Forrester, J. W., Jr. (Jesse Wayne), 1914-2000
Biographical note
Jesse Wayne “Bud” Forrester, Jr., was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1914. Shortly afterward, his family moved to Chitma, Alaska; they returned to Oregon in 1920, and lived in Cascade Locks. Forrester studied electrical engineering at Oregon State University, then left school during his third year to work as a reporter for the Oregonian newspaper in Portland. In 1935, he moved to Pendleton to work for the East Oregonian. Forrester owned the North Bend News from 1945 to 1950, served as the editor of the East Oregonian from 1951 to 1973, and then as editor for the Daily Astorian from 1973 to 1988.
Forrester married Eleanor Aldrich in 1936, and they had two children. After he left the Daily Astorian, he and his wife retired in Portland. Forrester died in 2000.
Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by Forrester in his interview; “Longtime journalist J.W. ‘Bud ‘ Forrester Jr. Dies,” by Foster Church, Oregonian, February 29, 2000, Page A2.
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Oral history interview with Bud Forrester, Jr.
Oral history interview with J. W. "Bud" Forrester, Jr., conducted by Clark Hansen on June 3, 1999, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Forrester discusses his career as a reporter and editor at the East Oregonian and the Daily Astorian newspapers in Pendleton and Astoria, Oregon, and shares his thoughts about dams in the Columbia River Basin.