Talk:Oregon Department of Transportation

Second century progress?

""Oregon Freeways. ..Symbol of 2nd Century Progress" Was this the real slogan, or did someone mean 20th century progress (rather than 2nd)? 24.20.69.240 06:58, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Oregon became a state in 1859, thus 1959 would have been the beginning of Oregon's 2nd century. Katr67 (talk) 23:30, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Engineer roster

This page should not be a PR puff for the state government. Should we retain the absolutely unreference list of engineers? This is what I have removed, and I am setting aside pending consensus. Graywalls (talk) 13:30, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

State Highway Engineers

• H.L. Bowlby — June 3, 1913 – March 31, 1915
• E. I. Cantine* — April 1, 1915 – May 21, 1915
• John L. Lewis — May 22, 1915 – August 27, 1915
• E. I. Cantine* — August 28, 1915 – January 19, 1916
• John L. Lewis — January 20, 1916 – April 10, 1917
• Herbert Nunn — April 10, 1917 – March 31, 1923
• Roy A. Klein — April 1, 1923 – February 28, 1932
• R.H. Baldock — March 1, 1932 – August 15, 1956
• W.C. Williams — August 16, 1956 – November 30, 1961
• Forrest Cooper — November 30, 1961 – June 30, 1970
• R.L. "Rod" Porter — July 1, 1970 – December 31, 1971
• Tom Edwards — January 1, 1972 – December 31, 1972
• I. Fred Klaboe — January 1, 1973 – May 31, 1976
• H. Scott Coulter — June 1, 1976 – August 4, 1985
• Lawrence W. Rulien — September 9, 1985 – January 1, 1988
• Don Forbes — February 22, 1988 – January 31, 1992
• Bill Anhorn — February 1, 1992 – 1993
• Ken Husby — 1993 – 1997
• Tom Lulay — 1997 – 2001
• Cathy Nelson — 2001 – 2013
• Tom Lauer — 2013 – 2017
• Steve Cooley — 2018 – present

Directors

• John Fulton — July 1, 1969 – December 31, 1970
• George Baldwin — January 1, 1971 – June 30, 1971
• Sam Haley — July 1, 1971 – July 8, 1973
• George Baldwin — July 9, 1973 – April 30, 1976
• Bob Burco — May 1, 1976 – January 8, 1979
• Fred Klaboe — January 9, 1979 – December 31, 1981
• Fred Miller — January 1, 1982 – February 16, 1987
• Bob Bothman — February 17, 1987 – June 30, 1991
• Don Forbes — July 1, 1991 – 1995
• Grace Crunican — 1996 – 2001
• Bruce Warner — 2001 – 2005
• Matthew Garrett — December 19, 2005 – June 30, 2019
• Kris Strickler — September 2019 – Present

Slogans

• 1913 - "Get Oregon Out of the Mud"
• 1957 - "Building Oregon Thru Better Highways"
• 1958 - "Oregon Freeways...Symbol of 2nd Century Progress"
• 1961 - "Freeways are Easier"
• 1967 - "Fifty Years of Building Better Highways in Oregon" (not technically correct; the department was formed in 1913)
• 1978 - "Keep Oregon Green and in the Black"
• 1986 - "ODOT on the Move"
• 2006 - "The way to go!"

Other rosters of questionable value. Graywalls (talk) 03:06, 5 November 2024 (UTC)