February 13, 2019
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The Portland Trail Blazers recognize six African American community leaders during pregame and halftime activities, Tuesday, Feb. 5, and presents them with limited
edition game day posters designed by local artist Edmund Holmes. The honorees are (from left) Linfield College President Miles Davis, Meyer Memorial Trust President/
CEO Michelle J. DePass, Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw, Oregon Supreme Court Justice Adrienne Nelson, and OHSU
President Dr. Danny Jacobs.
Groundbreaking Black Leaders Honored
Portland Trail Blazers spotlight-
ed six leaders from the African
American community in a Black
History Month celebration during
pregame and halftime activities
Feb. 5 in a game against the Miami
Heat at the Moda Center.
The honorees, representing
ground-breaking firsts as top lead-
ers in their professional fields, were
Portland Police Chief Danielle
Outlaw; Oregon Health & Scienc-
es University President Dr. Danny
Jacobs; Linfield College President
Dr. Miles Davis; Meyer Memorial
Trust President and Chief Exec-
utive Officer Michelle J. DePass;
Oregon Supreme Court Justice
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
11
Thomas Edison born,
1847
Don’t Cry Over Spilled
Milk Day
National Inventors’ Day
White T-Shirt Day
18
President’s Day
12
Judy Blume born,
1938
Abraham Lincoln
born, 1809 (16th
President)
19
Former planet, Pluto,
Discovered by Clyde
Tombaugh in 1930
Phonograph Patent-
ed, 1878, Thomas
Edison
Mr. Roger’s Neighbor-
hood Debuted, 1968
25
26
Quiet Day
Artist Pierre Auguste
Renoir born, 1841
Levi Strauss born,
1829
13
Get a Different Name
Day
First Public School
established (1635)
20
John Glenn Orbits
Earth, 1962
Love Your Pet Day
27
Uri Shulevitz born,
1935
International Polar
Bear Day
14
Ferris Wheel Day
Valentine’s Day
21
Malcom X Assassinat-
ed (1965)
Washington Monument
dedicated (1885)
28
Public Sleeping Day
Gold Seekers arrived
in San Francisco
(1849)
Adrienne Nelson and Portland City
Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty.
Each recipient received a limit-
ed edition Trail Blazers gameday
poster designed by local artist
Edmund Holmes. A portion of the
FRIDAY
15
National Gumdrop
Day
Susan B. Anthony
born, 1820
22
George Washington
born, 1732
Be Humble Day
World Thinking Day
event’s proceeds were donated to
iUrbanTeen, a group whose mis-
sion is to expose and inspire un-
derrepresented youth to become
tomorrow’s business and technol-
ogy leaders.
SATURDAY
16
Nylon Patented By
DuPont in 1937
King Tut’s Burial
Chamber opened in
1923
SUNDAY
17
Random Acts of
Kindness Day
National P.T.A.
Founder’s Day
(1897)
23
24
International Dog
Biscuit Appreciation
Day
U.S. Flag raised at
Iwo Jima (1945)
Steve Jobs born, 1955
Wilhelm Carl Grimm
born, 1786
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February