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Portland First Citizen Award

Good Citizens are the Riches of a City

The Portland First Citizen Award was created in 1928 by the Portland Realty Board (now PMAR) to honor civic achievements and business leadership within the community. It is considered one of Portland’s most prestigious awards, and the individuals who have received it form an honor roll of the city’s most prominent leaders during the last nine decades.

In addition to the Portland First Citizen Award, two other awards will be presented at the First Citizen banquet. The Portland Future First Citizen Award recognizes a high school student in the Portland metropolitan area who is a model of civic responsibility and provides a $5,000 scholarship toward the recipient’s higher education. And, the PMAR Good Neighbor Award recognizes a Realtor® for their extraordinary commitment to improving the quality of life in the community with a $1,000 contribution to the recipient’s charity of choice.

Past Portland First Citizens

2019
Ron Herndon

2018
William ‘Bill’ Russell

2017
Stephen Gomez

2016
Karen Fishel and Barb Attridge

2016
Karen Fishel and Barb Attridge

2015 
Mark and Ann Edlen

2014
George “Bing” Sheldon

2013
Jean DeMaster

2012
Duncan Campbell

2011
Mercy Corps

2010
Brian J. Druker, MD

2009
Bill Schonely

2008
Joe Weston

2007
Peggy Fowler

2006
Jack McGowan

2005
Gert Boyle

2004
Dan Wieden

2003
Tony L. Hopson, Sr.

2002
Senator Mark O. Hatfield

2000
Peter E. Jacobsen

1999
Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr.

1998
Brian & Gwyneth Booth

1996
Fred A. Stickel

1995
Harold & Arlene Schnitzer

1994
Maestro Jacob 
Avshalomov

1993
John ‘Jack’ Faust

1992
Harry Glickman

1991
Dr. Matthew W. Prophet, Jr.

1990
Harry L. Demorest

 

1989
Melvin ‘Pete’ Mark

1988
Don C. Frisbee

1987
Robert L. Ridgley

1986
Dr. Albert Starr

1985
John Piacentini

1984
Bishop Paul D. Waldschmidt

1983
Carl M. Halvorson

1982
Samuel T. Naito
& William S. Nait

1981
Judge Harlow F. Lenon

1980
William Swindells, Sr.

1979
David Edwin Abram

1978
Edith Green

1977
Louis B. Perry

1976
Larry Hilaire

1975
Fred G. Meyer

1974
William E. Roberts

1973
Howard Vollum

1972
Ira C. Keller

1971
Glenn Jackson

1970
Judge Gus J. Solomon

1969
Homer T. Shaver

1968
John D. Gray

1967
John M. Fulton

1966
Mrs. S. Mason Ehrman

1965
Aubrey R. Watzek 2012

1964
Charles R. Holloway, Jr.

1963
Judge Donald E. Long

1962
Truman Wesley Collins

1961
Dr. Samuel Latta Diack

1960
Dr. Leo Sherman Lucas

 

1959
Paul Boole McKee

1958
William Bruce Boone

1957
Rt. Rev. Benjamin Dagwell

1956
Harold Fox Wendell

1955
Dr. Morgan S. Odell

1954
Ben H. Hazen 2000

1953
C.B. Stephenson

1952
Edgar William Smith

1951
Frank Erwin McCaslin

1950
David B. Simpson

1949
Thomas Harry Banfield

1948
Hillman Lueddemann

1947
Sid Woodbury

1946
Chester A. Moores

1945
Theodore R. Gamble

1944
Mrs. C.S. Jackson

1943
Portland Service Men/Women

1942
Edgar F. Kaiser

1941
Mrs. Thomas D. Honeyman

1940
Ross McIntyre

1939
Charles H. Martin

1938
Franklin T. Griffith

1937
Richard B. Dillehunt, M.D.

1936
Arthur L. Fields

1935
Edward C. Sammons

1934
Hopkin Jenkins

1933
George L. Baker

1932
Raymond B. Wilcox

1931
Henry B. Van Duzer

1930
Aaron M. Frank

1929
J. C. Ainsworth

1928
Ben Selling