July 19, 2017
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Unthank Hall is unveiled as the new name for a University of Oregon dormitory during a ceremony
with (from left) UO President Michael Schill, Libby Unthank Tower (DeNorval Unthank’s daughter),
architect and UO professor Otto Poticha and Eugene City Councilman Greg Evans. (Photo from UO
website)
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Making Amends
Racist past jettisoned in new name for dorm
(AP) -- New signs are up week
at Unthank Hall, the University
of Oregon dormitory renamed be-
cause of the Ku Klux Klan past
of its former nameesake. Friends
and family of DeNorval Unthank
Jr. of Portland, the first black man
to graduate from the UO’s archi-
tecture school, in 1951, gathered
last week to celebrate the name
change.
DeNorval Unthank Jr. died in
2000, but the name change en-
sures his legacy, younger brother
Thomas Unthank said.
“I think it is very important for
the school to recognize alumni,
especially its minority alumni,” he
said.
In fall 2015, the Black Student
Task Force at the UO asked the
university to rename buildings
that were named for people whose
histories were linked to racism.
Their request focused attention on
Deady Hall, the oldest building on
campus, and Dunn Hall, named
after a classics teacher at the UO
in the early 1900s who was also an
“exalted Cyclops” in the KKK.
UO leaders decided to keep the
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Injured in Leap to Escape Fire
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A longtime Portland resident
and business owner was injured af-
ter jumping out of a second story
window to escape an apartment fire
in northeast Portland Thursday.
Herman Grimes, a member of
the Oregon Association of Minori-
ty Entrepreneurs (OAME) and the
owner of Grimes and Associates, a
management consulting firm, suf-
fered leg fractures and other bodi-
ly harm when he jumped to escape
the burning building, located at
Northeast 57th and Glisan.
The blaze also heavily dam-
aged a restaurant, Big’s Chicken,
as well as several other apart-
Herman Grimes
ments, Grimes lost his computer,
cellphone and all of his personal
belongings in the fire. A state-
ment released by OAME says that
Grimes is currently staying with
relatives while he figures out his
housing situation.
Three individuals, including
Grimes, were treated for non
life-threatening injuries at Prov-
idence Portland Medical Center.
The American Red Cross is pro-
viding assistance to the 14 adults
who were displaced by the fire.
OAME is raising money to sup-
port Grimes’ as he adjusts to life
following the fire. Donations to
help Grimes recover housing and
personal property can be made to
OAME with the memo, “Grimes
Fund.”