Star Trees Set For Lighting

In what has become a favorite Salem holiday tradition, Willamette University welcomes the community to campus Friday, Dec. 6, for the annual lighting of the Star Trees beginning at 6:30 p.m. and a free holiday concert at 7:30 p.m.

The Star Trees, recently designated as Oregon Heritage Trees and recognized officially as the tallest Sequoias on any college or university campus in the country, stand just northwest of Waller Hall, opposite the south entrance to the Capitol Building on State Street.

The lighting ceremony includes holiday caroling and free hot refreshments. Again this year, Salem residents are asked to support Willamette University’s Beta Theta Pi Fraternity coat and blanket drive by bringing new or used items to the tree lighting. A free holiday concert in Smith Auditorium begins at 7:30 p.m.

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Food Drive at Willamette

Kappa Sigma Fraternity of Willamette University will sponsor the 2002 Mark Bellemore Canned Food Drive Nov. 18 through 25.

The annual food drive honors Mark Bellemore, a student at Willamette who was killed in 1990 in a car accident one day before his initiation into the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.

Bellemore dedicated much of his time to helping those in need, particularly at Salem’s Union Gospel Mission. He had served meals at the Salem Union Gospel Mission the night before he died. Kappa Sigma continues this work to instill in others the importance of community service.

Fraternity members will solicit canned goods for the drive at area Safeway stores, door to door throughout the Salem community and on the University campus.

For more information about the food drive, call John Turner at 503-480-2696

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Willamette Names Passadore For Leadership Award

Wells Fargo Oregon Regional Chairman George Passadore has been named the 2002 winner of the Glenn L. Jackson Leadership Award.

The award, presented annually by Atkinson Graduate School of Management at Willamette University, recognizes an individual in business or government who has shown leadership in improving existing conditions, has worked to promote the values of entrepreneurship (innovation, creativity, productivity, quality of life) and has shown a bias for action. The award honors achievement by a leader who recognizes the importance of public-private partnerships and works to provide leadership in both sectors.

Passadore is the 19th recipient of the award. Past winners include Bill and Sam Naito, Gerry Frank, Ken and Joan Austin, and Marty Brantley.

A Portland native, Passadore volunteers as board president of Tri-Met and as chair of the Portland Business Alliance. He also serves on the boards of the Portland Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Oregon Business Council, Portland Art Museum, and Holt International Children's Services.

He is a also a past chair of the Oregon Health Sciences University Foundation board of trustees; a former board member of the Portland Public Schools Foundation; Associated Oregon Industries; and a past trustee of the Oregon Independent College Foundation.

Passadore joined Wells Fargo in 1962 when it operated in the Northwest as First National Bank of Oregon, and later as First Interstate Bancorp.

Glenn Jackson, for whom the award is named, is considered to have been one of Oregon's most powerful and effective political leaders. He was a personal adviser to six Oregon governors and served on the State Highway Commission for 20 years - 17 as its chairman.

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Diary of a Black Sailor Topic of Inaugural Lecture

Willamette University College of Law presents William B. Gould IV in his inaugural William M. Ramsey Distinguished Professorship Lecture, "Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor," Thursday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m., in Paulus Hall at the law school. The event is free and open to the public.

The lecture will focus on Gould's great-grandfather, William Benjamin Gould, an escaped black slave who served in the United States Navy during the Civil War. Gould's latest book, "Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor," will be released by Stanford University Press next month.

Gould is a prolific author of books and articles on labor law, and employment discrimination law, as well as shorter essays on sports law and baseball. His award-winning book, "A Primer on American Labor Law," has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, German and Spanish.

One of the country's most prominent and influential experts in labor law, Gould taught at Stanford for 30 years where he served as the Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law. He joined the law faculty at Willamette in September as the William M. Ramsey Distinguished Professor of Law.

In 1994, Gould was appointed by President Bill Clinton to a four-year term as chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), one of only three academics to ever serve in that position. During his tenure as NLRB chairman, he fought vigorously for fairer labor practices in the United States.

The holder of five honorary doctor of laws degrees, Gould was thrice included in Ebony magazine's list of "100+Most Influential Black Americans." He has arbitrated or mediated more than 200 labor disputes, including the 1989 Detroit teachers wage dispute and the 1992 and 1993 Major League Baseball salary disputes.

William M. Ramsey, for whom this lecture is named, was the first dean of Willamette University College of Law, from 1884-88. Ramsey's distinguished and unselfish public service had also earned him the title of the "Dean of the Northwest Bar." His 60-year stellar career included service as a county judge, circuit judge, Oregon Supreme Court justice and mayor of Salem and McMinnville, Ore.

Established at Willamette in 1883, Willamette University College of Law is the oldest law school in the Pacific Northwest.

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