25 COLLEGE OF URBAN AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS Margaret L. Carter, CEO of Margaret Carter & Associates, retired State Senator MARGARET L. CARTER is the first African American woman elected to the Oregon legislature. In 1984, she was elected to represent District 22 in North/ Northeast Portland. She is the author of Oregon’s landmark divestiture laws from apartheid South Africa and the act to create a state holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Throughout her legislative career, she worked to ensure that the state’s education systems remained effective and well-funded. Carter was also an advocate for Oregon’s most vulnerable, crafting legislation in social justice, civil rights, health reform, mental health parity, environmental protection, and public school funding and consumer education. In 2009, Carter was named deputy director of the Oregon Department of Human Services. Her distinguished public and professional careers have been highlighted with numerous awards and honors, yet she says that of all her accomplishments, she is proud to have raised nine children and to be helping with her grand-children and great grand-children. HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT
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