Richard L. Neuberger

Richard Lewis Neuberger ( born December 26, 1912 Multnomah County, Oregon, † March 9, 1960 in Portland, Oregon ) was an American politician (Democratic Party), who represented the state of Oregon in the U.S. Senate.

Richard Neuberger was born in a rural area of Multnomah County and grew up near Portland. He made his 1935 graduation from the University of Oregon and worked at that time as editor of the student newspaper, Oregon Daily Emerald, which later became a regular newspaper. Also still a student Neuberger began to write for the New York Times; In 1939, he was the correspondent for the American Northwest. In addition, he was also active as an author.

In 1941, Neuberger took over as deputy in the House of Representatives from Oregon for the first time a political mandate. His career was interrupted by the Second World War, where from 1942 he participated as an officer in the U.S. Army until 1945. After his retirement from the military Neuberger again worked for the New York Times before he was elected in 1949 in the Senate of Oregon.

Neuberger applied in 1954 to one of the two seats of Oregon in the U.S. Senate. He was successful and was elected as the first member of his party since 1914 in this chamber of parliament. There he was part of the liberal wing of his group. Among his major initiatives in 1956 for the first time introduced Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act, which should achieve the improvement of the psycho hygienic care in the Alaska Territory belonged. In 1959 he wrote a draft law creating the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, a recreation area on the coast of his home state. After the law was rejected twelve years, 1972 finally found a majority.

This experienced Richard Neuberger although no longer. On March 9, 1960, he suffered a stroke, the consequences of which he died at the age of 47 years. His wife Maurine, whom he had married in 1945, was elected as his successor; meanwhile took Hall S. Lusk 's mandate provisionally true. The Neuberger Hall at Portland State University bears his name in honor of the politician.