Background
Riley, Frank Branch was born on August 4, 1875 in Osceola, Iowa, United States. Son of Edward Francis and Martha (Smith) Riley.
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Frank Branch Riley
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Graduate Portland High School, 1893, Columbia College of Expression (Chicago), 1895, Portland Academy, 1896. Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University, 1900. Student Harvard Law School, 1900-1901.
Traveled and studied in Europe, 1902.
Career
November 23, 1929); children—William Brand, Margaret Brand (deceased). Married second, Elaine Strowbridge, October 15, 1946. Admitted to Oregon bar, 1902, thereafter practiced in Portlant.
President and general counsel Clackamas Title Company.
Admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States Court bar in 1918. member East.F. & F.B. Riley. Widely known as after-dinner speaker and for illustrated travel-lectures on national parks and scenery of Northwest, presented on 32 transcontinental tours, also talking scenic motion pictures with world distribution.
Radio addresses nationally broadcast. Chairman Oregon-Washington Interstate Bridge Committee Trustee Museum Association Oregon (expres.).
Republican member for Oregon National Gallery of America Indians.
Director Portland Junior Symphony Orchestra Association. Director Portland Civic Theatre.
Achievements
Membership
Member East.F. & F.B. Riley. Member for Oregon National Gallery of America Indians. Rotarian.; Clubs: University, Harvard of Oregon, Stanford (president), Waverley Country, Dutch Treat (New York City).
Connections
Married Lotte von Strombeck Brand, August 6, 1902 (deceased. Married second, Elaine Strowbridge, October 15, 1946. Children: William Brand, Margaret Brand (deceased).
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Nationality
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Religion
Presbyterian -
Political Party
Republican
Awards
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Recipient Public Address Honor award Freedoms Foundation, 1970. A founder Vice-President for Oregon of Pacific Highway Association. Honorary associate member Pacific Coast Surgical Association.tempSpaceMember American Bar Association, Oregon Bar Association, National Parks Highway Association, Oregon Advertising Club, American Geographic Society, Newcomen Society of England, American Forestry Association, Oregon History Society, Zeta Psi, Phi Delta Phi, Sons of the American Revolution Orator celebration 100 years peace between Great Britain and United States at Blaine, Washington, 1915, and dedication Columbia River Highway, 1916, dedication Oregon State Capitol, 1938, dedication of Astoria Naval Air Base, 1939, Dedication of Portland Civic Auditorium, 1968, dedication Willamette River Bridge, 1970.Recipient Public Address Honor award Freedoms Foundation, 1970. A founder Vice-President for Oregon of Pacific Highway Association. Honorary associate member Pacific Coast Surgical Association.tempSpaceMember American Bar Association, Oregon Bar Association, National Parks Highway Association, Oregon Advertising Club, American Geographic Society, Newcomen Society of England, American Forestry Association, Oregon History Society, Zeta Psi, Phi Delta Phi, Sons of the American Revolution Orator celebration 100 years peace between Great Britain and United States at Blaine, Washington, 1915, and dedication Columbia River Highway, 1916, dedication Oregon State Capitol, 1938, dedication of Astoria Naval Air Base, 1939, Dedication of Portland Civic Auditorium, 1968, dedication Willamette River Bridge, 1970.