![]() ![]() Subsequent research during evenings and weekends over the course of three years led him to write Early Portland: Stump-Town Triumphant, the first of more than a dozen books on Oregon history. While lunching in Portland's north park blocks one day, he discovered a plaque dedicated to the “great plank road.” Curiosity drove him to investigate. He returned to academia to earn advanced degrees in economics from UC Berkeley and Oxford University, and taught economics at the University of British Columbia, Linfield College, and Portland State University. ![]() After the war, he studied French at Laval University in Quebec, then moved to New York City to write for Business Week. He left Reed intent on a career in writing, but the attack on Pearl Harbor altered his plans. Following a stint as copyboy at the Oregonian, Eugene enrolled at Reed, where he thrived in his role as editor of the Griffin and wrote a political science thesis on the press and the presidential election of 1940. He edited the newspaper at Washington High School and was the school correspondent for the Oregon Journal-which paid him $3 a week. Over the years, his fascination with language and picturesque phraseology led to a distinctive writing style that was precise, eloquent, and humorous. ![]() Snyder and renowned artist Amanda Tester Snyder, Eugene grew up in Portland, surrounded by books and art. Doris Desclais Berkvam Įugene Edmund Snyder ’41, July 15, 2010, in Portland. ![]()
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