Atlas of Oregon released for 125th anniversary celebration
By Leon Tovey
Oregon Daily Emerald
Retired geography professor Bill
Loy spent a full three years working
on the first Atlas of Oregon, which
was published in 1976 to commem
orate the University’s centennial,
but he now says that some parts of
the atlas never met his satisfaction.
With the recently published Atlas of
Oregon II, Loy and others have ad
dressed the shortcomings of the first
version in time for the University’s
125th anniversary.
“We were able to do a more com
plete job,” Loy said of the 320-page at
las. “The first one was a lot simpler. ’ ’
As part of the University’s 125th
anniversary celebration, 1,200 copies
of the atlas will be given to public
schools across the state. On Monday,
President Dave Frohnmayer present
ed a copy of the atlas to fourth-grade
students from Meadow View ele
mentary school. In a statement,
Frohnmayer called the atlas “the
most impressive volume of informa
tion ever assembled about the state—
as fact-filled as it is beautiful.”
Among the new facts included in
the updated atlas are a more de
tailed vegetation map, a two-page
spread focusing on the Oregon Trail,
and an in-depth map of the state’s
historical sites, Loy said.
In addition to improving the fin
ished product, Loy, Stuart Allan —
who also collaborated with Loy on the
first atlas—and the University’s Info
graphics Lab were able to shave more
than a year off their time on this ver
sion, thanks to computer cartography
equipment not available 25 years ago.
“It was a team effort all the way
through,” said Jim Meacham, direc
tor of the Infographics Lab.
Meacham added that he felt “really
lucky to get an opportunity to work
on a project of this magnitude.”
Geno Carpentier, a graduate stu
dent in geography who worked on
the project, said working with pro
fessionals like Loy and Allan was a
real learning experience — one that
sometimes left him wondering how
much he had left to learn.
“I was licking my wounds a few
times,” Carpentier said with a rue
ful laugh. “But overall it was a
good experience. ”
And by all accounts, it was also a
successful one. Despite working un
der tremendous pressure and a tight
deadline, the group was able to com
plete the atlas on time and beyond
everyone’s expectations, Meacham
said. However, at least one map that
Loy very much wanted to include
never came together. The emeritus
professor had originally envisioned a
map of the state’s fiber optic and
telecommunications lines.
“We tried and tried, but never
could get them,” he said. “No one
could provide the information in a
format we could use. ”
Loy ran into similar problems
with the first edition 25 years ago.
When Loy asked Bell Communica
tions to provide information on tele
phone connections around the
state, the communications giant re
fused on the grounds that it would
violate its customers’ privacy.
Now that the project is finished,
the emeritus professor says he is
planning to “retire from retirement. ”
He is currently working on a CD
ROM version of the atlas. He expects
the project to take about a year, after
which he said he would “step back
and watch the next generation (of ge
ologists) do good things.”
In the meantime, Atlas of Oregon
II is available from the UO Press in a
$100 deluxe hard-bound edition
and a $60 soft-bound edition.
; Leon Tovey is a higher education reporter for
the Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached
at leontovey@dailyemerald.com.
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Dad’s Weekend were melded into Parent’s
Weekend, held in the fall and spring. Then
three years ago the name was changed to
Family Weekend, Hudzikiewicz said.
Another event planned for this year that
played a role in Homecoming celebrations
of the past is the Homecoming Ball, “An
Emerald Evening,” sponsored by the
ASUO, University Housing, Office of Stu
dent Life and the Student Alumni Associ
I
ation. The Ball had been absent at the Uni
versity for 25 years until about three years
ago when a group of students got together
and decided to bring back the tradition,
Homecoming Ball finance coordinator
Mary Elizabeth Madden said.
“We say the dance is formal, but we ask
students to just look nice,” Madden said.
“We’ve had students come in khaki pants
and a nice shirt to a tuxedo.”
Anna Seeley is a student activities reporter for the Oregon
Daily Emerald. She can be reached at
annaseeley@dailyemerald.com.
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