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Realtors® care about the community in which they live and work. They fight for affordable homeownership opportunities, take pride in giving back to the community through volunteer work, and recognize those citizens whose extraordinary contributions have enriched our area.


2008 Portland First Citizen

Joe Weston, Weston Investment Co., LLC

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The Portland Metropolitan Association of Realtors® (PMAR) is pleased to announce Joseph Weston, Weston Investment Co., LLC., as the recipient of the 2008 Portland First Citizen Award. Weston will be recognized for his civic achievements and leadership at the 80th annual Portland First Citizen Banquet, scheduled for April 30, 2008 at the Governor Hotel, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  

The Portland First Citizen Award was created in 1928 by the Portland Realty Board (now PMAR). Considered one of Portland’s most prestigious awards, the individuals who have received it form an honor roll of the city’s most prominent leaders during the last eight decades.
 
Joe Weston’s contributions to the community are extensive. His foundation, The OCF Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation, is one of the largest foundations in the state, and has a current asset value of $102 million. Administered by the Oregon Community Foundation, Weston’s foundation provides grants to organizations that benefit children, the working poor, the physically and/or mentally challenged, senior citizens, and the homeless. Every December, Weston donates a piece of property to the Foundation, most recently, the Commonwealth Building and the Stevens Building. In 2007, the Foundation awarded over $2.3 million to schools and non-profits. In 2006, the Foundation donated $1.39 million to New Avenues for Youth, OASIS Senior Center, Saturday Academy, Sisters of the Road Café, and Special Olympics of Oregon, to name a few. An active community member, Weston has served food weekly at the St. Francis Dining Hall for 19 years. In 2004, he received the Vollum Award for Lifetime Philanthropic Achievement.
 
Weston’s roots are in the real estate community. He is well known as the founder and instructor at the Portland Real Estate School, which he started in 1959. In 1980, Weston served as President of the Portland Board of Realtors®, and in 1977, he received their Realtor® of the Year Award.
 
Through Weston Investments, Weston owns 2,500 apartments, as well as 4.6 million square feet of office, industrial, warehouse and retail space, and self-storage facilities in Oregon and Washington. He remains the controlling interest behind Hoyt Street Properties, which is the major developer of the Pearl District. His rentals, managed by American Property Management, remain one of the inner east side’s largest supply of affordable apartments.
 
The Portland First Citizen banquet sponsors include The Oregonian, the Regional Multiple Listing Service (RMLS™), the Oregon Association of Realtors® (OAR), the law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine, and the PMAR Million Dollar Club. Advance registration for the event is required. For tickets or event information, call PMAR at 503-459-2152.  

In addition to the Portland First Citizen Award, two other awards will be presented at the banquet. The Portland Future First Citizen Award recognizes a high school student in the Portland metropolitan area who is a model of civic responsibility. The PMAR Good Neighbor Award will be awarded to a Realtor® member who has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to improving the quality of life in his community.

Past Portland First Citizens


1928 Ben Selling 1967 John M. Fulton
1929 J. C. Ainsworth 1968 John D. Gray
1930 Aaron M. Frank 1969 Homer T. Shaver
1931 Henry B. Van Duzer 1970 Judge Gus J. Solomon
1932 Raymond B. Wilcox 1971 Glenn Jackson
1933 George L. Baker 1972 Ira C. Keller
1934 Hopkin Jenkins 1973 Howard Vollum
1935 Edward C. Sammons 1974 William E. Roberts
1936 Arthur L. Fields 1975 Fred G. Meyer
1937 Richard B. Dillehunt, M.D. 1976 Larry Hilaire
1938 Franklin T. Griffith 1977 Louis B. Perry
1939 Charles H. Martin 1978 Edith Green
1940 Ross McIntyre 1979 David Edwin Abram
1941 Mrs. Thomas D. Honeyman 1980 William Swindells, Sr.
1942 Edgar F. Kaiser 1981 Judge Harlow F. Lenon
1943 Portland Service Men/Women 1982 Samuel T. Naito & William S. Naito
1944 Mrs. C.S. Jackson 1983 Carl M. Halvorson
1945 Theodore R. Gamble 1984 Bishop Paul D. Waldschmidt
1946 Chester A. Moores 1985 John Piacentini
1947 Sid Woodbury 1986 Dr. Albert Starr
1948 Hillman Lueddemann 1987 Robert L. Ridgley
1949 Thomas Harry Banfield 1988 Don C. Frisbee
1950 David B. Simpson 1989 Melvin 'Pete' Mark
1951 Frank Erwin McCaslin 1990 Harry L. Demorest
1952 Edgar William Smith 1991 Dr. Matthew W. Prophet, Jr.
1953 C.B. Stephenson 1992 Harry Glickman
1954 Ben H. Hazen 1993 John 'Jack' Faust
1955 Dr. Morgan S. Odell 1994 Maestro Jacob Avshalomov
1956 Harold Fox Wendell 1995 Harold & Arlene Schnitzer
1957 Rt. Rev. Benjamin Dagwell 1996 Fred A. Stickel
1958 William Bruce Boone 1997 Neil Goldschmidt
1959 Paul Boole McKee 1998 Brian & Gwyneth Booth
1960 Dr. Leo Sherman Lucas 1999 Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr.
1961 Dr. Samuel Latta Diack 2000 Peter E. Jacobsen
1962 Truman Wesley Collins 2002 Senator Mark O. Hatfield
1963 Judge Donald E. Long 2003 Tony L. Hopson, Sr.
1964 Charles R. Holloway, Jr. 2004 Dan Wieden
1965 Aubrey R. Watzek 2005 Gert Boyle
1966 Mrs. S. Mason Ehrman 2006 Jack McGowan
    2007 Peggy Fowler