Background
Marks, Willard Leighton was born on June 25, 1883 in Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon, United States. Son of James McKinney and Mary Paulina (Blain) Marks.
Marks, Willard Leighton was born on June 25, 1883 in Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon, United States. Son of James McKinney and Mary Paulina (Blain) Marks.
Bachelor of Science, Lewis and Clark College (formerly Albany College), Oregon, 1904, Doctor of Laws, 1941.
Colonel Edward A. Martell), Helen Beryl (Mistress William A. Dryden, Junior), newspaper work. County clerk, 1911-1914. Practiced law since 1915.
Deputy district attorney, Linn County, 1915-1920. State senator, 1927-1933 (president of senate, 1931-1933).
Member Oregon State Board of Higher Education, which administers University of Oregon, Oregon State College and other instns. of higher education, since 1933, president since 1934. Served with Oregon National Guard, private to Second lieutenant, 1900-1905. Member American, Oregon State and Linn County bar associations.
Mason, Knights of Pythias (past grand chancellor of Oregon).
Married Beryl Fisher Turner, April. Children: Robert Leighton, Marian Elizabeth (wife of Lieutenant.