Oregon students win history honors, heading for nationals

article featured imageOregon students win history honors, heading for nationals The Oregonian | Apr 22, 2015 | John Killen “Award winners at the Oregon History Day competition will now advance to the National History Day competition this June in Washington, D.C. for their outstanding presentations on Leadership & Legacy.” Among the winners was eighth grader Zaidie Long for her documentary "Douglas Engelbart: Man Behind the Technological Revolution""

Celebrating friendship and the computer mouse in Southeast Portland

article featured imageCelebrating friendship and the computer mouse in Southeast Portland
The Oregonian | Jun 18, 2010 | Anna Griffin
“The Engelbarts were part of a tight-knit collection of six families whose children grew up together near Johnson Creek. The kids attended the same schools, picked beans together in the summer and used their spending money to ride the streetcar to Oaks Park for weekend roller-skating.”
70+ years later, Doug's childhood friends returned to the site of their grade school, and dedicated a placque in his honor to inspire future generations, to know that "somebody who walked those halls, somebody raised in these rural and working-class neighborhoods, literally changed the world."