David Ellingson is a teacher at Woodburn High School where he teaches biology and a class he started ten years ago called The History and Science of Lewis and Clark. David was born and raised in Raymond, Alberta, Canada where he gained a love of explorers like Alexander MacKenzie and David Thompson. He attended college in the United States where he married his wife Kim. Together, they have three children. It was his wife's grandmother, Betty Reed who introduced him to Lewis and Clark, and he has been hooked ever since.

The class he teaches on Lewis and Clark is a favorite for juniors and seniors. They learn the story of the expedition with a focus on the Native American perspective as well as an emphasis on the scientific contributions. The students spend time in the field exploring sites on the coast and the gorge where they camp along the Columbia River. They also make create models of Fort Clatsop, make a native plant collection and do taxidermy on water fowl.

Doug Erickson is head of Special Collections and College Archivist at Lewis & Clark College, where he has worked since 1994. He oversees the Aubrey Watzek Library’s extensive holdings of Lewis & Clark materials, including the Anderson, Chuinard, Tweney, and Wendlick Collections. He is past president of our chapter and of the NorthWest Area Archivists Association. He is co-author of “The Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, A Bibliography and Essays” (Lewis and Clark College, 2003), and “Jefferson's Western Explorations: Discoveries Made in Exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita by Captains Lewis & Clark, Doctor Sibley, and William Dunbar” (Arthur H. Clark, 2004).

He also teaches courses on the American West, Archives, and Special Collections at Portland State University, and has consulted to many government agencies, universities and colleges, business, and nonprofits on Lewis & Clark, archival management, books, and libraries. He lives in Portland across the street from the College.

Thelma Haggenmiller is the quintessential tour guide, enthusiastic and informed about a broad range of local and historical topics. Her business card reads “A picture’s worth a thousand words, but an experience is worth a thousand pictures!”. She started and co-leads our chapter’s “Explore More” program, expanding the range of our events beyond the narrow trail and era of Lewis & Clark’s expedition. More than 25 years ago she retired from the position of technical training instructor for the telephone company to start her own business, Slow Poke Tours, which provides step-on guide services for tour groups coming to NW Oregon and SW Washington.

Thelma also is a founder of the CIA—Citizens Involved and Aware—a civic forum held since 1995 in the unincorporated area of Oak Grove, OR, and is most recently known for her successful advocacy for the 6-mile bicycle and pedestrian “Trolley Trail” there. She lives in Oak Grove and can be identified by her unusual and often one-of-a-kind earrings.

Keith Hay has been a leader in the Lewis & Clark field since his work with the U.S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation in the early 1960s, the first federal effort to map and plan for the Lewis & Clark Trail.

In 1999 Keith revived the moribund Oregon Chapter of the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. As its president, he convened key organizers and quickly built membership to over 200. He then helped start Lewis & Clark Bicentennial in Oregon (LCBO) and served as its VP.

In 2004 Keith wrote The Lewis and Clark Columbia River Water Trail: A Guide For Paddlers, Hikers, and Other Explorers, and dedicated the royalties to supporting our Chapter. He is an active outdoorsman and retired wildlife biologist who makes his home in rural Newberg with his wife, Charlotte. In 2010 the Chapter named him "Director Emeritus" in honor of his 12 years of continuous service on its board.

Dick Hohnbaum is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, with a BA in social work and also Western Oregon U, Monmouth, OR, with an MA in early childhood education.

Dick had enthusiastically taught school for 33 years; 10 years with 4th graders of which 6 years were in the Alaska Bush, and 23 years with Kindergardeners and 1st graders in Woodburn, OR. He was the first male public school teacher for 1st graders/kindergardeners in OR. The kids kept him going and each year was exciting with the students freshness for learning.

He has been active in the Oregon Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation since its revival in Sept. 1998. Dick was the first to edit and publish the Chapter's newsletter and continues to publish it at present. He is our Chapter's very capable Treasurer.

Dick volunteers at the Willamette Heritage Center's Mission Mill Museum in Salem, OR, and for the past 5 years has been doing "School Master 1860's" reenactment, and Kalapooa Indian interpretation, as well as Lewis and Clark interpretive lectures.

He and his wife live in Keizer, OR, have 4 children, 12 grandchildren and now 2 great-grandsons.

Mark Johnson's parents instilled in him a love of history and culture, which he is passing on to his children. During the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, Mark developed a program of period music with his son Tanner which they performed many times across the Pacific Northwest. They also appeared in the film "Confluence of Time and Courage" which is seen at several interpretive centers along the trail.

