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In June, 1917, in San Francisco, Mr. Hampson was married to Ethel McQuaid Stevenson and they are parents of a daughter, Patricia and a sou, Alfred A., Jr. Politically Mr. Hampson is a democrat and fraternally he is a Master Mason, while in club circles he is well known as a member of the Arlington and University Cluhs. He stands as a high type of American manhood and citizenship and the sterling worth of his character is recognized by all, while his ability has brought him to a creditable position in legal circles.
JAMES ULYSSES CAMPBELL.
Judge James Ulysses Campbell is one of the most prominent men of his pro- fession in Oregon City and Clackamas county, and to this position he has risen by his own unaided efforts. He was born in Prince Edward's Island, Canada, in 1866, a son of John and Mary (McDongall) Campbell, both of whom were natives of Scotland and came to America with their parents when they were children.
Judge Campbell was reared amid beautiful home surroundings and received his education in the home schools and at the Prince of Wales College. He resided on the family farm, teaching school and assisting with the farm work until he was twenty years of age when he decided to come to the United States and become a citizen of this country. Following his desire with action he first located at Denver, Colorado, where he secured employment with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. He remained in Denver for a while but being ambitious and anxious for advancement, he went to Nevada where he worked in the mines and at the smelters for some time. In 1888 he came to Oregon and located at Oswego, where he obtained employment in an iron works and worked steadily for five years. He then removed to Oregon City,
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and having previously taken up the study of law, was admitted to the practice of his chosen profession in the fall of 1893, and was soon brought to public notice by his Scotch fearlessness and tenacity. He was interested in politics and espoused the cause of the republican party. Being a direct, forceful and magnetic speaker, Judge Campbell soon became prominent in the affairs of that organization. For several years he was the aggressive chairman of the county central committee and in 1904 was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. His success as a lawyer was fast becoming recognized and subsequently in 1902 he was made deputy district attorney, which position he filled with ability for four years. In 1907 Judge Campbell was elected to the legislature and was reelected in 1908. In 1909 he was appointed judge of the fifth judicial district, in 1910 was elected to that position and was reelected in 1916. On becoming judge, he relinquished all his political activity, believing that the ermine should be divorced from politics. His success as a judge may be attributed largely to his Scotch ideas and doggedness in attending strictly to the matters in hand whatever they might be, and his decisions have seldom been reversed by the supreme court. There is another chapter in the life of Judge Campbell, that relative to his war record. For three years he served in the Oregon National Guard and during the Spanish-American war served as a member of the Second Oregon United States Volunteers. He accompanied his regiment to the Philippines and has the distinction of being the only enlisted man in the Second Oregon Vol- unteers who was promoted from the ranks to a first lieutenancy, returning to Oregon with the rank of first lieutenant.
A portion of his success may be attributed to his wife, who has ever encouraged and helped him. She was, before her marriage, Miss Annie C. Pauling, a daughter of Charles Pauling. Her father is a native of Missouri and in 1883 settled in Oregon, and is now one of the most prominent and highly respected farmers in the Willamette valley. To the union of Judge and Mrs. Campbell, one child, Mary A., was born. She is an attractive young woman and is a student at the Oregon City high school.
Judge Campbell is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the Elks, and though a man of genial and pleasant disposition he has devoted most of his time to his profession, thinking that of more importance than his fraternal affiliations. Judge Campbell's sturdy character, legal ability, and tenacity of purpose have brought him into prominence among the lawyers of his community. He has ever discharged his duties with marked ability and his reputation as an upright, careful arbiter has won him friends among his opponents of earlier days.
EDGAR OSCAR DOUD.
