Students and a professor in Pacific University's "The Index" newspaper editing room in the mid-1960s. They appear to be posing in order to illustrate the work of journalism majors, with one student working at a typewriter while the other two point to the layout for a newspaper issue. The bulletin board in the background reads, "Journalism Grads on the Job," and has pinned photographs of alumni. The student at the typewriter appears to be Les AuCoin, Class of 1969, who was an editor at the time. AuCoin went on to serve in the US Congress.
An advertisement for Pacific University featuring two Oregon politicians: Congressman Les AuCoin (Democrat) and Governor Vic Atiyeh (Republican). The advertisement, which is captioned, "We do agree on one thing... The quality of Pacific University", celebrates the spirit of bipartisanship, service and scholarship by highlighting these two members of Pacific's Board of Trustees.
This advertisement was created by Pacific's Marketing Department and appeared in local publications such as The Forest Grove News-Times in 1993.
A photograph of US Congressman Les AuCoin at the rededication of Marsh Hall and on the occassion of receiving an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon on October 1, 1977. AuCoin is pictured with President Rev. James V. Miller, Pacific University's president from 1970 to 1983.
A lecture by US Congressman Les AuCoin titled "Who Sends America to War?" delivered to the "Leadership and Public Policy" class at Pacific University on February 4, 1991. The class was designed to have Congressman AuCoin meet with the students for one and a half hours each month to "try to see how America works-- examining the distinctions between democratic governance in theory and as it is practiced by real people with real passions, feares, prejudices, principles, cynicism, and idealism." Discussing the Persian Gulf War, Congressman AuCoin states "The United States has unleashed the most powerful air campaign in military history and is posed for the largest tank and infantry battles in history. I find disturbing flaws in our policy. But I [sic] what I find more disturbing is President Bush's view that he, alone, has the power to wage this war-- notwithstanding the terms of the War Powers Resolution or Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution....What we have here is a President who refused to follow the law. His Administration went to ridiculous length to define 'hositilies' so as to avoid sending a report to Congress that would have triggered the War Powers Act and required an affirmative vote by Congress in order to maintain the troop development."
In a speech, U.S. Congressman and Pacific University alumnus Les AuCoin attends the rededication of Marsh Hall and accepts an honorary doctor of laws degree from the university in Forest Grove, Oregon. Les AuCoin first attended Pacific University from 1960-1961 before leaving to enlist in the U.S. Army. He returned to Pacific in 1964, employed as the Director of the university's Public Information department, while working towards his Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism. AuCoin graduated from Pacific University in 1969. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
