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Victor George Atiyeh (/ ə ˈ t iː j ə /; February 20, 1923 – July 20, 2014) was an American politician who served as the 32nd Governor of Oregon from 1979 to 1987. He was also the first elected governor of Middle Eastern descent and of Syrian descent in the United States.
Victor George Atiyeh was governor of Oregon from 1979 to 1987. The first Arab American governor in the United States, he became known as Trader Vic as he worked to bring international investment to the state.
Atiyeh was defeated in the gubernatorial election of 1974 but won election four years later against incumbent Robert Straub. As governor, he improved statement management and reformed workers compensation.
23 de jul. de 2014 · Victor G. Atiyeh, who as Oregon’s Republican governor from 1979 to 1987 shepherded the state through a deep recession, died on Sunday in Portland, Ore. He was 91.
21 de jul. de 2014 · Victor "Vic" Atiyeh, Oregon's 32nd governor and the nation's first Arab-American governor, died Sunday night when he succumbed to renal failure at a Portland hospital. Atiyeh turned 91 in...
21 de jul. de 2014 · Vic Atiyeh, the even-tempered, low-key Republican governor who guided Oregon through the deep recession of the early 1980s, died at 8:15 p.m. Sunday of kidney failure. He was 91.
Born in Portland to immigrant parents, Victor George Atiyeh was elected Governor of Oregon in 1979, becoming the first Syrian American to serve as governor in the United States. Atiyeh attended the University of Oregon from 1941 to 1943 on a football scholarship.
