Editing Tom McCall (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Tom McCall Statue (Marion County, Oregon scenic images) (marDA0013d).jpg|upright|thumb|A statue of McCall at Riverfront Park in Salem.]]
In 1968, Governor McCall created the [[Harbor Drive]] Task Force to come up with proposals to replace the riverfront highway with a public space.  The 37-acre (150,000&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>) Waterfront Park was built in 1974, running along the Willamette River for the length of downtown Portland. McCall was honored after his death when the park was renamed [[Tom McCall Waterfront Park]] in 1984.<ref name = "Parks">{{cite web |title=Waterfront Park |publisher=Portland Parks and Recreation |url=http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&PropertyID=156 |access-date=2006-11-14}}</ref>

McCall was a leading figure in passing the Oregon Beach Bill to declare Oregon shores public land in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|title=State of Oregon: State Archives - Oregon Beach Bill Records|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/landmark-beach.aspx|website=sos.oregon.gov|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref>

In 1969, McCall played a major role in the founding of [[SOLV]], an [[Environmentalism|environmental]] [[non-profit]] organization whose goal is to "build community through volunteer action to preserve this treasure called Oregon."<ref>SOLV, SOLV | About, http://solv.org/about_landing_2007.asp</ref>

The Tom McCall Forum, which pairs prominent speakers with opposing political viewpoints, is presented annually by [[Pacific University]].

The [[Nature Conservancy]] named a [[nature preserve]] in [[Wasco County, Oregon]] after McCall.

Oregon schools that have been named for him include: [https://web.archive.org/web/20040910052721/http://www.friends.org/support/notecardclose.html Tom McCall East Upper Elementary School] in Forest Grove and [https://web.archive.org/web/20070205063946/http://www.redmond.k12.or.us/mccall/ Tom McCall Elementary School] in Redmond.

In 1998 McCall was inducted into the Hall of Achievement at [[University of Oregon]]'s School of Journalism.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hall of Achievement |publisher=[[University of Oregon]] School of Journalism |url=http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/awards/hoa/index.html |access-date=2006-11-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114041241/http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/awards/hoa/index.html |archive-date=2006-11-14 }}</ref>

On October 10, 2006, the Salem ''[[Statesman Journal]]'' announced plans by a "committee of citizens" to fund and place the life-size bronze statue of the late governor pictured above in Salem's Riverfront Park.<ref>{{cite news |title=A statue for Tom McCall |publisher=Blue Oregon |  url = http://www.blueoregon.com/2006/10/a_statue_for_to.html |access-date=2007-04-12}}</ref>{{update after|2013|4|7}}

On March 30, 2015, Oregon Governor [[Kate Brown|Kate Brown, a Democrat]],  signed SB333, which "designates March 22 of each year as Tom McCall Day to commemorate Governor McCall and encourage school districts to educate children about Governor McCall's legacy." The measure took effect January 1, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2015R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/25637 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-03-06 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142403/https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2015R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/25637 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://legiscan.com/OR/votes/SB333/2015 | title=Oregon SB333 &#124; 2015 &#124; Regular Session }}</ref>