and was honored as
Teacher of the Year by the Portland Association of Teachers in
1970; and
  Whereas a wing of the King Neighborhood Facility in Portland,
Oregon, was dedicated to Robert Ford in 1985; and
  Whereas Robert Ford's impact on Oregon will continue for future
decades thanks to his training of at least 25 students who became
teachers; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  That we, the members of the Seventy-first Legislative Assembly,
honor Robert Ford's legacy and celebrate his inspiration,
commitment to the education of Oregon's young people and
betterment of the State of Oregon.
                         ----------