Background
Chiles was born in 1904 in Baker City, Oregon, the son of Ira Chiles and Eva Chatfield. After his parents divorced in 1908, Chiles and his mother moved to Portland where Mistress Chiles met and later married Fred Meyer.
Chiles was born in 1904 in Baker City, Oregon, the son of Ira Chiles and Eva Chatfield. After his parents divorced in 1908, Chiles and his mother moved to Portland where Mistress Chiles met and later married Fred Meyer.
University of Oregon.
After graduate school, Chiles returned to Fred, Incorporated. and quickly rose through management ranks, serving as company president from 1955 to 1968. He formed the Chiles Foundation in 1949 and became active in grants for education and research. An endowment in 1984 created the Chiles Center at the University of Portland.