History
The Multnomah Bar Association Celebrated 100 years in 2006
It all began with 40 local attorneys who met on February 3, 1906 to discuss organizing a Multnomah County bar association. Just two weeks later, the MBA was founded on February 17, 1906 when 57 lawyers adopted the constitution and bylaws of the Multnomah Bar Association (MBA). Today, the MBA is the oldest and largest voluntary bar association in Oregon, with more than 4,600 members.To commemorate the MBA's 100 years of service to the legal profession and community, the 100th Anniversary Community Gift Fund was established to provide grants for civic and law-related education programs. View a full list of contributors here.
Object of the MBA in 1906
"To raise and maintain the dignity and honor of the legal profession, and to prevent it from degenerating into a business; to increase its usefulness in promoting the due administration of Justice; to cultivate social intercourse among its members, and to enforce such discipline among its members as shall promote the observance of dignity and courtesy among the members of both bar and bench, and prevent unprofessional conduct; and to recommend, advocate and work for the enactment of such laws as shall promote good government."
Video Commemorating the 100th Anniversary
The MBA created a video to celebrate its 100th anniversary, "A Century of Service" (Windows Media Player format).During 2006, each issue of the Multnomah Lawyer included a special edition with historical information about the MBA and its members. Below are links to individual editions.
January - Unique MBA Historical Characters
February - Enduring MBA Themes
March - MBA Worthy Projects
April - History of the Young Lawyers Section
May - The Changing Practice of Law
June - Women Advancing the Bar
July/August - Diversity and the Bar
September - Legal Aid and Pro Bono Service
October - Evolving Practice Areas
November - More Evolving Practice Areas
December - Legal Organizations
The MBA also created a commemorative publication for its centennial year.
MBA Presidents from 1906 to present
Interviews with individual presidents are linked to their names:| 1906-07 S.C. Spencer 1907-08 W.M. Cake 1908-09 George Shepherd 1909-10 Gus Moser 1910-11 Charles Schnabel 1911-12 Harrison Allen 1912-13 Arthur Langguth 1914-16 J.F. Boothe 1916-17 Lotus Lee Langley 1917-18 William M. Davis 1918-19 Clarence Gilbert 1919-20 Barg Leonard 1920-21 John Winter 1921-22 Clarence Gilbert 1922-24 Robert Tucker 1924-26 W.W. Davis 1926-27 John Stevenson 1927-29 George Shepherd 1929-31 James Crawford 1931-34 Eugene Oppenheimer 1934-35 Omar Spencer 1935-36 Alfred Kelley 1936-38 John Beckwith 1938-39 Charles R. Spackman Jr. 1940-41 Irming Rand 1942-43 Hugh Barzee 1944-45 Carl A. Dahl 1949-50 Nicholas Jaureguy 1951-53 No Record 1954-55 Harold Davidson 1955-56 Herbert H. Anderson 1956-57 Randall B. Kester 1957-58 Donald S. Richardson 1958-59 Wendell Gray 1959-60 Phillip J. Roth 1960-61 George H. Fraser 1961-62 William F. Bernard 1962-63 John U. Yerkovich 1963-64 Herbert C. Hardy 1964-65 Frank E. Nash 1965-66 Burl L. Green 1966-67 John L. Schwabe 1967-68 Dwight L. Schwab | 1968-69 John R. Hay 1969-70 Clifford B. Olsen 1970-71 John R. Gilbertson 1971-72 Howard A. Rankin 1972-73 Edwin J. Peterson 1973-74 James F. Spiekerman 1974-75 John R. Faust 1975-76 Garr M. King 1976-77 Thomas H. Tongue 1977-78 Martin J. Howard 1978-79 John J. Haugh 1979-80 Don H. Marmaduke 1980-81 Robert A. Bennett 1981-82 Marvin S. Nepom 1982-83 Leonard A. Girard 1983-84 Douglass M. Hamilton 1984-85 Michael D. Schrunk 1985-86 Walter H. Grebe 1986-87 Jerome E. LaBarre 1987-88 Susan M. Hammer 1988-89 Walter H. Sweek 1989-90 Michael E. Haglund 1990-91 Ruth M. Spetter 1991-92 Cynthia L. Barrett 1992-93 Marc D. Blackman 1993-94 Monte Bricker 1994-95 John H. Holmes 1995-96 Lynn T. Nagasako 1996-97 Edwin A. Harnden 1997-98 Albert A. Menashe 1998-99 S. Ward Greene 1999-2000 Judy Danelle Snyder 2000-01 Ruth A. Beyer 2001-02 Michael A. Greene 2002-03 Robert D. Newell 2003-04 Robert J. Neuberger 2004-05 Sylvia E. Stevens 2005-06 Kelly T. Hagan 2006-07 Peter H. Glade 2007-08 Thomas W. Brown 2008-09 Michael Dwyer 2009-10 Leslie Nori Kay 2010-11 Sarah J. Crooks |
