Editing Tom McCall

{{Short description|30th Governor of Oregon (1913–1983)}}
{{distinguish|Tom McCall (Georgia politician)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Tom McCall
|image = Tom McCall 2.jpg
|office = 30th [[Governor of Oregon]]
|term_start = January 9, 1967
|term_end = January 13, 1975
|predecessor = [[Mark Hatfield]]
|successor = [[Robert W. Straub]]
|office1 = 18th [[Secretary of State of Oregon]]
|governor1 = Mark Hatfield
|term_start1 = January 4, 1965
|term_end1 = January 9, 1967
|predecessor1 = [[Howell Appling]]
|successor1 = [[H. Clay Myers, Jr.|Clay Myers]]
|birth_name = Thomas Lawson McCall
|birth_date = {{birth date|1913|3|22}}
|birth_place = [[Scituate, Massachusetts]], U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1983|1|8|1913|3|22}}
|death_place = [[Portland, Oregon]], U.S.
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse = [[Audrey McCall|Audrey Owen]] (1939–1983)
|children = 2 sons
|education = [[University of Oregon]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
|allegiance = United States
|branch = [[United States Navy]]
|unit = {{USS|St. Louis|CL-49|6}}
|battles = [[World War II]]<br>{{*}}[[Pacific War|Pacific Theater]]
}}
'''Thomas Lawson McCall''' (March 22, 1913{{spaced ndash}} January 8, 1983) was an American, [[politician]] and journalist in the state of [[Oregon]], serving as the state's thirtieth [[List of governors of Oregon|governor]] from 1967 to 1975. A [[Factions in the Republican Party (United States)#Progressive Republicans|progressive Republican]], he was known as a staunch environmentalist and an advocate of [[sustainable development]].

Raised in [[Massachusetts]] and in [[central Oregon]], McCall attended the [[University of Oregon]] and went on to work as a journalist in [[Moscow, Idaho]] and in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]. He started out as a newspaper reporter and moved on to radio and television broadcasting. While at [[KGW]]-TV, he produced a documentary, ''Pollution in Paradise?'', which brought public attention to air and water pollution in Oregon.

McCall first entered politics as an administrative assistant to Governor [[Douglas McKay]]. He made an unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1954, losing in the general election to [[Edith Green]]. In 1964, he was elected as [[Oregon Secretary of State]], and in [[1966 Oregon gubernatorial election|1966]] he defeated Democrat [[Bob Straub]] to become governor. In office, McCall promoted environmentally friendly reforms and criticized [[overpopulation]] and excessive industrial development. During his tenure, the state enacted major [[Oregon Beach Bill|shoreline conservation]], [[Oregon Bottle Bill|container deposit]], and [[Oregon Land Conservation and Development Act of 1973|land-use planning]] legislation. McCall also became known for his colorful rhetoric and for creative problem-solving, notably sponsoring the [[Vortex I]] music festival and implementing the country's first [[odd–even rationing|odd–even gasoline rationing program]] during the [[1973 oil crisis]].

After his response to the oil crisis gained him national recognition, he toured the country promoting the "Oregon Story" as an example for other states to follow, and publicly mulled a [[Third party (United States)|third party]] run for president.<ref name="Walth" /> In his later career, he focused on preventing the repeal of the land-use laws he'd sponsored and mounted an unsuccessful comeback campaign for governor [[1978 Oregon gubernatorial election|in 1978]].

During Oregon's economic downturn in the early 1980s, McCall was criticized by those who considered his environmental legacy detrimental to the state's economy. His reputation has subsequently recovered, and he is considered one of the most transformative figures in recent Oregon history.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Walth |first1=Brent |title=Tom McCall and the Language of Memory |journal=Oregon Historical Quarterly |date=2012 |volume=113 |issue=4 |pages=570–583 |doi=10.5403/oregonhistq.113.4.0570 |jstor=10.5403/oregonhistq.113.4.0570 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5403/oregonhistq.113.4.0570 |access-date=11 December 2023}}</ref> [[Tom McCall Waterfront Park]] in Portland is one of several places and institutions named in his honor.

