Billington, Ken, 1916-
Biographical note
Kenneth Ira Billington was born in Sheridan, Oregon, in 1916, and grew up in Vancouver, Washington, and Stevenson, Washington. Billington married Virginia Margaret Gaither in 1938, and they later had two children. He served as personnel director for the Kaiser shipyards in Vancouver, and later as personnel manager for the Clark County Public Utility District. From 1951 to 1981, Billington served as executive director of the Washington Public Utility Districts Association. In 1988, he published “People, Politics, & Public Power,” a semi-autobiographical history of hydroelectric projects in Washington. He also served on the board of directors of Silver Glen senior housing, where he and and Virginia Billington resided. Ken Billington died in 2007.
Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by Billington in his interview; Billington’s obituary in the Seattle Times, December 25, 2007.
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Oral history interview with Ken Billington
Oral history interview with Ken Billington, conducted by Clark Hansen on January 25, 2000, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Billington discusses his career in public power in Washington state, including as executive director of the Washington Public Utility Districts Association.