Neil Goldschmidt, a former Oregon governor whose confession that he had sex with a 14-year-old girl in the 1970s blackened what had been a nearly sterling reputation, has died
. He was 83. Goldschmidt died at his Portland home on Wednesday, The Oregonian reported, according to family members. The newspaper said the reported cause was heart failure. Goldschmidt served one term as governor, from 1987 to 1991. Before that, he was mayor of Portland, and he served as transportation secretary under President Jimmy Carter. He was one of Oregon's most respected public figures, credited with making Portland one of the country's most livable cities.
Mark Hatfield to seek more support for higher education. At law school in Berkeley, California, Goldschmidt pushed for campus reforms and marched for civil rights in Mississippi. 'He was like a machine gun,' Hatfield once told The Oregonian. 'He had as many ideas as the trigger would pull.' A legal aid attorney in Portland from 1967 to 1969, Goldschmidt began his political career as a city commissioner in 1971.
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