== 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>

==Journalism career==
After graduating from [[University of Oregon|U of O]] in 1936, McCall worked as a summer replacement at the ''[[The Bulletin (Bend)|Bend Bulletin]]'', earning $15 a week. He then moved northeast to the [[Palouse]] of [[North Central Idaho|north central Idaho]] in February 1937, to the [[University of Idaho|university]] town of Moscow. He wrote for the ''News-Review,'' and following a merger, the ''[[Moscow-Pullman Daily News|Daily Idahonian]].''<ref name=ytmcl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DaRVAAAAIBAJ&pg=3475%2C6276489 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard, Emerald Empire |location=(Oregon)|last=Thoele|first=Mike|title=Young Tom McCall|date=November 24, 1974|page=12}}</ref>

After five years in Moscow, he was encouraged to leave in March 1942; upheaval in the UI [[Idaho Vandals|athletic department]] the previous year (firing of [[1940 Idaho Vandals football team|football]] head coach [[Ted Bank]] (also [[Idaho Vandals#Athletic directors|athletic director]]) and [[1940–41 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team|basketball]] head coach [[Forrest Twogood]]) brought continuing negative criticism by McCall and his boss thought that he should advance his career elsewhere.<ref name=ytmcl/> He traveled back to Oregon to look for work in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], where the economy was booming due to [[World War II]]. McCall was told by the military that he was not eligible for enlistment (due to bad knees and a recurring hernia) and journalists, still primarily men, were in short supply. He was quickly offered a job at ''[[The Oregonian]]'' at nearly triple his wages {{nowrap|in Idaho.<ref name = "Walth" />}}

McCall later put his career on hold for military service in the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]. At age 31, he was the oldest in [[military recruit training|boot camp]]. He served as a war correspondent for 16 months aboard the cruiser {{USS|St. Louis|CL-49|6}} in the [[Pacific War|Pacific Theater]].<ref>http://www.opb.org/artsandlife/series/historical-photo/oregon-historial-photo-governor-tom-mccall/ {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 1946, McCall was hired by Portland radio station [[KEX (AM)|KEX]], Where he remained until 1949 when he became executive secretary to Oregon governor [[Douglas McKay]].<ref name=swarthout>{{cite journal
|title=The 1954 Election in Oregon
|first=John M.
|last=Swarthout
|volume= 7| issue = 4
|date=December 1954
|pages=620–625
|jstor=442815
|journal=The Western Political Quarterly
|doi=10.2307/442815
}}</ref> In 1952, McCall joined KGW radio in Portland, where he served as a newscaster and political commentator until 1955, when he transitioned from KGW radio to television at [[KPTV]].

In 1955, McCall was hired as a newscaster and commentator at [[KPTV]], Oregon's first television station, where he remained for about a year and a half. In November 1956, he and  colleague Ivan Smith left KPTV due to a dispute with station management over placement of a sponsor's product on the news set. One month later, [[KGW-TV]] went on the air, with McCall and Smith as part of a durable news team that remained together until McCall's departure to run for Secretary of State in 1964.

In November 1962, McCall produced and hosted an ambitious KGW-TV documentary which graphically displayed the shocking amount of pollution in the [[Willamette River]] and steadily declining air quality throughout Oregon. The award-winning documentary ''Pollution in Paradise'' helped focus public attention on the problems. KGW repeated the program in January 1963 on the eve of the opening of the legislative session, and the 1963 Legislature was spurred to some of Oregon's early attempts at combating pollution.<ref>{{cite web |title=People, Politics, and the Environment Since 1945: Pollution in Paradise  |publisher=Oregon Historical Society |work=Oregon History Project |url=http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/narratives/subtopic.cfm?subtopic_ID=173 |access-date=2007-05-20 }}</ref> McCall also hosted a show on KGW called ''Viewpoint'', which dealt with political issues of the day. McCall is briefly seen on a television screen in the 1975 film ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' in a [[cameo role]] as a TV newscaster.

