Former U.S. Senator Gordon Smith was honored with the first Oregon Business Leadership Award from the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce.
Former U.S. Senator Gordon Smith was honored with the first Oregon Business Leadership Award from the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce.
“The whole event is centered on the opportunity to recognize Gordon Smith as a job creator in Oregon,” said Jason Brandt, the chamber’s chief executive officer.
Smith, whose name remains on his family’s frozen-food company in Eastern Oregon, was praised by several civic leaders. Among them were former Salem Mayor Janet Taylor; former Gov. Vic Atiyeh; former Oregon Senate President Gene Derfler of Salem; and Kerry Tymchuk, Smith’s state director while Smith was in the U.S. Senate and now executive director of the Oregon Historical Society.
“He did not have to get into politics or public service,” Salem businessman Gerry Frank said. “He was a comfortable businessman and had a great future in his own business. But he did this for the right reasons.”
Read more at the Statesman Journal.
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