Marbet, Lloyd (Lloyd Knox), 1947-
Biographical note
Lloyd Knox Marbet was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1947, and he grew up in upstate New York. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1966 to 1968, then moved to Oregon in 1969. In the 1970s, he was a leader in the movement to oppose nuclear power, which led to the shutdown of Portland General Electric's Trojan nuclear power plant. In 1980, Marbet ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives as an independent. He also served on the Oregon Citizens' Utility Board, and from 1996 to 2000, he served on the Clackamas River Basin Council. In 2000, he was the Pacific Green Party candidate for Oregon secretary of state. Beginning in 2004, Marbet served as executive director of the Oregon Conservancy Foundation.
Sources: Vital records on Ancestry.com; information provided by Marbet in his interview; “Who is this Man Lloyd Marbet and Why is he Running for a Seat in Congress?,” by George Rede, The Statesman Journal, September 7, 1980, Page 1B; “For anti-nuclear activist Lloyd Marbet, perseverance has been key,” by Emily Green, Street Roots, November 1, 2019 (accessed June 2026), https://www.streetroots.org/news/2019/11/01/anti-nuclear-activist-lloyd-marbet-perseverance-has-been-key.
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Oral history interview with Lloyd Marbet
Oral history interview with Lloyd Marbet, conducted by Clark Hansen in three sessions, from June 30, 2000 to March 2, 2001, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Marbet discusses his experiences in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War and his opposition to nuclear power.