Chief justices at law graduation
I wo chief justices will address the lO.lrd
annual University School of Law Commence
ment this Sunday.
Alfred “Ted” Goodwin, chief judge of the
U S ‘tth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena.
Calif., will deliver the commencement address
and join Oregon Supreme Court Chief lustier
Edwin Peterson in receiving Meritorious Ser
vice awards.
The ceremony honoring lhf> graduates
will la-gin at I p in in the Silva Concert Hall
at the Hull Center for the Performing Arts
University President Paul Olum will con
fer the degrees David Schuman. an assistant
law professor will be Commencement Mar
shal
Goodwin will address the graduates on
the topic of his choosing The graduating stu
dents elected Goodwin as this year's speaker
During the ceremonv. the law school fac
ulty will present Meritorious Service Awards
to Goodwin and Peterson This annual award
is given in recognition of outstanding service
to the administration of justice and legal edu
t ation in Oregon
“Chief justice Peterson's abilities and
achievements have taken him to the summit of
the judiciary in this state, and Chiet judge
Goodwin holds the highest position in the fed
eral judiciary in this part of the country." said
Maurii e Holland, law dean
“The faculty, students and alumni take
enormous pride in the not ompiishments ot
these two fine jurists." he said
Goodwin. <i federal appeals court fudge
since 1971. took over as chief judge in I98H
The 9th Circuit ini ludes nine Western states.
C.uam and the Northern Marianas
Goodwin. KS. was reared in Prineville.
Ore . and attended the University before join
ing the t' S Armv during World War II He
served three years before returning to Kugene
He earned his bachelor's degree in jour
nalism from the University in 1947 lie
worked his way through lai\ school .is a part
time reporter and copy editor lor The Register
Guard from 1947 to 1950. earning his law de
gree in 1951, Order of the Coil
Goodwin worked as a lawyer in Kugene
and yy.is appointed a lane County Circuit
Court judge in 1955 Five years later he yy.is
appointed to the state Supreme Court, whore
lie served until then-l’resideut Kit hard Nixon
appointed him a I S District Court judge in
Portland III 1909 He yvas appointed to the 9th
('.ircuit Court ot Appeals in Dei ember 1971
Goodwin received the Distinguished Set
vice Award from the University in 197.! and an
honorary degree from the Few is and Clark (ail
lege of Cirr in Portland in 197(i
Peterson yy.is appointed to the Oregon Su
preme Court in 1979 and elected to the tieiu It
the following year. He liecame i hief justice m
September of Pttt.t
Recycling bills pass Oregon Senate
By Don Peters
Emerald Assoc iate Editor
SALEM Following the re
cunt trend of environmental
awareness, the Oregon Senate
Legislative
js Update
Thursday passed two trills that
would enhance the state's re
i ycling programs.
Senate Hill lOHit, sponsored
by Sen. Joyce Cohen (D-Lake
Oswego), breezed through on a
2‘t-O vote The bill, which is
now headed for the House Ag
riculture and Natural Resources
Committee, would upgrade the
state's plastic recycling pro
gram.
The bill would give tax cred
its to manufacturers who use
reclaimed plastic., or who pur
chase property, equipment or
machinery to recycle plastic
Reclaimed plastic, as defined
in SHIOHI. includes shredded,
regrind or pellet plastic manu
factured in C)regon
Sen. Cohen said the bill
would conserve resources as
well as increasing industry in
the state.
"This (SHlOHd) will encour
age the start of a whole new in
dustry in Oregon," she said
"The potential is enormous "
Cohen added the tax credits
were necessary to help manu
facturers meet the challenges of
the plastic industry, and be
cause "(plastic recycling) tech
nology is not cheap.'‘
The other recycling bill. Sen
ate Hill :t:t().r). easily passed
23-7. SB33U5. sponsored by
Kep Phil heisling (U-Portland)
at the request of the Oregon
Student Public Interest Re
search Croup, passed the
I louse 4H-11. April 17. and w HI
now go to a conference com
mittee to iron out differentes
between the House and Senate
If signed into law. the hill
would go into effei t |.m 1 ll
would prohibit the disposal ol
load ;u id batteries. whir h an1
commonly used in automobiles
and farm equipment People
wishing to dispose of the bat
teries would have to lake them
to either a dealer, authorized
recycling or collection agency
or a permitted lead smelter
In addition, lead-acid battery
dealers would lie required to
accept used batteries of all
kinds until l‘Hir> After that
dale, dealers would only be re
quired to accept the same types
of batteries they sell
Sen Wayne I'awbusb (I)
Hood River), the bill's lloor
manager, said tin* bill was an
other step toward helping < lean
up the environment
"We need to encourage the
rounding up ol these baiter
ies." l-'awbush said
Sen |im llunn (K-McMinn
v lilt) called tin1 bill a "painless
way to get rid of an environ
mental problem "
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