User:Chet Orloff

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Chet Orloff Brief Biography

Chet Orloff has been working in the field of American and Oregon history for more than 40 years. In the 1970s, following three-years service in Afghanistan as a Peace Corps teacher, he joined the staff of the Oregon Historical Society. In the 1980s he established the history program for the federal courts in the American west and launched the journal Western Legal History. In the 1990s he directed the Oregon Historical Society, overseeing the creation of dozens of exhibits and publications on Oregon history. Beginning in 2001, he served on the strategic planning commission for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History and a year later began managing the Pamplin International Collection of Art & History. In addition to overseeing the Pamplin Collection and the international Museum of the City, Orloff taught urban studies, history, and planning at Portland State University and the UofO School of Architecture for 15 years. He has served on the Portland Planning, Landmarks, and Arts & Culture commissions, as well as the Portland Parks Board, Parks Foundation, and numerous other city, state, national, and international boards and committees in history, planning, and museums. He gives several dozen speeches, lectures, and talks a year. He recently chaired Portland’s Central City 2035 Plan Citizens Advisory Committee and chaired the new TriMet Transit Bridge Naming Committee (Tilikum Crossing).

Chet Orloff Manager, Pamplin International Collection of Art & History Adj. Professor, Urban Studies and Planning, PSU (ret) Adj. Instructor, School of Architecture, UofO (ret) Principal, Oregon History Works President, Museum of the City Director Emeritus, Oregon Historical Society P.O. Box 10829 Portland, Oregon 97296-0829 503.805.5461 chetorloff@gmail.com

RESUME' CHET ORLOFF, HISTORIAN & PLANNER

Chet Orloff, executive director of the Oregon Historical Society from 1991 to 2001, is Manager of the Pamplin International Collection of Art and History, an adjunct professor of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University and the University of Oregon, and founding president/director of the Museum of the City. Orloff serves on numerous local, state, national, and international committees and commissions relating to history, museums, and urban planning (and served on the National Museum of American History/Smithsonian Institution’s Strategic Planning Advisory Board). He practices history in Portland, Oregon, focusing on research, writing, and exhibit projects. Orloff has served on several grants-review panels for the NEH, NEA, and IMLS. He serves on the International Council of Museum’s Committee for the Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities (CAMOC). He has also served the field of planning in several capacities at the local, city, county, state, and federal levels. Professional Background Public Historian (1975-) Manager, Pamplin International Collection of Art & History (2003-) Adjunct Professor of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State University (2000-16) Adjunct Instructor, School of Architecture, University of Oregon, (2010-16) President/Director, Museum of the City (2002-) Principal, Oregon History Works (2001-) Executive Director, Oregon Historical Society (1991-2001) Founding Director, Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society Editor, Western Legal History (1986-1992) Assistant Director, Oregon Historical Society (1975-1986) Teacher, United States Peace Corps in Afghanistan (1972-1975) Author of books, articles, essays, plays, and reviews, (1975-) Professional and Community Assignments (1980-2015) City of Portland Vista Bridge Suicide-Prevention & Restoration Advisory Committee, Chair (2013-14) TriMet Portland-Milwaukie Transit Bridge Naming Committee (Result: Tilikum Crossing), Chair (2013-14) City of Portland Central City Plan Advisory Committee, Co-Chair (2010-12) Portland Parks Foundation, Executive Committee (2010-15) Fort Vancouver National Trust, Trustee (2010-) City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services Advisory Committee, (2009-11) Portland Names Committee, Historical Advisor, (2008-12) International Committee on Museums of Cities/International Council of Museums, Board Member (2007-10) Oregon Encyclopedia Project, Advisory Board (2007-11) Oregon Lincoln Bicentennial Commission (2007-09) Waterfront Park, Ankeny Plaza Improvements Project Committee (PDC) (2007-09) Governor’s Task Force on Oregon’s Sesquicentennial (2006-07) River District/Centennial Mill PDC Advisory Committee (2006 ) and Selection Committee (2008) Portland Old Town/Ankeny Square Stakeholders Committee (PDC) (2005-07) Portland Development Commission, Historical Consultant (2004-16) Midtown Park Blocks Citizens Steering Committee (PP&R), Chair (2005-07) Portland State University, School of Fine & Performing Arts, Advisory Board (2004-06) Oregon Commemorative Coin Commission, Member (2003-04) Portland Parks Board, Founding Member (2001-09) and President (2005-06) Mt. Tabor Park Reservoir Replacement Project, Public Advisory Committee Chairman (2002-03) Pioneer Courthouse Square, Board Member (2002-12) Smithsonian Institution, (NMAH), Strategic Planning Commission Member (2001-04) Historic Preservation League of Oregon (Restore Oregon), Advisory Board Member (2001-05) Oregon State Capitol Foundation, Board Member (2000-03) AAM Museum Accreditation Program, Visiting Committee Member (2000-06) Oregon State Task Force on Cultural Development (1998-2001) Friends of Simon Benson House, Board Member (1998-2001) Lewis & Clark Bicentennial in Oregon, Incorporator and Founding Secretary (1997-2001) Oregon Heritage Commission, Founder and Member (1995-2000) American Association for State and Local History, Advisor (1995-2000) State Office for Services to Children & Families, Advisory Council Member (1995-1997) POVA (Portland Oregon Visitors Association), Board Member (1994-1997) Oregon Quality Awards, Board of Overseers Member (1994-1995) National Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Council, Board Member and President (1993-2002) Multnomah County Library Planning Committee (1993-94) PORTALS (Portland Area Library Network), Board Member (1992-2000) State of Oregon Citizenship 2010 Advisory Group (1992-1994) U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society, Board & Executive Committee (1992-2001) City of Portland East Bank Citizens Advisory Task Force, Member (1992-1993) Oregon Trail Sesquicentennial Council, Member (1991-1994) Oregon Historical Records Advisory Board, Member and Vice Chair (1991-2001) Oregon Geographic Names Board, Member and Permanent Secretary (1991-) Portland Planning Commission, Member (1989-1992) Portland Historical Landmarks Commission, Member (1990-1992) Portland French-American School, Board of Directors, Member and President, 1982-1986) Regional Arts and Culture Council, Member (1980-1984) The Nature Conservancy, Board Member (1980-1983)

Education & Honors BS (Anthropology/History), Boston University & University of Oregon, ’71; MA (History/Public History/Management), Portland State University, ’80; Phi Alpha Theta, International Honor Society in History (1980); Senior Fellow, American Leadership Forum (1995); Jefferson Award, Oregon Historical Society (2000); Jenson Annual Lecture, Western Oregon University (2006); President’s Award, POVA; numerous civic and community awards 18200 N.W. Sauvie Island RD / Portland, Oregon 97231 / 503.805-5461 / chetorloff@gmail.com