Barrows, David S. (David Stow), 1935-2014
Dates
- Existence: 1935 - 2014
Biography
David Stow Barrows was born in Wisconsin in 1935. His family moved to California in early 1940s, and then to Washington, D.C. after the end of World War II. He attended Willamette College, where his advisor was State Senator Mark Hatfield. Senator Hatfield got him a got as a page in the Oregon House of Representatives, which led him to pursue a career as a lobbyist. He married Pat Gilmore in his last year of law school, 1960; they had two children. After graduating, he returned to Oregon and practiced law while working toward his goal of becoming a fulltime lobbyist. He was a lobbyist for the Oregon Savings and Loan League. He died in 2014.
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Oral history interview with David S. Barrows
Oral history interview with David S. Barrows conducted by James Strassmaier from January 31 to March 13, 2000, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Barrows was a lobbyist in Oregon.