Background
Booth, Robert Asbury was born on May 15, 1858 in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. Son of Robert and Mary (Minor) Booth.
Booth, Robert Asbury was born on May 15, 1858 in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. Son of Robert and Mary (Minor) Booth.
Graduate Umpqua Academy, Wilbur, Douglas County, Oregon, 1875. Healds Business College, San Francisco, 1879. Doctor of Laws, College of Pudget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, 1922, Williamette U., 1923.
Honorary Master of Arts in Public Service, University of Oregon, 1929.
Mercantile business, 1880-1885. Principal Oregon State Normal School, Drain, Oregon, 1886-1887. Organized First National Bank, Grants Pass, Oregon, 1889, and served as cashier, later president until 1905.
Vice president Grants Pass Banking & Trust Company, 2 years. President Douglas National Bank, Roseburg, 5 years. Organized Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, 1897, and was manager.
Organized Oregon Land & Live Stock Company, now president. Organized Ochoco Timber Company, 1923. Delegate from Oregon to Republican National Convention, St. Louis, 1896.
Delegate to Republican State Convention 20 years continuously. Member Oregon Senate, 1900-1908. Member Board Highway Commissioners of Oregon, 5 years, chairman, 3 years, expending $50,000,000 for good roads.
Trustee Willamette U., 35 years. Member board directors Oregon Tuberculosis Society. Founder Student Loan Fund at University of Oregon, Oregon Agricultural College, Reed College, Willamette U. and Pacific College, Newberg, Oregon.
Member State Park Commission Presented to State of Oregon heroic bronge equestrian statue, representing pioneer clergyman, 1923.
All human life is sacred and created by God and therefore, we must see all human life as significant and valuable. When governments implement the death penalty, then the life of the convicted person is devalued and all possibility of change in that person’s life ends.
People are called to love God not only with their hearts, but also with their minds. All things should be considered through the light of reason. In order to do that, it is necessary to become aware of different points of view and be able to develop critical thinking in relation to any political or social problem.
Member Oregon Senate, 1900-1908. Member Board Highway Commissioners of Oregon, 5 years, chairman, 3 years, expending $50,000,000 for good roads. Trustee Willamette U., 35 years.
Member board directors Oregon Tuberculosis Society. Member State Park Commission Presented to State of Oregon heroic bronge equestrian statue, representing pioneer clergyman, 1923. Rotarian.; Clubs: Commercial (Portland, Oregon).
Married Clintona A. La Raut, May 15, 1881 (now deceased). Children: Echo V. (deceased), Robert Roy, Floyd Wilson (deceased), Barbara Wenzori.