== Political career ==
[[File:Charles A. Sprague Tree Seed Orchard Dedication (19564743809).jpg|thumb|McCall speaking at the [[Charles A. Sprague]] Tree Seed Orchard dedication ceremony in [[Merlin, Oregon]], October 23, 1969.]]
McCall made his first run for office in 1954, winning the Republican nomination for Oregon's [[Oregon's 3rd congressional district|third district]] seat over eight-term incumbent [[Homer D. Angell]]. Despite his later reputation as a progressive, McCall ran to Angell's right in the primary, portraying himself as a loyal supporter of [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]'s pro-business policies.<ref name="Walth" /> He lost the general election to [[Edith Green]], who went on to hold the seat for the next ten terms.<ref>{{cite web |first=William G. |last=Robbins |title=People, Politics, and the Environment Since 1945: Pollution in Paradise |publisher=Oregon Historical Society |year=2002 |url=http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/narratives/subtopic.cfm?subtopic_ID=173 |access-date=2007-04-12}}</ref>

In 1958, when [[Mark Hatfield]] was elected governor of Oregon, he vacated the position of Secretary of State. McCall later said he thought Hatfield had promised to appoint him to the unexpired portion of the term, but the job went to Hatfield associate [[Howell Appling]] instead. When Appling chose not to run for re-election in 1964, McCall sought and won the office. In this position, he began to focus on fighting pollution and reining in unchecked economic growth, claiming that "Oregon is at a crossroads [...] There is still a chance to choose between the polluted chaos of [[Southern California]] and cleanliness."<ref name="Walth" />

=== First term ===

McCall was elected governor in 1966, defeating the Democratic nominee, State Treasurer [[Robert W. Straub]]. During his first term, McCall lead a cleanup of pulp mill pollution in the Willamette, championed [[Oregon Beach Bill|legislation that strengthened public ownership of Oregon's beaches]], dealt with a major riot at the [[Oregon State Penitentiary]] in Salem, and served as an international monitor for the [[1967 South Vietnamese presidential election]].<ref name="Walth" />

=== Vortex I ===
{{main|Vortex I}}

During the late summer of 1970, McCall was faced with a potential riot in Portland. In May of that year a week-long student protest at [[Portland State University]] over the [[Kent State shootings]] had been violently dispersed by police, and tensions were high. The conservative [[American Legion]] had scheduled a convention in Portland later that summer; local antiwar groups were organizing a series of demonstrations at the same time under the name of the "People's Army Jamboree" and expected to draw up to 50,000 protesters.<ref>{{cite news |first=John |last=Kirkland |title=News: Off the Shelf: Winter 2005 |magazine=PSU Magazine |date=January 19, 2005 |url=http://www.pdx.edu/magazine/news/off-the-shelf-winter-2005 |access-date=2011-04-10 |archive-date=2012-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022113310/http://www.pdx.edu/magazine/news/off-the-shelf-winter-2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After attempts to convince the People's Army Jamboree to either not carry out their plans or to move the date, McCall was convinced by a group of hippies to hold the country's first state-sponsored [[rock festival]] at [[Milo McIver State Park]] near [[Estacada, Oregon]]. "Vortex I: A Biodegradable Festival of Life," as it was called, was inspired by the [[Woodstock Festival]] held the previous year, and was intended to draw radical youth out of Portland and reduce the potential for confrontation with the Legionnaires.<ref name = "Love" >{{cite book |first=Matt |last=Love |title=The Far Out Story of Vortex I |publisher=Nestucca Spit Press |year=2004 |isbn=0-9744364-1-0 }}</ref> "I think I just committed political suicide," McCall is reported to have remarked immediately after approving the event.<ref name = "Love" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Oregon Heritage News |publisher=Oregon State Library |date=2004-10-27 |url=http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/heritage/2004-October/000283.html |access-date=2007-04-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050908161051/http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/heritage/2004-October/000283.html |archive-date=2005-09-08 }}</ref>

However, the festival, nicknamed "The Governor's Pot Party", was a success, attracting between 50,000 and 100,000 people. The feared violent clash between the antiwar groups and the Legion was avoided, and McCall was re-elected in November with 56% of the vote, again defeating Bob Straub.

