World Council founder Gantenbein dies at 70.
R. Peter Gantenbein, one of the founders of the World Affairs Council of Oregon and grandson of a pioneer publisher of The Oregonian, died Monday in a care center in Wheeler where he had resided the last nine months. Mr. Gantenbein, a native Portlander, died the day after his 70th birthday.
Mr. Gantenbein helped organize the World Affairs Council in 1949. He later served two terms as the council's president, several terms on its board of directors and retired in 1980 after six years as the council's executive director.
He also served two terms as president of the Urban League of Portland. He had been a member of the Lewis and Clark College board of overseers and was active in the Portland chapter of the United Nations Association.
The son of John Edward Gantenbein and Helen Louise "Lucy" Pittock Gantenbein, Mr. Gantenbein was born Aug. 20, 1914 in the Pittock Mansion. The Northwest Portland mansion was built by his grandfather, Henry L. Pittock, who was publisher of The Oregonian from 1860 to 1919 and transformed the newspaper from weekly to daily publication.
In 1964 Pittock heirs, including Mr. Gantenbein, sold the mansion to the city of Portland for $225,000. The city's Park Bureau maintains the mansion as a museum and social function site, open to the public.
Mr. Gantenbein attended the University of Oregon and Reed College and was graduated from Cambridge University in England. During the 1940s he worked as a reporter and staff member of The Oregonian's Farm, Home and Garden Section and was an officer on the board of The Oregonian Publishing Co. He was The Oregonian's production manager at the time the newspaper was sold by Pittock heirs to S. I. Newhouse in 1950.
Before moving to Wheeler, Mr. Gantenbein resided in Southwest Portland. Mr. Gantenbein is survived by a sister, Georgiana Aston of Portland; and seven nephews and nieces.
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Aug. 28 in the First Unitarian Church.
[The Oregonian, 22 Aug 1984, p100; w/photo]
R. Peter Gantenbein, one of the founders of the World Affairs Council of Oregon and grandson of a pioneer publisher of The Oregonian, died Monday in a care center in Wheeler where he had resided the last nine months. Mr. Gantenbein, a native Portlander, died the day after his 70th birthday.
Mr. Gantenbein helped organize the World Affairs Council in 1949. He later served two terms as the council's president, several terms on its board of directors and retired in 1980 after six years as the council's executive director.
He also served two terms as president of the Urban League of Portland. He had been a member of the Lewis and Clark College board of overseers and was active in the Portland chapter of the United Nations Association.
The son of John Edward Gantenbein and Helen Louise "Lucy" Pittock Gantenbein, Mr. Gantenbein was born Aug. 20, 1914 in the Pittock Mansion. The Northwest Portland mansion was built by his grandfather, Henry L. Pittock, who was publisher of The Oregonian from 1860 to 1919 and transformed the newspaper from weekly to daily publication.
In 1964 Pittock heirs, including Mr. Gantenbein, sold the mansion to the city of Portland for $225,000. The city's Park Bureau maintains the mansion as a museum and social function site, open to the public.
Mr. Gantenbein attended the University of Oregon and Reed College and was graduated from Cambridge University in England. During the 1940s he worked as a reporter and staff member of The Oregonian's Farm, Home and Garden Section and was an officer on the board of The Oregonian Publishing Co. He was The Oregonian's production manager at the time the newspaper was sold by Pittock heirs to S. I. Newhouse in 1950.
Before moving to Wheeler, Mr. Gantenbein resided in Southwest Portland. Mr. Gantenbein is survived by a sister, Georgiana Aston of Portland; and seven nephews and nieces.
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Aug. 28 in the First Unitarian Church.
[The Oregonian, 22 Aug 1984, p100; w/photo]
World Council founder Gantenbein dies at 70.
R. Peter Gantenbein, one of the founders of the World Affairs Council of Oregon and grandson of a pioneer publisher of The Oregonian, died Monday in a care center in Wheeler where he had resided the last nine months. Mr. Gantenbein, a native Portlander, died the day after his 70th birthday.
Mr. Gantenbein helped organize the World Affairs Council in 1949. He later served two terms as the council's president, several terms on its board of directors and retired in 1980 after six years as the council's executive director.
He also served two terms as president of the Urban League of Portland. He had been a member of the Lewis and Clark College board of overseers and was active in the Portland chapter of the United Nations Association.
The son of John Edward Gantenbein and Helen Louise "Lucy" Pittock Gantenbein, Mr. Gantenbein was born Aug. 20, 1914 in the Pittock Mansion. The Northwest Portland mansion was built by his grandfather, Henry L. Pittock, who was publisher of The Oregonian from 1860 to 1919 and transformed the newspaper from weekly to daily publication.
In 1964 Pittock heirs, including Mr. Gantenbein, sold the mansion to the city of Portland for $225,000. The city's Park Bureau maintains the mansion as a museum and social function site, open to the public.
Mr. Gantenbein attended the University of Oregon and Reed College and was graduated from Cambridge University in England. During the 1940s he worked as a reporter and staff member of The Oregonian's Farm, Home and Garden Section and was an officer on the board of The Oregonian Publishing Co. He was The Oregonian's production manager at the time the newspaper was sold by Pittock heirs to S. I. Newhouse in 1950.
Before moving to Wheeler, Mr. Gantenbein resided in Southwest Portland. Mr. Gantenbein is survived by a sister, Georgiana Aston of Portland; and seven nephews and nieces.
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Aug. 28 in the First Unitarian Church.
[The Oregonian, 22 Aug 1984, p100; w/photo]
R. Peter Gantenbein, one of the founders of the World Affairs Council of Oregon and grandson of a pioneer publisher of The Oregonian, died Monday in a care center in Wheeler where he had resided the last nine months. Mr. Gantenbein, a native Portlander, died the day after his 70th birthday.
Mr. Gantenbein helped organize the World Affairs Council in 1949. He later served two terms as the council's president, several terms on its board of directors and retired in 1980 after six years as the council's executive director.
He also served two terms as president of the Urban League of Portland. He had been a member of the Lewis and Clark College board of overseers and was active in the Portland chapter of the United Nations Association.
The son of John Edward Gantenbein and Helen Louise "Lucy" Pittock Gantenbein, Mr. Gantenbein was born Aug. 20, 1914 in the Pittock Mansion. The Northwest Portland mansion was built by his grandfather, Henry L. Pittock, who was publisher of The Oregonian from 1860 to 1919 and transformed the newspaper from weekly to daily publication.
In 1964 Pittock heirs, including Mr. Gantenbein, sold the mansion to the city of Portland for $225,000. The city's Park Bureau maintains the mansion as a museum and social function site, open to the public.
Mr. Gantenbein attended the University of Oregon and Reed College and was graduated from Cambridge University in England. During the 1940s he worked as a reporter and staff member of The Oregonian's Farm, Home and Garden Section and was an officer on the board of The Oregonian Publishing Co. He was The Oregonian's production manager at the time the newspaper was sold by Pittock heirs to S. I. Newhouse in 1950.
Before moving to Wheeler, Mr. Gantenbein resided in Southwest Portland. Mr. Gantenbein is survived by a sister, Georgiana Aston of Portland; and seven nephews and nieces.
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Aug. 28 in the First Unitarian Church.
[The Oregonian, 22 Aug 1984, p100; w/photo]
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