Beatty, John Cabeen, 1919-
Dates
- Existence: 1919 - 2016
Biography
John "Jack" Cabeen Beatty, Jr. was born in Washington, D.C., in 1919. His family moved to the Dunthorpe neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, in 1920. He attended Princeton University and graduated in 1941. He served as an artilleryman in the U.S. Army in the European Theater during World War II. In 1943, he and Clarissa Hagar were married; they later had two children. He earned a law degree from Columbia University Law School in 1948. He and his family then returned to Oregon, and he worked as a trial lawyer in Portland from 1948 to 1970. He was appointed as a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court in 1970 by Governor Tom McCall, and took senior status in 1984. He also served on the boards of Portland Public Schools and the Oregon Historical Society. Clarissa Beatty died in 1996, and he and Virginia Rupp were married the following year. In his later years, he was also an author and published several novels, including his autobiography. He died in 2016.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with John C. Beatty
Oral history interview with John C. Beatty, conducted in March 1999, as part of the Riverdale School Oral History Series. Beatty was a judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court.
Oral history interview with Herbert M. Schwab
Oral history interview with Herbert M. Schwab conducted by John C. Beatty on January 17, 1994, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Schwab was chief justice for the Oregon Appeals Court.