Spain, Glen H. (Glen Howard), 1950-
Biographical note
Glen Howard Spain was born in San Diego, California, in 1950, and grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He attended the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, and in 1973, he earned bachelor's degrees in psychology and philosophy from Pitzer College in Claremont, California. He subsequently received a degree from the New College School of Law in San Francisco, California, in 1978, then passed the California State Bar in 1979 and the Oregon State Bar in 1992. He became the Northwest regional director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA), the largest organization of commercial fishermen on the West Coast. He also cofounded the Institute for Fisheries Resources, a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and restoration of salmon and other marine resources.
Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by Spain in his interview; Bar exam results published in the (Salem) Statesman Journal, September 6, 1992, Page 5D; Spain’s curriculum vitae (accessed April 2026), https://naturalresources.house.gov/uploadedfiles/resume_spain.pdf.
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Oral history interview with Glen H. Spain
Oral history interview with Glen H. Spain, conducted by Clark Hansen in two sessions on June 10, 2000, and July 1, 2000, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Spain discusses his work with the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA), environmental litigation in which he participated on the PCFFA's behalf, and PCFFA-supported proposals for dam removal in the Pacific Northwest.