Harry Glickman (May 13, 1924 – June 10, 2020)

Glickman was a Portland, Oregon journalist, promoter, and sports
executive. He was one of the founders of the Portland Trail Blazers,
and the team’s president from 1987 to 1994.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

SANDY KOZEL

The first Academy Awards ceremony was held in Hollywood on May 16, 1929
with a mere 270 guests. The name Oscar would not used for another few
years. Emil Jannings was the first Best Actor and Janet Gaynor Best Actress.

The first 12 winners (and the 20 films that were given an honorary scroll of commendation) had already been revealed in the Los Angeles Times three
months earlier.

The inaugural awards were the only time in Academy history that the
ceremony wasn’t broadcast in some way; even a year later it was covered
live on radio.

William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960)

Leading man Clark Gable was nominated for the Academy Award for Best
actor for his portrayal of Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind (1939). He
gained additional acclaim for his roles in The Misfits (1961), Mutiny on
the Bounty (1935), and Manhattan Melodrama (1934). His last film was
The Misfits, which was also Marilyn Monroe‘s last film. Gable worked
at an Ohio tire company after dropping out of school at age 16.

Clark Gable entered the U.S. Army Air Forces where was awarded military
honors for service, they are: the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal,
American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Medal, and World War II Victory Medal. He was a qualified aerial gunner
having received his wings upon completion of flexible gunnery school
at Tyndall field. Gable held the rank of Major when discharged in 1944.