Edgar Oscar Doud, whose highly developed powers in the practice of law gained him recognition as one of the prominent members of the Portland bar, was born in Livingston county, New York, December 9, 1835, and had reached the age of fifty-six years when he was called to his final rest. His parents were Orlean and Lucinda B. Doud, also natives of the Empire state. The son acquired his education in Lima College and in the Methodist Episcopal Seminary of Livingston county, New York. It was while a student there that he met Miss Delia A. Thayer, who was graduated on the 25th of June, 1860, from the same institution and on the following day she be- came the bride of Mr. Doud. The next year the Civil war was inaugurated and three of Mr. Doud's brothers joined the Union army, so that he was compelled to remain at home to care for his parents. He taught school through the winter months and in the summer seasons engaged in the cultivation of a small farm in the Empire state. Following the conclusion of the war he went to Penfield, New York, where he again taught school and while thus engaged he also took up the study of law at Rochester under the direction of Hiram Parker. At a later period he went to Syracuse, New York, and was there admitted to the bar in 1876.
In the following year Mr. Doud started for Oregon, crossing the continent to San Francisco, California, and thence proceeding by boat to his destination. From that time forward he and his wife continuously resided in Oregon and he was closely associated with the development and interests of Portland for many years. At first he purchased the merchandise establishment of Newell & Lane and conducted the store for about two years. He then sold out and engaged in the wharf business, being associated with others under the firm style of Doud, Newell & Sliker. They established
EDGAR O. DOUD
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a wharf at the foot of East Oak street in May, 1882, this being the first wharf on the east side. Eventually Mr. Doud disposed of his interest in that business and opened a law office in connection with Newton McCoy on the east side, at Grand avenue and East Oak street, where he remained in practice until his death. He built up a very large practice and was well known throughout the state as an able lawyer-one who found ready and correct solution for the intricate and involved problems of law.
In 1890 Mr. Doud erected a palatial residence at No. 1472 East Morrison, then one of the finest homes of the city and still one of Portland's attractive residences. He was one of the chief factors in the upbuilding of East Portland, his efforts contribut- ing in large measure to the development of this section of the city. He was identified with no social organizations nor clubs but was loyal in all matters of progressive citizenship and cooperated in many activities of great value and benefit to the com- munity. He passed away at his home at Mount Tabor, April 25, 1891.
KENNETH ALEXANDER JAMES MACKENZIE, M. D.
"Wherever this good man went," wrote one of Dr. Kenneth A. J. Mackenzie's friends, "he laid strong hold on the heart of everyone who came into personal con- tact with him." Such was an estimate of the man who, while a most eminent physi- cian and surgeon, never lost that human sympathy which is so often overshadowed by scientific investigation and knowledge. Hundreds of his fellow physicians loved him as a brother and to the entire city of Portland and the state at large the news of his death carried a sense of personal bereavement. He was born at Cumberland House, in Manitoba, Canada, January 13, 1859, a son of Roderick and Jane Mackenzie, the latter a daughter of another Roderick Mackenzie. The father was born in Ros- shire, Scotland, and after crossing the Atlantic became a chief factor with the Hudson Bay Company.
In the acquirement of his education Dr. Mackenzie early was a student at The Nest, an academy at Jedburgh, Scotland, and he also attended school at Montreal, Canada. Later he became a student in the Upper Canada College at Toronto, and prepared for his professional career as a medical student in McGill University in that city, there winning the degrees of M. D. and C. M. in the year 1881. In the following year he again went abroad and received from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, the degrees of L. R. C. P. and L. R. C. S. At a subsequent period he did postgraduate work in Europe, attending the universities of London, Berlin, Paris and Vienna. He initiated his professional experience in Portland in 1882 and to the time of his death remained a most successful and honored practicing physiclan of this city. He always held to the highest standards of his profession and as the years passed concentrated his attention more and more largely upon surgery. Medical men point with admiration to his achievements in nerve grafting and in delicate stomach operations and upon the foundation which he built in nerve grafting some astounding developments were made during the recent World war. A year after his arrival in Portland he became a member of the staff of St. Vincent's Hospital and a little later was made a surgeon of the Oregon-Washington Railway & Navigation Company and was soon advanced to the position of chief surgeon, continuing as such from 1895 until 1920. He not only served as chief of staff of St. Vincent's Hospital in Portland but was also at the head of the Portland Free Dispensary, was consulting surgeon of the port of Portland, was medical aid to the governor of Oregon