CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.eugene.or.us/

Population:
137893 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1862

County:
Lane County

County seat of Lane County, founded 1862 by Eugene Franklin Skinner.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Lane Community College	1964
University of Oregon	1876

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Br0derbund	1980

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Brandon Beemer	Actor	27-Feb-1980		Days of Our Lives
Kai Bird	Historian	2-Sep-1951		American Prometheus
Neil Goldschmidt	Government	16-Jun-1940		Governor of Oregon, 1987-91
Tim Hardin	Singer/Songwriter	23-Dec-1941	29-Dec-1980	If I Were a Carpenter
Eric Christian Olsen	Actor	31-May-1977		Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
RJD2	Disc Jockey	27-May-1976		Dead Ringer
Rebecca Schaeffer	Actor	6-Nov-1967	18-Jul-1989	Actress murdered by stalker
Paul Simon	Politician	29-Nov-1928	9-Dec-2003	US Senator, one-time Presidential candidate
Caitlin Wachs	Actor	15-Mar-1989		Chloe Waters on Profiler
Craig Wasson	Actor	15-Mar-1954		Body Double
Wendell Wyatt	Politician	15-Jun-1917	28-Jan-2009	Congressman from Oregon, 1964-75

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David B. Frohnmayer	Politician	9-Jul-1940	9-Mar-2015	President, University of Oregon, 1994-2009
Jack Herer	Activist	18-Jun-1939	15-Apr-2010	Cannabis evangelist
Ken Kesey	Novelist	17-Sep-1935	10-Nov-2001	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Charles O. Porter	Politician	4-Apr-1919	1-Jan-2006	Congressman from Oregon, 1957-61
Steve Prefontaine	Track and Field	25-Jan-1951	30-May-1975	Long distance runner
Theodore Sturgeon	Author	26-Feb-1918	8-May-1985	More Than Human
Roger Y. Tsien	Scientist	1-Feb-1952	24-Aug-2016	Green Fluorescent Protein

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