A Luv to the Gov from Beaumont banner hangs on the wall behind the spot where Governor Victor Atiyeh spoke to an assembly in the Portland middle school gym. The event served as the opening of the Oregon Safe Homes Program for helping the youth to avoid drug and alcohol abuse.
Governor Victor Atiyeh (left) and Lewis Alexander (right) at the American Indian Week declaration ceremony. Alexander was the Vice Chairman of the Commission on Indian Services.
Governor Victor Atiyeh shakes hands with an unidentified man at the 1986 World Exposition in Vancouver, B.C. The other man is holding what appears to be a time capsule.
Governor Victor Atiyeh at a reception for the Nippon Kokan K.K. silicon plant in Oregon. NKK was a Japanese steel making company that later merged with Kawasaki Steel Corporation to form JFE Holdings, Inc. The construction of the plant was postponed indefinitely in 1988.
Al Thompson and Gerry Thompson, members of Governor Atiyeh's staff, pose together. Gerry was the first female Chief of Staff in Oregon's history from 1981 to 1987.
Victor and Dolores Atiyeh with two other unidentified people during the 1978 gubernatorial campaign. They are wearing campaign pins and holding a 'Vote for Vic Atiyeh' bumper sticker.