from 1912 until 1919 and occupied other positions of professional prominence, which came to· him in recognition of his high attainments as a practitioner of medicine and surgery. He was regarded as one of the most eminent educators in the profession and from 1887 until 1906 was professor of theory and practice of medicine in the University of Oregon medical school and from 1906 until 1920 was professor of opera- tive and clinical surgery. In 1913 he was made dean of the faculty and so continued until 1920. His great ambition was to make Portland a medical center of the north- west and as dean of the University of Oregon he was the recognized leader in the rapid development of that institution. There was never a time when a call came to Dr. Mackenzie for professional service to which he did not make prompt and ready response. He was made the head of the Oregon Relief Corps at the time of the San Francisco earthquake and fire in 1906, serving under General Torney, U. S. A. He
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was also one of the directors and the medical director of the Lewis and Clark Ex- position in Portland and was state chairman of the medical section of the Council of National Defense from 1916 until 1919. In 1917 he was made state chairman of the American Red Cross. He was in close connection with many leading scientific societies and was honored with the vice presidency in 1906-7 of the American Medical Association of which he was long a fellow. He had membership in the International Surgical Association; was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons; and a mem- ber of the Portland Academy of Medicine of which he was president in 1909-10. He likewise had membership in the City & County Medical Society, serving as president thereof in 1915; belonged to the State Medical Association of which he was also president in 1915; and had membership in the American Medical Association and the North Pacific Surgical Association which called him to its presidency in 1919. He was a member of the American Thoracic Society and state chairman of the Ameri- can Society for the Control of Cancer. His scientific researches and investigations carried him to a point that few reach. Outside of the actual work of his practice he was probably best known through his efforts in the upbuilding of the medical college of the University of Oregon. In this connection he acquired a large campus for the medical school and established the school as the nucleus of a medical center, the growing influence of which is felt throughout the entire west.
Dr. Mackenzie was married in Portland, Oregon, to Cora Hardy Scott, a daughter of Pliny Hardy, of Opelousas, Louisiana, who was a prominent lawyer and at one time secretary of state of Louisiana. Mrs. Mackenzie passed away in 1901 and Dr. Mackenzie later was married in Spokane to Marion Higgins Brown, who departed this life in 1916. His children were four in number: Ronald Seaforth; Jean Stuart; Barbara, the wife of Roderick Lachlan Macleay; and Kenneth A. J., Jr.
On the 15th of March, 1920, the life labors of Dr. Mackenzie were terminated by death. It may well be said that he gave his life to the profession. He would not cease his labors even when the condition of his health warned him of a needed rest. In the war period, although nearly sixty years of age, he responded to the call of the colors and took active part in war work. He received a commission as captain in the Medical Corps and had charge of the recruiting of physicians for medical work in the army throughout this district, at the same time supervising home medical service. The con- stant demands made upon his energies by reason of his professional service in active practice and his devotion to the interests of the medical college were the direct cause of his demise. At the time of his death Mayor Baker said: "His passing is a loss to the community. He was the moving factor and spirit in the upbuilding of the Uni- versity of Oregon medical school here. It was his heart's desire to establish here one of the great medical schools of the west-a desire that now is nearing realization. He was a very able, clean and high class citizen and the work he so wisely directed must be carried on along the plans which he laid down." One who knew him well wrote of him: "Always we have been admonished to speak nothing but good of the dead. Concerning Dr. Mackenzie nothing but good can be spoken. What power was it that enabled him without the least effort to bind the affection of men and women so firmly that the tie became tighter as time went on? I have been trying to fathem it and my only conclusion is that he was endowed with an exceptionally large share of the divine gift. We know others who have broad human sympathy, but where can you point to another friend or new worthy acquaintance who, unconsciously, touched your better nature the moment you came into his presence? His was a rare gift, and, oh, what generous use he made of it!
"Think of all the men you know who have risen to high place in this community. Can you recall another in whom was combined such strength and yet such gentleness of character? In his presence you could not help but feel he was the master, but he exerted mastery without the appearance of exerting it; you could not help but yield to the moral-or shall I say-the spiritual force? In manner he was simple and un- affected as a child. Light danced in his eyes and smiles played about his lips; yet he had lion-hearted courage and he always fought on the side of right.
