Editing Tom McCall (section)

== Early life ==
Born in [[Scituate, Massachusetts]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Governor Tom McCall: Biographical Note |publisher=Oregon State Archives |url=https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/governors_guides.aspx |access-date=2006-11-15}}</ref> McCall was the grandson of copper-king [[Thomas W. Lawson (businessman)|Thomas Lawson]] and Massachusetts governor and congressman [[Samuel W. McCall]]. As a child, he divided his time between Thomas Lawson's Massachusetts estate named Dreamwold and his father's ranch near [[Prineville, Oregon]] named Westernwold. This bicoastal upbringing caused him to develop an unusual accent that he characterized as being "a cross between [[Calvin Coolidge]] and a [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Ranger]]"; his voice would become an asset, setting him apart during his later careers as a public speaker.<ref>{{cite book |last1=McCall |first1=Tom |last2=Neal |first2=Steve |title=Tom McCall: Maverick |date=1977 |publisher=Binford & Mort |location=Portland |isbn=0-8323-0288-0 |page=1}}</ref><ref name="Walth" />

Upon graduation from [[Redmond High School (Oregon)|Redmond High School]], McCall enrolled at the [[University of Oregon]] in Eugene. Due to his family's growing financial problems he was forced to sit out long periods and took five years to earn his degree in journalism.<ref name = "Walth">{{cite book |first=Brent |last=Walth |title=Fire at Edens Gate: Tom McCall and the Oregon story |publisher=Oregon Historical Society Press |year=1994 |isbn=0-87595-247-X }}</ref>