Background
Commonly known as Bill, Knight was born in Winnebago, Minnesota to Fred A. Knight and Edith M. Knight on February 8, 1909 but grew up in Roseburg, Oregon.
Commonly known as Bill, Knight was born in Winnebago, Minnesota to Fred A. Knight and Edith M. Knight on February 8, 1909 but grew up in Roseburg, Oregon.
University of Oregon.
Their son, Philosophy Knight, a high school and college athlete, went on to found Nike. Knight received his Juris Doctor from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1932. In 1935, he was elected as a Republican to the Oregon House of Representatives from Douglas County, Oregon.
Knight was 26.
He served one term. "He also served as a Douglas Country deputy district attorney under Guy Cordon, who later was a United States. Senator." In 1939, Knight and his family moved to Portland, where he became "legal counsel for the Industrial Relations Association of Oregon."
Knight"s 18-year tenure as publisher of The Oregon Journal began in February 1953, with the sudden death of then-publisher Philip L. Jackson from a heart-attack. Along with the newspaper came responsibility for managing the company"s radio stations, as well, including KPOJ Department of Administration and Management & FM. In 1959, the Journal and Portland"s other newspaper, The Oregonian, were struck by a labor dispute over working conditions.
The strike continued for several years, with United States Senator Wayne Morse calling for mediation. Knight retired in December 1971, at age 62.
Knight and the former Lota Hatfield (second cousin of Mark Hatfield), of Roseburg, were married on March 4, 1937.
His widow, Lota, lived on for decades, passing away on March 8, 2007, at age 91. Knight served a term as president of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, in 1970.