"Himself entirely free from deceit, Dr. Mackenzie, I am sure, believed there was less deception in mankind than actually exists. Himself straightforward, he so be- lieved others. If I have read him aright he had the power to bring out and he did bring out the better traits of character in those who came under his influence. They tried to live up to his estimate of them. Because he believed the world is better than it is perhaps he got more happiness out of life than most men have found. I know that the world is better for his having lived in it.
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"What was there inherent in Dr. Mackenzie that made people revere him. Other physicians have great skill equal to his, a similar kindliness, the same devotiou to their calling, strong human sympathy and high ethical ideals and professional standards, but in some way they fall short of winning the exalted station that Dr. Mackenzie held and it is not easy to give a sound reason. My own view is that Dr. Mackenzie, with all his other equipment, won the higher place through his great-heartedness and un- selfishness, united with a spiritual quality that no one may dare to analyze.
"Literally thousands of Portland people loved Mackenzie; yes, loved him. No other word can express their sentiment. While very few of them could tell him of their deep affection in words they still could show it in other ways and I imagine that the good Doctor was conscious of it and because of that wealth of affection he had exceed- ingly rich rewards."
One of the Portland papers wrote of him: "That life is long," said the poet, "which answers life's great end." "Dr. Kenneth A. J. Mackenzie was sixty-one years of age, but he had lived a full life. The memory which goes back for nearly forty years does not recall the time when Dr. Mackenzie was not in the front rank of his profes- sion. As a very young man he brought to the practice of medicine and surgery an extraordinary insight into the causes of disease, a mature judgment as to the remedy and a highly trained skill as to its application. He had singular graces of manner, which were the outward marks of a wholesome and altogether lovable personality; and he acquired easily the complete confidence of his patients and of all others who knew him. There are families in Oregon to whom Dr. Mackenzie had ministered through three decades and more. From first to last he was their physician, counselor and friend."
Another Portland paper said editorially: "For thirty-eight years Dr. Kenneth A. J. Mackenzie was a part of the community life of Portland and in recent years he played an eminent part. In his untimely death the community suffers a tangible loss whose extent can scarcely be measured.
"Professionally Dr. Mackenzie ranked with the highest and it is a matter of com- munity pride that he developed his superior skill here. Fresh from college, equipped with the best of training, ambitious, energetic, self-confident but modest, his heart over- flowing with the milk of human kindness, he began his life's work among the people of Portland and rose steadily to his place of eminence. He loved his profession and made constant and well directed effort to raise its standards.
"Of Dr. Mackenzie's public service his work during the war stands out most promi- nent. He was not only chairman of the American Red Cross, but medical aide to the governor of Oregon. Into these duties he threw his limitless energy and among other big things went in person to every section of the state to establish the medical organ- ization. When the history of Oregon in the war comes to be written Dr. Mackenzie's name will not be undistinguished.
"Dr. Mackenzie was an exemplar of his noble profession and of the finest citizenship and he was an inspiration to American youth. He died too young. At sixty-one a physician is at his prime and even after his working days are over he is most valuable as a teacher and consultant. To his worth as a man of science he added exalted char- acter. Such men are rare and the community is poorer when they are taken away.
A fitting and well deserved tribute was paid to Dr. Mackenzie by The Spectator, under the heading, "Shall We Not Carry On His Work?" and which reads as follows:
"We did not know how much we admired and loved Dr. Kenneth A. J. Mackenzie, or how much we owed him, until the shock of the news of his death awoke us to the knowledge of how dear he was to us and what an important part he had in the com- munity's affairs. We lived so close to him so long and were so constantly within the radiance of those personal charms that so greatly endeared him to us, that we never realized how great he was in his profession or how untiring and unselfish in the public service. And now we hear from afar off that the wisest and most learned in the profession that he adorned were proud to call him master; that his contributions to science had given life to many who had walked in the shadow; and that the wonder- ful buildings on the campus of the medical school of the university are monuments to his remarkable genius for work, organization and accomplishment.