=== Second term ===
McCall became nationally known in January 1971 for a comment he made in an interview with CBS News's [[Terry Drinkwater]]:
{{blockquote|Come visit us again and again. This is a state of excitement. But for heaven's sake, don't come here to live.<ref>{{cite news |last=Walth |first=Brent |title=McCall never looked so good. But let's move on. |newspaper=[[The Oregonian]] |date=November 5, 2006 |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/editorial/1162598153219630.xml&coll=7 |access-date=2006-11-15 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035743/http://www.oregonlive.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/editorial/1162598153219630.xml&coll=7 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
He was responding to the rapid population growth and [[suburban sprawl]] that the state was then experiencing, which was bringing with it strains on utilities and the rapid loss of arable land in the [[Willamette Valley]].<ref name="Walth" /> McCall's second-term agenda was focused on ameliorating these issues and protecting Oregonians' quality of life from overdevelopment. Elements of this agenda included the [[Oregon Bottle Bill]], a pioneering container-deposit law intended to reduce litter; and the [[Oregon Land Conservation and Development Act of 1973]], which required comprehensive zoning and land-use planning for the entire state and created [[urban growth boundary|urban growth boundaries]] around each Oregon city.<ref name="OHS">{{cite web|url=https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/beverage_container_act_bottle_bill/#.WS1Y6GjytPb|title=Beverage Container Act (Bottle Bill)|last=Henkils|first=Mark|date=March 21, 2016|website=The Oregon Encyclopedia|publisher=Oregon Historical Society|access-date=May 30, 2017}}</ref>

In July 1971, McCall went on a fishing trip on a portion of the [[Snake River]] that acts as border between Idaho and Oregon. At the time, under the Oregon Constitution, the Senate President became acting governor when the governor was out of state. Whenever McCall's group camped for the night on the Idaho side, Oregon Senate President John Burns, a Democrat, became acting governor. Partisan executive control of the state changed eight times during the trip. The incident led to voters approving a 1972 ballot measure restoring the line of succession that existed prior to 1920, with the Secretary of State assuming the office when the governor left the state, died, or resigned.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bulletin|first=Gary A. WarnerThe|title=How a 1971 fishing trip helped make Kate Brown governor|url=https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/how-a-1971-fishing-trip-helped-make-kate-brown-governor/article_d13816fe-b16b-591c-9253-e039564907c7.html|access-date=2021-11-10|website=The Bulletin|date=3 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

=== The Oregon Story and the Third Force ===
[[File:McCall using kerosene lamp.jpeg|thumb|left|Governor McCall reads by kerosene lamp to draw attention to the [[1970s energy crisis|energy crisis]], 1973]]
During the summer of 1973, Oregon began to suffer from energy shortages, several months before the rest of the United States was affected by the [[1973 oil crisis|OPEC oil embargo]]. The state's power grid was heavily reliant on [[hydroelectricity]] and an unusually dry winter had left reservoir levels critically low. McCall's administration took action to encourage energy conservation by lowering speed limits, reducing government energy consumption, and ordering the cessation of all business display lighting. The governor and his aides were not certain whether the latter was legal, but Oregonians generally complied, and McCall later reflected that he had tapped into his constituents' mood: "People wouldn’t believe there was a crisis with the [[McDonald's|Golden Arches]] blazing away [...] People are fed up with garishness. They feel assaulted by blinking, flashing, rotating, ostentatious waste."<ref name="Walth" /> In early 1974, Oregon became the first state in America to implement an [[odd–even rationing|odd–even gasoline rationing program]] to control demand amidst shortages.

As the oil shock began to affect the rest of the country, Oregon's conservation methods seemed prescient, and the state's leaders were applauded by national media. Taking advantage of the attention, McCall launched a national tour to promote the reforms he'd overseen as an inspiration for other states to follow, referring to the package as the "Oregon Story." He characterized himself as representing a "Third Force" of political independents opposed to the establishment - a popular position during the unfolding [[Watergate scandal]]. McCall was talked up in the media as a potential candidate for president, and later recalled that leading political figures such as [[Clare Boothe Luce]] and [[Eugene McCarthy]] had encouraged him to mount a third-party bid for the office.<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=256-266}}</ref> Biographer Brent Walth doubts that McCall was ever serious about making the Third Force a third party or running for president, and believes that he was simply enjoying the spotlight and using it to promote his political ideas.<ref name="Walth" />

===Later life and death===
[[File:Tom McCall at Siuslaw National Forest.jpg|thumb|150px|Governor McCall visiting the {{nowrap|[[Siuslaw National Forest]]}}]]

Although his popularity was at its peak, Oregon's constitution prevented McCall from seeking a third consecutive term as governor in 1974. State Senator [[Victor Atiyeh|Vic Atiyeh]] won the Republican nomination, but lost the general election to Straub, who McCall had endorsed in the election. McCall returned to journalism, writing a newspaper column and serving as commentator for Portland television station [[KATU]]. He sought to return to the governorship in 1978, but Atiyeh defeated McCall in the primary and went on to beat Straub in a rematch of their 1974 race.