An active member of the Oregon Chapter since 2001, Mark also belongs to the Pacific Northwest Living Historians (PNLH) and The Discovery Expedition of Saint Charles (DESC). In 2005 and 2006, Mark adopted the persona of private Richard Windor and participated with DESC, paddling in a dugout and in a Chinook canoe on the Columbia River. Since the Bicentennial, as a member of PNLH, Mark has become private George Gibson during Fort Clatsop's "Wintering Over" and Seaside's "Saltmakers Return" events.

In real life, Mark has enjoyed a long career as a computer engineering professional. He and and his wife, Barbara, live in Portland, Oregon, where they have worked and raised their family since 1981.

Mary Johnson has lived most of her life in and around Great Falls, MT, and her earliest interest in Lewis & Clark was sparked by those "pointing captains" highway signs all around the state. From Salt Lake City, she moved to Beaverton in 2000 and with the L & C Bicentennial approaching, read a newspaper article which prompted her to attend several events. Mary has enjoyed learning more of the Expedition with many interesting events & outings; as well as seeing more of those "pointing captains" highway signs in Oregon. Reading and learning more of the Expedition's, history, geography and members has not only been fun but inspiring. A favorite member is Sacajawea and a favorite book is titled Or Perish in the Attempt; Wilderness Medicine of the Lewis & Clark Expedition by David J. Peck.

Mary works for Ciber, Inc. as an engineering drawing technician and enjoys the outdoors and gardening as well as spending time with a large family and friends.

Ted lives in Portland, in the house he grew up in, within sight of William Clark’s ascent of the Willamette River and overlooking the grounds of the 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition. He is currently VP-Finance at a small technology firm. As budget director of the Oregon Historical Society and later the founding executive director of Lewis & Clark Bicentennial in Oregon 1997-2002, he worked with partners across the state and along the national trail to establish the foundation for Oregon’s commemorative activities. He attended President Clinton’s promotion ceremony for William Clark at the White House, and has visited every state along the L&C Trail. At home, he led the effort to designate NW York St. as honoring Clark’s slave, the first black explorer to reach Portland.

He froze at Monticello at the first bicentennial “signature event” in January 2003, got sopping wet at Fort Stevens at the Oregon/Washington event in November 2005, and welcomed the Corps back to St. Louis at the final event in September 2006. The editor of a scholarly journal of flag studies, he has written a guide to flag design, sponsored Internet surveys on state and city flags, and published many articles (most recently one in WPO on the tribal flags used in Oregon’s Lewis & Clark bicentennial events). He consulted to the recent campaign to update the Oregon state flag. He also edits our Chapter newsletter.

Glen Kirkpatrick's interest in Lewis and Clark began in 1994 as he researched Clark's Point of View on Tillamook Head. He has served on the board of the Oregon chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation for the past 10 years and is currently serving as the Chapter Vice President. During the Bicentennial he led the effort to have the Oregon Geographic Names Board designate Clark's Mountain in Clatsop County. He has written articles for We Proceeded On, and has researched Clark's ascent of the Willamette River and the Corps' exploration of the Sandy River. He is particularly interested in Clark's maps and the Expedition's travels in the Columbia River Gorge.

Trained as a geologist, Glen worked throughout North America exploring for minerals. Returning to his home state of Oregon, he obtained an MBA from the University of Portland and now is employed by the Rail Division of the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Glen is an avid outdoor enthusiast, enjoying wilderness travel by foot, kayak, and on horseback. He has kayaked the trail from Bonneville Dam to Fort Clatsop. He lives with his wife, Paula Beck, in Molalla on a 10 acre farm with four horses, one dog & cat and too many chickens to count.

Ellie McClure tagged along with husband Larry to attend their first national meeting of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation in Great Falls, MT, in 1998 and they both have attended those meetings, 12 of them, along the Trail every year since. She has documented their travels with photos & commentary of sites mentioned in the journals from Montecello to the Pacific. Ellie has taught school, raised a family and then continued to substitute teach until retiring in 2001. Ellie & Larry's children & families are now located in Puyallup, WA and Marietta, GA.

For the Oregon Chapter, she is serving as coordinator for the Boy Scout patch program. And she also helps 7 grandchildren learn about Lewis and Clark.

