Dickson, William L. (William Lucas), 1907-2002
Biography
William Lucas Dickson was born in Texas in 1907. His family came to Oregon while he was still an infant, and he grew up in Portland. He graduated from Northwestern Law School in 1929, and began practicing law in Portland that same year. He met Dorothy Adelaide Unk in 1931, and they married in 1932; they had two children. Dickson decided to run for the Oregon Legislature after working as a debt collector during the Depression. He was a Democratic politician and represented Multnomah County in Oregon House of Representatives from 1933 to 1936 and then in the Senate from 1937 to 1939. He joined the federal Department of Justice during World War II and in 1954, he was elected to the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Multnomah County. He retired in 1973, and died in 2002.
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Oral history interview with William L. Dickson
Oral history interview with William L. Dickson conducted by James Strassmaier from September 25-26, 1991, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Project. Dickson served as an Oregon state representative and senator, and as a judge on the Circuit Court of Multnomah County, Oregon.