Background
Brown, Walter Frederick was born on July 28, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Walter Andrew and Emily Anna (Weber) Brown.
Brown, Walter Frederick was born on July 28, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Walter Andrew and Emily Anna (Weber) Brown.
Bachelor, University Southern California, 1949. Juris Doctor, University Southern California, 1952. Master of Arts, Boston University, 1961.
Master of Library Science, University Oregon, 1975.
Associate professor and law librarian, Northwestern School Law Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, 1970-1980;
member, Oregon Senate, Salem, 1975-1987;
general counsel, Oregon Consumer League, Oregon City, 1987-1989, 91-;
county counsel, deputy district attorney, Malheur County, Vale, Oregon, 1989-1991;
deputy district attorney, Gilliam County, Condon, Oregon, 1991-1994. Chairman Senate Agricultural and Forestry Committee, 1985, Senate Task Force Veterinary's Home Loans, 1985-1987. Chairman, member capitol construction subcommittee joint ways and means committee, 1983, Senate Business and Consumer Affairs Committee, 1981.
Senate co-chairman Joint Legislation Counsel Committee, 1979-1987. Member Legislation Emergency Board, 1983-1984. Senate co-vice chairman Joint Trade and Economics Development Committee, 1985-1987.
Commissioner Governor's Commission Senior Services, 1985-1987. Vice chairman Senate Judiciary Committee, 1975, 79, 81, 83, 85, Labor Committee, 1983, Elections Committee, 1981.
President Clackamas County Citizens Association, Oregon, 1971-1974. Co-chair Socialist Party of Oregon, 1995-1996, member state committee. Assistant moderator Atkinson Memorial Church, Unitarian Universalist.
Member state governing board Oregon Common Cause. Board directors Oregon Consumer League, Tualatin Valley Community Access. Treasurer United Consumers Oregon.
Member Labor Party. Commander Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Navy, 1944-1970. Member American Association Retired Persons, Oregon State Council of Senior Citizens, State Bar of California, Oregon State Bar, Jobs With Justic, Oregon Fair Share, Public Concern Foundation, Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, Citizens Utility Board Oregon Public Citizen, National Eagle Scout Association, Oregon Memorial Association, Rachel Carson Council, American Legion (award 1981, 82), Veterans of Foreign Wars, National Officers Association, Center for Science in the Public Interrest, Oregon Small Woodlands Association, Association Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, Sierra Club, Oregon State Grange, Mazamas, Coalition for Free and Open Elections, Northwest Farmers Union, Masons, Oregonians for Tax Fairness, Labor-Environmental Solidarity Network.
Married Barbara Mae Porter Stahmann, August 6, 1950. Children: Jeffrey David, Kendall Paul, David Walter.