Larry McClure caught the Lewis and Clark bug in 1997 after viewing the Ken Burns documentary and reading Stephen Ambrose's Undaunted Courage. As an educator by profession, he was interested in how skills and attitudes demonstrated by the Corps of Discovery fit exactly with the K-12 school curriculum. Larry is retired from his career as an education researcher for the NorthWest Regional Education Laboratories. After joining both the National Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation and the Oregon Chapter, he became involved in writing curriculum and conducting teacher workshops for the LCTHF.

After serving as coordinator of the Portland meeting of the Foundation in 2005, he accepted nomination to the Board of Directors of the Foundation where he continues to serve as Secretary. He was elected president of the Oregon Chapter in 2005 and co-president with Mark Johnson in 2009.

Larry's enthusiasm for "our favorite explorers" is contagious. Together with his wife, Ellie, he has traveled almost all of the Trail.

Steven McClure is a retired physician who is writing a book on the mission of Lewis and Clark. Inner exploration has been a key part of his research into Jefferson's expedition. Along this line, Dr. McClure has recently been engaged in masters training in hypnosis, neurolinguistic programming and coaching with a view to resume a practice in deep change and creativity.

In addition to traveling the Lewis and Clark Trail from St. Louis to Portland in the spring of 2008, our explorer wannabe has kayaked parts of the Lewis and Clark Columbia River Water Trail. One of Steven's favorite causes is Baltimore Woods, a neighborhood greenway project adjacent to the St. Johns Bridge that overlooks the April 2nd, 1806, Willamette River campsite of William Clark. This budding author's submission was a winner in a 2011 haiku contest held by Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services:

In eighteen oh six
Clark saw a clean Willamette.
Now she's coming back.

David Szymanski has been Superintendent of Lewis & Clark National Historical Park since 2007. He is responsible for Fort Clatsop, the Fort to Sea Trail, Dismal Nitch, Station Camp, the Salt Works, and Netul Landing, coordinating with the state-run facilities of Fort Stevens State Park, Sunset Beach State Recreation Area, Ecola State Park, Cape Disappointment State Park and its Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, and Fort Columbia State Park. He lives in the Astoria area and appears frequently in the local press, getting the message out about Lewis & Clark and the park units he oversees.

Lyn Trainer has been fascinated with history since childhood, most especially about Thomas Jefferson. She is an avid reader of biographies and historical novels. Her favorite book is a 1933 copy of Thomas Jefferson by Lisitsky which belonged to her father. Lyn has always enjoyed history and has many activities which give her a fun & social way to pursue it.

In the mid '90's Lyn took an afternoon off work to attend & volunteer at a reception at the Oregon Historical Society for the upcoming Lewis & Clark Bicentennial, which has since brought her to serving on the Board of Oregon Chapter of LCTHF. At the present she serves as a board member who is very committed to finding activities for all to enjoy & learn more of our connection with Lewis & Clark.

Lyn has worked in the non-profit sector for 2 decades and is currently manager of Seguro Group, an international professional association of individuals responsible for computer security & data privacy. Her leisure time is spent on expeditions of travel, reading and attending historical lectures.

Roger Wendlick was born in Portland, Oregon, where he worked for most of his adult life in heavy construction. He also lived a parallel life as an antiquarian book collector. In 1980 Roger began collecting materials related to the Lewis & Clark Expedition, making it his goal to assemble the world's most comprehensive collection of printed materials relating to the Expedition. In 1998 he achieved his goal, placing his collection at Lewis & Clark College, and devoted himself full time to study and teaching about the Expedition. As a first-person re-enactor he portrays the Corp's interpreter and hunter George Drouillard. He has served on the board of the national Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation and his memoir, Shotgun on my Chest, was published in 2009.

Tom lives in Astoria, having recently retired from teaching elementary school there for 30 years (he coached high school volleyball for 26 years). He began working with Fort Clatsop on its curriculum advisory board and later volunteered, then worked as a ranger.

Since 2001, he has portrayed Corps members in Ft. Clatsop’s living history programs, and now focuses on William Bratton (Saltworks) and William Clark. He was Clark in “A Clatsop Winter Story” and the 2008 Ron Craig PBS film about York. He is president of Pacific Northwest Living Historians. His most memorable moments doing living history were during the Bicentennial: setting up camp in the woods at Ft. Clatsop just a month after the replica, paddling Native American canoes as the Corps arrived at Ft. Clatsop and departed, and skippering a canoe with Discovery Expedition of St. Charles for the last 50 miles down the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers into St. Louis for the big “Welcome Home” celebration in 2006.