Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa Gerry Cameron, B.S. '62 GERRY CAMERON is a former U.S. Bank executive. Alter growing up in poverty and spending a large part of his younger years in boarding homes throughout the Pacific Northwest, he earned a scholarship from U.S. Bank to work for 15 months before attending college and participating in the bankt work/college program. Mr. Cameron went on to work for U.S. Bank for 43 years, working his way up the corporate ladder and serving as chajrman and CEO belore retiring in 1998. In addition, he was chairman of The Regence Group from Jantary 2004 to June 2005. Mr. Cameron is a generous donor to Portland State Universiry with contributions to the School of Business Administrationt Karl Miller Center Building Fund, the Gerry and Marilyn Cameron Professorship of Finance and the Cameron Scholarship Endowment. He has been extensively involved as a board member and leader in a wide variety of communiry and civic organizations. He served on the boards ofthe PSU Foundation, Regence BlueCross BlueShield Foundation, Tektronix, United \X/ay of the Columbia-\Tillamette, King County United \Way and the Oregon Symphony, as well as the Portland, San Francisco and Seattle Branches of the Federal Reserve Board. His board participation has also included the Oregon Independent College Foundation, Inc.; American Bankers Association; BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon; The Benchmark Group; and Oregon Business Council. Additionally, Mr. Cameron served as chairman of the advisory board of the Pacific Rim Bankers Program and the Board of the \(ashington Communiry Reinvestment Association, as well as vice chairman of the Alliance for Education. He also was the president and program founder ofYouth Investment, an organization that raises money lor classes and resources for disadvantaged children with the goal ofincreasing their skill levels and equipping them for success. Mr. Cameron attended Universiry ofOregon before earning a bachelort degree in Business Administration from PSU. He is also a graduate of Stanford University's Stanford Executive Program and a member of the Pacific Coast Banking School Hall of Fame. 10
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