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Janet Webster
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| Janet Webster | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Oregon State University |
| Role: | Head librarian (retired) |
| Location: | Eugene, Ore. |
| Education: | •University of Chicago •Columbia University |
Janet Webster is the former head librarian at Oregon State University's Guin Library. She and her siblings—Joan Gray and Jack Gray—were contributors to Oregon Outdoor School Lottery Fund, Measure 99, a 2016 ballot measure in Oregon.
Career
Webster is the daughter of John and Betty Gray, Oregon philanthropists who donated to organizations and causes related to "early childhood, geography and environmental education." After John and Betty passed away, their children started the Gray Family Foundation as a way to "support John and Betty Gray’s faith in the human spirit through giving back to the systems that nurture all of us – our culture, our natural environment and our communities."[1][2]
After earning a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago in 1975, Webster returned to Oregon, where she worked as a handweaver, a partner at a boat works company, and then as an art gallery consultant before moving to New York City to pursue a master's degree in library science at Columbia University. In 1987, she came back to the West Coast to work with the Vancouver (Washington) Community Library. She joined the staff of the Hatfield Marine Science Center Library (later renamed the Guin Library) in 1989 and served as the head librarian until her retirement in 2015.[3]
Political activity
Ballot measure activity
Webster was one of the top contributors in support of Oregon Outdoor School Lottery Fund, Measure 99 in 2016.. The outdoor school initiative seeks to designate about $22 million in state lottery funds for outdoor education for all fifth and sixth graders in Oregon. This outdoor education involves a stay at a camp for a few nights while learning about science.[4]
Overview of ballot measure support and opposition
The following table details Janet Webster’s ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:
| Ballot measure support and opposition for Janet Webster | |||
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| Ballot measure | Year | Position | Status |
| Oregon Outdoor School Lottery Fund, Measure 99 | 2016 | Supported[5] | |
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Oregonian, John Gray, Portland developer and philanthropist, dies at 93," October 19, 2012
- ↑ Gray Family Foundation, "History of the Gray Family Foundation," accessed September 15, 2016
- ↑ Oregon State University Sesquicentennial Oral History Project, "Janet Webster Oral History Interview," accessed September 15, 2016
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Ballot title," accessed July 26, 2016
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State,"Yes on 99," accessed August 28, 2016
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