Thatcher, Terence L.
Biographical note
Terence L. Thatcher was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1949, and grew up in Kent, Washington. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Pomona College in Claremont, California, then earned law degrees from Yale University in 1977, and Georgetown University in 1978. Afterward, he became a lawyer for the National Wildlife Federation, working in Eugene, Oregon, from 1978 to 1982, then in Portland until 1989, when he took a job as deputy attorney for the city of Portland. In the early 2020s, Thatcher served as a pro tem judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court.
Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by Thatcher in his interview; “A Judge Blasts the City’s Justification for Hiding the Identities of Portland Riot Cops,” by Nigel Jaquiss, Willamette Week, October 19, 2021 (accessed February 2026), https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/10/19/a-judge-blasts-the-citys-justification-for-hiding-the-identities-of-portland-riot-cops/.
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Oral history interview with Terry Thatcher
Oral history interview with Terry Thatcher, conducted by Clark Hansen in two sessions, on January 31 and March 15, 2000, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Thatcher discusses his work as an environmental lawyer for the National Wildlife Federation in Eugene, Oregon, from 1978 to 1982, and in Portland from 1982 to 1989.