Lindsay Jean Wagner

Lindsay Wagner, best known for her portrayal of Jaime Sommers in the
television series The Bionic Woman (1976-1978 on ABC/NBC), was born
in Los Angeles and later moved with her mother and stepfather to Portland,
Oregon, where she attended David Douglas High School. Wagner furthered
her education at the University of Oregon. Before fame, she modeled prior
to starting her acting career.

Clyde Austin Drexler

Drexler is a Hall of Fame guard/forward known as Clyde “The Glide”. He 
won an Olympic gold medal with the legendary Dream Team in 1992; was
selected to 10 NBA All-Star games as a member of the Portland Trail
Blazers and Houston Rockets and won an NBA Championship with the
Rockets in 1995. In his best season came in 1992 with Portland; he
finished second in MVP voting behind the legendary Michael Jordan.

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                              The Portland Rose Parade since 1890

                                                                                                                           From the Cedar chest blog

 
  Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989)

Blanc, known as "The Man of 1000 Voices", was born in San Francisco,
California, and later moved to Portland, Oregon where he attended
Lincoln High School. He began his radio career at age 19 on the KGW
program The Hoot Owls in 1927. This is where his ability to produce
voices for a large number of characters was first noticed. Blanc also
worked for KEX radio in Portland with his own show in 1933.  

Mel Blanc later moved to Los Angeles and joined Warner-Bros- owned
KFWB radio in Hollywood where he soon became the voices of various
Warner-Bros cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and
Porky Pig, just to name a few.