Russell Lyle "Russ" Conrad
(September 9, 1921 – February 11, 1985)

On May 22, 1961 Russ Conrad took over the midnight to 6:00am
shift on KEX in Portland, Oregon, a position he would have for
the next 14 years.

 Russell Lyle "Russ" Conrad
(September 9, 1921 – February 11, 1985)

On May 22, 1961 Russ Conrad took over the midnight to 6:00am
shift on KEX in Portland, Oregon, a position he would have for
the next 14 years.

Charles Linwood "Buck" Williams was born
in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

On June 24, 1989, the Nets traded Buck Williams to
the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Sam Bowie
and a draft pick. During his stay with the Blazers, Buck
became an assistant coach. He spent seven seasons
with the Trail Blazers where he remains the franchise
leader in field goal percentage (55.0%). He then went
to the New York Knicks in 1996 and announced his
retirement from the NBA in 1999.

The Oregon Zoo, formerly the Washington Park Zoo is located in the 
city of Portland. It opened in 1888 after a private animal collector
named Richard Knight donated his animals. It is the oldest North
American zoo west of the Mississippi.

By 1894, there were over 300 animals in the zoo’s collection. In
1925, the zoo moved to the site of the present Portland Japanese
Garden, still within Washington Park. Its current site opened on
July 3, 1959.

Rosy the Asian elephant was acquired by the zoo in 1953.

The Bob White Theatre marquee and auditorium – 64th and SE
Foster, Portland, Ore.  (Delano Collection).  

2015

The Bob White Theater was built in 1924 and has had many lifetimes. It was home
to epic Russ Meyer films for years, country music themed films, then Vietnamese language films. In its final days, it was the residence and workshop of a restorer
and collector of pipe organs.