Dean Stockwell (Robert Dean Stockwell) of film and television,
with a career spanning over 65 years, began as a child actor
under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He first came to the
public’s attention in films such as Anchors Aweigh (1945) and
The Green Years (1946).

Stockwell is currently known for television roles, in the 1989–
1993 NBC television series Quantum Leap, and the Sci Fi
Channel 21st century revival of Battlestar Galactica.

Early postcard of the Benson Hotel

“The Benson” in 1920

Portland’s Benson Hotel, briefly known as the New Oregon Hotel, opened 
March 5, 1913 at 309 Southwest Broadway. The hotel was named after the
notable businessman and philanthropist Simon Benson.
 

                   Simon Benson
(October 2, 1852 – August 5, 1942)

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The outbreak of World War I in 1914 proved that a modern war at sea required 
a federal naval reserve force. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and his 
assistant, a young Franklin D. Roosevelt, launched a campaign in Congress to
appropriate funding for just such a force. The men’s efforts brought passage of
legislation on March 3, 1915 which created the Naval Reserve Force.

As of September 2012, the Reserve consists of 108,718 officers and enlisted
personnel who serve in every state and territory as well as overseas.

Josephus Daniels

Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

In 1933, salesperson Maxwell Gaines and sales manager Harry 
I. Wildenberg of Eastern Color Printing collaborated with Dell
to publish the 36-page one-shot Famous Funnies: A Carnival of
Comics, considered by historians to be the first true American 
comic book. It was a reprinting of earlier newspaper comic strips,  
thus came the term comic book. These publications established  
the story telling and format that is still used today.

Maxwell Gaines