Dooley, Patrick Eugene, 1918-1999
Biography
Patrick Eugene Dooley was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1918. He dropped out of high school during the Depression, when his family moved to Washington state for his older sister’s education. He returned to Portland a few years later. In 1942, he and Barbara Lynch were married; they later had three children. Later in 1942, he was drafted, and served in the U.S. Army in North Africa and Italy during World War II. After his discharge in 1945, he was determined to go to law school. He attended Reed College for a semester, then earned a law degree from Northwestern College of Law around 1950. He passed the Oregon bar exam that same year, and began practicing law in Portland with former legislator Leo Smith. He was a Democratic politician and represented Multnomah County in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1953 to 1958, serving as speaker from 1957 to 1958. He returned to private law practice after leaving elected office, until he was elected as a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court in 1968. He retired in 1983 and died in 1999.
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Oral history interview with Patrick E. Dooley
Oral history interview with Patrick E. Dooley conducted by Clark Hansen from September 23 to October 26, 1992, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Dooley was a Portland attorney, an Oregon state representative from 1953 to 1958, and a Multnomah County Circuit Court judge from 1968 to 1983.