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 88 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Charles H. Heltzel
Oral history interview with Charles H. Heltzel conducted by Charles Digregorio on March 2, 1977. Heltzel discusses his career as a lawyer in Salem, Oregon, and in Washington, D.C., as well as his work as the public utilities commissioner of Oregon in the 1950s.
Oral history interview with Ruth B. Hollister
Oral history interview with Ruth B. Hollister conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 22, 1977. Hollister describes life in the Northwest neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, in the early 20th century.
Oral history interview with Manuel Izquierdo
Oral history interview with Manuel Izquierdo conducted by Charles Digregorio on July 21, 1978. Izquierdo discusses his career as a sculptor in Portland, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Stuart R. Kerr
Oral history interview with Stuart R. Kerr conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 14, 1977. Kerr discusses the history of his family's fruit conservation business, Kerr Fruit Concentrates Inc.
Oral history interview with Elvia W. King
Oral history interview with Elvia W. King conducted by Charles Digregorio on October 18, 1976. King discusses the life of her father, William Tagg, and her early life in the Clatsop Plains community, which is now part of Gearhart, Oregon.
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 Margaret B. Krausse
Oral history interview with Margaret B. Krausse conducted by Charles Digregorio on January 26, 1977. Krausse discusses her early life in the King’s Hill area in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, and talks about spending summers in Long Beach, Washington.
Oral history interview with Gabriel V. and Vera P. Krivoshein
Oral history interview with Gabriel V. Krivoshein and Vera P. Krivoshein conducted by Charles Digregorio on April 30, 1976. The Krivosheins discuss their experiences as Russian refugees in Portland, Oregon, in the early 20th century.
Oral history interview with Alfred Krohn
Oral history interview with Alfred Krohn conducted by Charles Digregorio on November 17, 1976. Krohn discusses the teaching career of his father, Robert Krohn, and talks about the Multnomah Athletic Club.
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