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Eugene, OR

CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.eugene.or.us/

Population:
137893 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1862

County:
Lane County

County seat of Lane County, founded 1862 by Eugene Franklin Skinner.

SCHOOLS

SchoolFounded
Lane Community College
1964
University of Oregon
1876

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

CompanyFounded
Br0derbund
1980

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Brandon Beemer
Actor
27-Feb-1980   Days of Our Lives
Kai Bird
Historian
2-Sep-1951   American Prometheus
Neil Goldschmidt
Government
16-Jun-1940   Governor of Oregon, 1987-91
Tim Hardin
Singer/Songwriter
23-Dec-1941 29-Dec-1980 If I Were a Carpenter
Eric Christian Olsen
Actor
31-May-1977   Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
RJD2
Disc Jockey
27-May-1976   Dead Ringer
Rebecca Schaeffer
Actor
6-Nov-1967 18-Jul-1989 Actress murdered by stalker
Paul Simon
Politician
29-Nov-1928 9-Dec-2003 US Senator, one-time Presidential candidate
Caitlin Wachs
Actor
15-Mar-1989   Chloe Waters on Profiler
Craig Wasson
Actor
15-Mar-1954   Body Double
Wendell Wyatt
Politician
15-Jun-1917 28-Jan-2009 Congressman from Oregon, 1964-75

DEATHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
David B. Frohnmayer
Politician
9-Jul-1940 9-Mar-2015 President, University of Oregon, 1994-2009
Jack Herer
Activist
18-Jun-1939 15-Apr-2010 Cannabis evangelist
Ken Kesey
Novelist
17-Sep-1935 10-Nov-2001 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Charles O. Porter
Politician
4-Apr-1919 1-Jan-2006 Congressman from Oregon, 1957-61
Steve Prefontaine
Track and Field
25-Jan-1951 30-May-1975 Long distance runner
Theodore Sturgeon
Author
26-Feb-1918 8-May-1985 More Than Human
Roger Y. Tsien
Scientist
1-Feb-1952 24-Aug-2016 Green Fluorescent Protein



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