Attorney, arts lover is '06 First Citizen.Byline: Ilene Aleshire The Register-Guard The Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce has named Roger Saydack as the 2006 First Citizen. Saydack, an attorney, recently was named vice president for legal affairs and business transactions at PeaceHealth Oregon Region. In announcing the award, chamber officials said Saydack is recognized as a community leader in health care and the arts. He served on PeaceHealth's regional and system governing boards from 1996 until he went to work for PeaceHealth this year. The 59-year-old also has volunteered at a number of local and national arts and educational organizations, including the University of Oregon's Museum of Art, the City of Eugene's Hult Center and Visual Arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → Commission, the Eugene Symphony The Eugene Symphony is an American orchestra based in Eugene, Oregon. Its home venue is the Silva Concert Hall at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts. Approximately 22,000 people attend Eugene Symphony's classical and pops concert performances each year. Association, the American Symphony Orchestra The American Symphony Orchestra is a New York-based American orchestra founded in 1962 by Leopold Stokowski, then aged 80. Following Maestro Stokowski's departure, Kazuyoshi Akiyama was appointed Music Director of the American Symphony Orchestra from 1973-1978. League, the Oregon Festival of American Music Oregon Festival of American Music is an eclectic, thematically-based two-week summer music festival that has been held annually in Eugene, Oregon since 1992. Produced by The John G. , the Oregon Bach Festival The Oregon Bach Festival is an annual celebration of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, held in Eugene, Oregon in late June and early July. It was co-founded by German conductor Helmuth Rilling and the former president of the American Choral Directors Association, Royce Saltzman, and the Arts Foundation of Western Oregon This article is about the region of Western Oregon. For the University, see Western Oregon University. Western Oregon is a geographical term that is generally taken to apply to the portion of the state of Oregon that is west of the Cascade Range. . His work as chairman of the past three music director searches for the Eugene Symphony Orchestra and in curating museum and gallery exhibitions of Northwest art has received national attention, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the chamber. Saydack's interest in the arts dates back to his childhood, he said. "I grew up in Detroit, and that was a very active city in the arts," he said. "I got really interested. As a kid I began studying music." Later, he said, he studied film-making and painting in college. After he moved to Eugene in 1976, Saydack said he found it was the kind of community that offers a lot of opportunities for volunteering. "When I began to practice law, I recognized that I had a real debt to society, that we all have, to pay back some of the benefits we've received." Saydack also is regarded as one of Oregon's leading business lawyers, according to Dave Hauser, president of the chamber. Saydack has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1993 and was listed in Oregon Super Lawyers in 2006. He graduated from the University of Oregon School of Law The University of Oregon School of Law, housed in the Knight Law Center, is Oregon's state funded law school. The school was founded in 1884.[1] The school is located on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon, on the corner of 15th and Agate streets, in 1980 and was a partner at the Eugene law firm of Cass, Scott, Woods & Smith from 1980 to 1992. He went on to become a founding partner of Arnold Gallagher Saydack Percell Roberts & Potter. He has served as an adjunct professor at the UO School of Law since 1989. The First Citizen award will be presented at the chamber's annual Celebration of Business on Jan. 24 at the Hilton Eugene and Conference Center. Past recipients include William Bowerman, Carolyn Chambers, Dave and Lynn Frohnmayer, Jim Torrey and Sister Monica Heeran. Saydack is the 59th First Citizen. |
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