McCall, Tom

McCall, (Thomas Lawson) Tom

(1913–83) journalist, governor; born in Egypt, Mass. After serving in World War II as a U.S. Navy correspondent, he became a television journalist in Portland, Ore., and produced Pollution in Paradise. A Republican, he became Oregon's secretary of state (1964–66). As Oregon's governor (1967–75), he passed 100 environmental protection bills, including the first state fuel conservation plan, in 1974. He later chaired environmental foundations.

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GRIN AND TONIC Hopkin nets his first against Belarus, below, then is hailed by Stuart McCall, Tom Boyd and Tosh McKinlay and, bottom, is now flying high as boss of Livingston

DIANA & THE SFA; EXCLUSIVE FORMER STAR RECALLS A CAP LESS ORDINARY SAYS DAVID HOPKIN The death of a princess, my missing passport and an out-of-hours rummage through the Aberdeen sorting office before scoring twice for Scotland.. I'll never forget September 1997