"Dr. Mackenzie had a deep sympathy for the suffering; a great love for his fellow- man. He was a successful physician because he loved to heal; a successful surgeon because he loved to restore. Probably he cured as many of his patients by the remark- able faith they had in him as by the medicines he gave them. Sympathetic, gentle, gracious, and strong and robust, when he entered a sick room the ailing patient said:
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'Well, Doctor, here I am, down and almost out. Fix me up'-and having perfect faith in Dr. Mackenzie, the sick thought no more of themselves at all and speedily recovered.
"For a long time Dr. Mackenzie had stood within the shadow that enveloped him on Monday night. Had he followed the advice he would have given a patient in similar condition he would have put aside some of his work and relieved the strain on his heart. But things had to be done. Dean of the medical school of the University of Oregon, he had a dream of a great medical foundation here in Portland that would rival any of the world's finest institutions of healing. Through the warm friendship of J. D. Farrell, president of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, he obtained the valuable site; by tireless effort and aided by other friends, money was obtained and the nucleus of the foundation was started. Then came the war and Dr. Mackenzie volunteered, and despite his age almost sixty-and because of his splendid abilities, got a commission. He worked well for his country and poorly for himself; his strength was drained; recurring attacks of sickness followed; and at last the over- taxed heart ceased to beat.
"Dr. Mackenzie was a good and useful, a lovable and beloved citizen. It is for us to say whether or not he has gone, or if, by our carrying on that splendid work he began he is to remain with us as an inspiration and guide. The medical center was started by him; let us build on it and still build on it, until we have reared there the great institution that he planned-as a fitting monument to Kenneth Mackenzie."
CHESTER ARTHUR SHEPPARD.
Chester Arthur Sheppard, accorded a position of distinction in the ranks of the legal fraternity of Portland, has in his life record proven the fact that success is not a matter of fortunate circumstances nor of genius, as held by some, but is the out- come of clear judgment, determination, careful preparation for the work in hand and that keen discernment which enables the individual to recognize and separate the essential from all the incidental or accidental circumstances. Born on a farm near Grand Forks, North Dakota, June 28, 1879, he was reared in the school of hard knocks. His parents were William Edward and Orpha Esther Sheppard, the former of Irish and German lineage and the latter of English and Scotch descent. His father followed agricultural pursuits and conditions on the large home farm made it necessary for the son to assist in its cultivation from the time he was old enough to follow a team, so that the age of thirteen found him with only two years of schooling. When fourteen years of age he left the farm and entered the high school at Fremont, Michigan, being graduated therefrom in 1897. He was a student in the Ferris Institute at Big Rapids, Michigan, in the summers of 1896, 1897 and 1898 and in the following year entered the Michigan State Normal College at Ypsilanti, which he attended until the close of the school year of 1901. He won a teacher's life certificate and in post- graduate work in 1905 won the degree of Bachelor of Pedagogics. Desirous of be- coming a member of the bar, he pursued a course in connection with the Chicago Correspondence School of Law from 1905 until 1908. Meanwhile Mr. Sheppard had done successful work in teaching, spending three years as a teacher in rural schools in order to obtain money to finish his education. He was also superintendent of the schools of Quinnesec, Michigan, for two years and during 1906 and 1907 had charge of one of the Chicago parental schools for the instruction of incorrigible boys.
In the fall of 1907, having made up his mind to cast in his lot with the far west, he came to Portland, arriving in this city with a cash capital of two hundred and sixty-seven dollars, of which two hundred dollars was borrowed money. He entered the night classes of the law school of Oregon University, engaging in teaching rapid calculation at the Portland Business College during the day, and in 1908 was graduated from that institution with the LL. B. degree. He also served for one year as principal of the Creston public school and following his admission to the Oregon bar in the spring of 1908 he immediately entered upon the practice of his profession in Port- land, where he has since resided and during the intervening period has won a liberal clientage, his business in the courts constantly increasing in volume and importance. His leaning is toward constructive work in the law and he numbers among his clients some of the largest corporations and firms in Oregon. Activity in debating societies during his later school years, in which he won several oratorical contests, and expe- rience on the lecture platform in northern Michigan made him a ready and forceful
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