Background
Bragdon, Paul Errol was born on April 19, 1927 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Errol Freemont and Edith Lillian (Somerville) Bragdon.
academic administrator educator
Bragdon, Paul Errol was born on April 19, 1927 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Errol Freemont and Edith Lillian (Somerville) Bragdon.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Amherst College, 1950. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Amherst College, 1980. Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1953.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Whitman College, 1985. Doctor of Literature (honorary), Pacific University, 1988. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Reed College, 1989.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lewis & Clark College, 2005. Doctor of Science (honorary), Oregon Health Sciences University, 2004.
With firm, Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood, New York City, 1953-1958; with firm, Javits, Trubin, Sillcocks, Edelman & Purcell, New York City, 1961-1964; counsel, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund, New York City, 1958-1961; assistant to mayor, City of New York, 1964-1965; executive secretary to mayor, City of New York, 1965; executive assistant to president City Council, City of New York, 1966-1967; vice president, New York University, 1967-1971; president, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1971-1988; president emeritus, since 1988; assistant for education to governor, State of Oregon, 1988-1991; director, Office Education Policy and Planning Oregon, 1990-1991; president, Medical Research Foundation Oregon, Portland, 1991-1994; president, Oregon Graduate Institute Science and Technology, Portland, 1994-1998.
Trustee Amherst College, 1972-1978, Multnomah (Oregon) County Library. Board, since 1994, The Oregon Garden, since 1994. The Library. Foundation, Multnomah County, since 1995.
Member Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa Associations, Beta Theta Pi, ArlingtonClub, University Club.
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Married Nancy Ellen Horton, August 14, 1954. Children: David Lincoln, Susan Horton, Peter Jefferson.