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 John R. Laidlaw
Oral history interview with John R. Laidlaw conducted by Charles Digregorio on June 10, 1976. Laidlaw was a Roman Catholic priest in Oregon from around 1919 to 1973.
Oral history interview with Virgil H. Langtry
Oral history interview with Virgil H. Langtry conducted by Charles Digregorio on December 20, 1976. Langtry discusses his career as a lawyer in Deschutes County, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Frederic Littman
Oral history interview with Frederic Littman conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 6, 1974. Littman discusses his career as a sculptor in Portland, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Ellen L. MacVeagh
Oral history interview with Ellen L. MacVeagh conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 20, 1976. MacVeagh discusses the careers of her father, Abbot Low Mills, and of her uncle Cicero Hunt Lewis (also known as Cicero Horatius Lewis). She also speaks about her youth in early 20th-century Portland, Oregon, and about Captain John Heard Couch and other early Portland residents.
Oral history interview with Rhoda R. Madden
Oral history interview with Ruth R. Madden conducted by Charles Digregorio on November 9, 1976. Madden describes her social life and recreational activities in early 20th-century Portland, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Howard N. Magness
Oral history interview with Howard N. Magness conducted by Charles Digregorio on December 21, 1977. Magness discusses the donation of his farm to the Western Forestry Center, now known as the World Forestry Center, earlier that year. The land later became the Magness Memorial Tree Farm.
Oral history interview with Susannah P. Malarkey
Oral history interview with Susannah P. Malarkey conducted by Charles Digregorio on February 12, 1976. Malarkey discusses her involvement with the Urban League of Portland and with the Willamette Learning Center, an alternative school in Portland.
Oral history interview with Samuel H. Martin
Oral history interview with Samuel H. Martin conducted by Charles Digregorio on August 9, 1976. Martin discusses the life and career of his father, Charles H. Martin, who served as an officer in the U.S. Army, as an Oregon congressman, and as Oregon governor.
Oral history interview with Arthur J. McCourt
Oral history interview with Arthur J. McCourt conducted by Charles Digregorio on March 13, 1979. McCourt was an accountant at Weyerhaeuser Company, and later served as director of the company's archives.
Oral history interview with Henry S. Mears and Margaret S. Clark
Oral history interview with siblings Henry S. Mears and Margaret S. Clark conducted by Charles Digregorio on August 3, 1976. Mears and Clark discuss the life and career of their father, Portland businessman and Oregon legislator Samuel Maxwell Mears.
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