1994 President Dr. Donald Botteron

1994 - Dr. Donald Botteron

A memorial service was held for Dr. Donald Botteron Tuesday July 31, at Capitol Hill United Methodist Church. He died July 24, 2001 at the age of 84. Dr. Botteron was born July 29, 1916, in Columbus, Ohio. He was raised in Wood River Illinois, and graduated from the University  of Illinois. He earned a doctorate in chemistry from Northwestern University. He was a professor of organic chemistry at Syracuse University, from 1943 until retiring in 1981, when he moved to Portland.

He was president of GSOC and Portland Astronomers (now Rose City Astronomers) . He led GSOC on a trip with Ellen Morris Bishop to the Wallowa Mountains for the 1994 President's Campout. In 1941 he married Elizabeth Louise Lamb. Remembrances can be sent to the Oregon chapter of the Nature Conservancy.