Oral history interview with Charles L. Sauvie

Collection

Identifier: SR1335

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Charles L. Sauvie was conducted by Jim Strassmaier in Portland, Oregon, on May 3, 1988. In this interview, Sauvie briefly discusses his family background, early life, and early career as an economist. He then speaks at length about his career as an economist for the Oregon State Department of Planning and Development. He speaks about the report of the state’s tax structure prepared by Professor Nicholas Sly; talks about his involvement on the Oregon Economic Advisory Committee; and describes some of the projects he worked on while in the planning department. He also talks about working with Governor Mark Hatfield and his staff, particularly Sam Mallicoat. He speaks at length about his efforts to attract business to Oregon. He closes the interview by talking about the role of Glenn Jackson in Oregon’s economic development.

Dates

1988 May 3

Creator

Sauvie, Charles L. (Charles Louis) (Interviewee, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and Willamette University. Use is allowed according to the following license: Creative Commons, BY-NC-SA: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Biographical note

Charles Louis Sauvie was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1923. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics from the University of Oregon. He worked for the Oregon State Department of Planning and Development and served on the Oregon Economic Advisory Committee. In 1958, he and Joyce Crawford were married; they later had four children. He died in 2013.

Extent

.1 Cubic Feet (2 audiocassettes (2 hr., 1 min., 50 sec.))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral history interview with Charles L. Sauvie conducted by Jim Strassmaier on May 3, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Sauvie was an economist for the Oregon State Department of Planning and Development; a speechwriter for Hatfield while he was governor of Oregon; and an economic adviser for Governors Bob Straub and Tom McCall.