McCall's prostate cancer eventually returned. He devoted his last years to defending the land-use laws he'd sponsored, which had been under attack from critics since their enaction. In 1982, opponents of land-use planning successfully placed Measure 6, which would have repealed the 1973 law, on the ballot. During his campaign against Measure 6 McCall said, "You all know I have terminal cancer—and I have a lot of it. But what you may not know is that stress induces its spread and induces its activity. Stress may even bring it on. Yet stress is the fuel of the activist. This activist loves Oregon more than he loves life. I know I can't have both very long. The trade-offs are all right with me. But if the legacy we helped give Oregon and which made it twinkle from afar—if it goes, then I guess I wouldn't want to live in Oregon anyhow." Measure 6 ultimately failed to pass.

McCall was admitted to [[Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital|Good Samaritan Hospital]] in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] just over a month after the election. He died there at 69 on {{nowrap|January 8, 1983.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yocum |first1=Douglas |last2=Stimmel |first2=Tom |date=January 9, 1983 |title=Cancer claims Tom McCall at age 69 |work=Sunday Oregonian |location=(Portland)|page=A1}}</ref><ref name=cctmcbb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UqAmAAAAIBAJ&pg=6238%2C4228322 |work=The Bulletin |location=(Bend, Oregon)|agency=UPI |last=MacLeod |first=Andrew |title=Cancer claims Tom McCall |date=January 9, 1983 |page=A-1}}</ref><ref name=lmtfgtmc>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V3pfAAAAIBAJ&pg=5564%2C2186331 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Former Oregon governor McCall dies of cancer |date=January 9, 1983 |page=1A}}</ref><ref name=srapobt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2fhLAAAAIBAJ&pg=4357%2C3380582 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Oregon's ex-Gov. McCall dies |date=January 9, 1983 |page=B8}}</ref>}}

==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>

==Marriage==
While both were working in Moscow in February 1939, McCall met [[Audrey McCall|Audrey Owen]] of [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]],<ref name=ytmcl/> and they married three months later on May 20, 1939.<ref name = "Walth" /> They had two sons, Samuel Walker McCall III and Thomas "Tad" McCall, an environmental consultant.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19900417/1066934/samuel-mccall-iii-former-governors-son | title=Samuel Mccall III, Former Governor's Son }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Land use in Oregon]]
* [[1000 Friends of Oregon]], an organization established in 1975 by McCall

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* [http://www.ohs.org/education/focus_on_oregon_history/GHO-Governor-McCall.cfm Gubernatorial history] and [http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Tom-McCall.cfm biography] of McCall, from the [[Oregon Historical Society]] website
* [https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/governors_guides.aspx Oregon Secretary of State: Governor Tom McCall]
* [https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/mccall_thomas_l/ Thomas William Lawson McCall (1913–1983)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050512035144/http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/oregon/preserves/art6809.html Tom McCall Preserve] at [[Rowena, Oregon|Rowena]], named in his honor, from the [[Nature Conservancy]] website
*{{cite web|url=http://www.friends.org/support/notecardclose.html |title=Notecard with McCall's "State of Excitement" quotation |access-date=2005-06-08 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040910052721/http://www.friends.org/support/notecardclose.html |archive-date=2004-09-10 }}, from the [[1000 Friends of Oregon]] website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060830071306/http://www.nwsteelheaders.org/chap/tom_mccall.htm Tom McCall Chapter] of the [[Association of Northwest Steelheaders]]
* [http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonexperience/programs/player/44-Tom-McCall Tom McCall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524163616/http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonexperience/programs/player/44-Tom-McCall |date=2013-05-24 }} Documentary produced by
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