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Food Industry Politicians in Oregon
Processors, Distributors, Grocers

	Norton Winfred Simon (1907-1993) — also known as Norton Simon; Norton Glickman — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., February 5, 1907. Republican. President, Val Vita Food Products, 1931-42; subsequently president and chairman of Hunt Foods; director, Wheeling Steel Corporation, Northern Pacific Railway, and McCall's Publishing Co.; art collector; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from California, 1970. Jewish. Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 1, 1993 (age 86 years, 116 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, February 3, 1933, to Lucille Ellis (divorced 1970); married 1971 to Jennifer (Isley) Jones (actress; widow of David Oliver Selznick). See Mayer family of California.   See also Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile
	Gordon Harold Smith (b. 1952) — also known as Gordon Smith — of Lake Oswego, Clackamas County, Ore. Born in Pendleton, Umatilla County, Ore., May 25, 1952. Republican. Chief executive officer, Smith Frozen Foods; member of Oregon state senate, 1992-97; U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1997-. Mormon. Still living as of 2009.   Relatives: Third great-grandson of Jefferson Hunt; second great-grandson of John Doyle Lee; great-grandson of David King Udall; grandnephew of John Hunt Udall and Levi Stewart Udall; grandson of Jesse Addison Udall; first cousin once removed of John Nicholas Udall, Stewart Lee Udall and Morris King Udall; double second cousin of Thomas S. Udall and Mark E. Udall; married 1975 to Sharon Lankford. See Udall family of Arizona.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
	Paul Black Wallace (b. 1879) — also known as Paul B. Wallace — of Salem, Marion County, Ore. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 28, 1879. Son of R. S. Wallace and Nancy Lee (Black) Wallace. Republican. President, Valley Motor Co.; president, Salem Sand and Gravel Co.; manager, R. S. Wallace Orchard Co.; president, Producers Cannery; director, Salem Federal Savings & Loan Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1944. Presbyterian. Member, Newcomen Society; American Legion; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married, August 15, 1923, to Helena Willett.

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