Digregorio, Charles
Biography
Charles Dominic Chester Digregorio was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1950. In 1972, he earned a bachelor’s degree in French literature from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. In 1974, he briefly worked at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library. The next year, he studied oral history at Columbia University in New York City, then returned to Portland and became the first oral historian at the Oregon Historical Society. During that time, he was also an adjunct professor at Portland State University. In 1979, Digregorio became the customer service manager for Pendleton Woolen Mills, and later became the company’s marketing manager. In 1990, he began working for Coldwell Banker Commercial, which later became C.B. Richard Ellis. In 2013, he joined the investment and real estate firm Norris & Stevens, Inc., and later became a vice president for the company.
Digregorio married Hilde Muerth in 1983, and they had two children.
Sources: information provided by Digregorio in his interview and in a 2023 telephone conversation.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Virginia M. Kletzer
Oral history interview with Virginia M. Kletzer conducted by Charles Digregorio on March 30, 1976. Kletzer discusses her education at the Portland Academy in Portland, Oregon, from 1901 to 1906, as well as her volunteer activities, the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition, and her family.
Oral history interview with Dorothy Knowlton
Oral history interview with Dorothy Knowlton conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 5, 1976. Knowlton discusses her career as an elementary school teacher in Portland, Oregon, beginning in the 1920s.
Oral history interview with Ambrose M. Seliger
Oral history interview with Ambrose M. Seliger conducted by Charles Digregorio on May 26, 1976. Seliger discusses his Hood, Myers, and Seliger family background, and talks about his career as a preschool teacher in Portland, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Henry C. C. Stevens
Oral history interview with Henry C. C. Stevens conducted by Charles Digregorio on January 5, 1976. Stevens discusses his early life in the Nob Hill neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, and his education at Portland Academy.
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