Jack Faust (attorney)
| John R. "Jack" Faust | |
|---|---|
| File:Jack faust.jpg | |
| Born | 16 June 1932 Portland, Oregon |
| Occupation | Attorney, television personality |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Faust (1956–present) |
| Children | 3 children |
John R. "Jack" Faust (born June 16, 1932) is a retired Portland, Oregon, attorney, television personality and political activist.
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Early life
Education
Jack graduated from Jefferson High School in Portland, Oregon in 1949, the University of Oregon in 1953, and graduated first in his class at the University of Oregon Law School in 1958. At law school he was Editor-in-chief of the law review[1] and received the Order of the Coif and the Phi Delta Phi Award for Outstanding Graduate Pacific Northwest.[2]
Military service
Served in the U. S. Army from 1953-5 as a Special Agent in the 441st Counterintelligence Corps detachment, Far East Command.[3]
Career
Attorney
A well-known Oregon lawyer, he practiced with Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt of Portland and retired 2007. His practice consisted of corporate, appellate and general law. Faust represented public utilities, insurance companies, local baseball teams, public officials, public figures, pro bono clients, and numerous others.[4] He served as president of the Multnomah County Bar Association, and vice-president of the Oregon State Bar.[5] Faust was selected by his peers for listing in Best Lawyers in America,[6] and Best Lawyers in Portland.[7]
Town Hall
For 13 years, Faust moderated Town Hall, a weekly public affairs television program on ABC affiliate KATU.[8] The program featured discussions, often contentious, between public officials, experts and plain citizens on topics that ranged from serious (child abuse) to light (alien abductions). It drew high ratings[9] and received numerous awards including the Iris Award for Outstanding Local Public Affairs Program in the Nation, national awards from United Press International, the San Francisco State Broadcaster,[10] and the National Association of TV Executive Programmers.[11]
Business
Jack Faust's contributions in the field of business include serving on the boards of Pacific Northwest Bell, Equitable Savings & Loan and Western Savings Bank.[12]
Civic involvement
His civic involvement includes time spent as a member of the United States Advisory Committee on Trade Negotiations, the United States Bus De-regulation Commission, the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission (vice chairman), the Oregon Commission on Higher Education In Portland, the Oregon Transportation Study Committee, the Multnomah County Charter review Committee (chairman), the Metropolitan Coliseum-Stadium Task Force,[13] and the Oregon Trail Commission Coordinating Council.[14]
Jack also served as Chairman of the Board of Lewis & Clark College, and as a member of the boards of Portland Opera, Campfire Girls, SEI, Arlington Club (president). He served as Master of ceremonies or speaker at numerous civic banquets and charitable fundraisers, where he Introduced Presidents Ford, Reagan, Bush Sr., Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, U. S. senators, Oregon governors from Tom McCall to Ted Kulongoski, and other public figures.[15]
Politics
Faust was Campaign Chairman for U S Senator Bob Packwood 1974-1992, and active in the campaigns of Oregon Governors Victor Atiyeh and Tom McCall, Oregon Secretary of State Norma Paulus, Oregon Attorney General Lee Johnson, and others.[16]
Awards
He was awarded Portland’s First Citizen,[17] recognised as Multnomah County Medical Society Layman of the Year, received the Distinguished Service Award of Anti-Defamation League, and the Salvation Army Community Pride Award, an Honorary Doctor of Humanities Degree from Lewis & Clark College,[18] the Drug Awareness Council Person of the Year Award, the Oregon Toastmasters Communicator of the Year, and also named as one of 100 Outstanding Graduates of Jefferson High from 1909 to 2009.[19]
References
- ↑ Smith, Jill. “The company he keeps,” Willamette Week, December 23, 1992
- ↑ Bulletin, Portland City Club, April 19, 1974
- ↑ Painter, John Jr. “Jack of All Trades,” Oregonian May 29, 1994.
- ↑ Smith.
- ↑ Beck, Andee. “KATU assigns new Town Hall Anchor,” Oregon Journal, October 8, 1980.
- ↑ Goldfield, Robert. “State’s lawyers rated among the best,” Portland Daily Journal of Commerce, February 21, 1989.
- ↑ Calhoun, Martha. “Portland’s Best Lawyers 2008,” Portland MonthlyMagazine, June 2008.
- ↑ Schulberg, Pete (April 28, 1993). "Jack Faust of 'Town Hall': big shoes to fill". The Oregonian, p. B7.
- ↑ Durbin, Kathie. “Bizarre to Boring; Faust has seen it all,” Oregonian, July 12, 1987.
- ↑ Dunn, Robert Paul, “Town Hall,” Cascade Voice, Jan 23, 1984.
- ↑ Cascade Voice 1/23/84
- ↑ Beck, Andee. “KATU assigns new Town Hall Anchor,” Oregon Journal, October 8, 1980.
- ↑ Painter.
- ↑ Smith.
- ↑ Painter.
- ↑ painter.
- ↑ "Past first citizens,” Portland Metropolitan Association of Realtors, http://www.pmar.org/firstcitizen
- ↑ http://www.schwabe.com/showattorney.aspx?Show=9433
- ↑ 100 Years of Excellence,” Jefferson High School publication (2009), p. 108
