Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Ainsworth, John C. January 4, 1870 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 654 - 655
Author:  The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     JOHN C. AINSWORTH.  Endowed with rare judgment and keen powers of 
discernment, John C. Ainsworth has long been an outstanding figure in banking 
circles of Portland, whose advancement he has also furthered along other 
lines, evincing that keen interest in progressive movements and that eagerness 
to promote civic development which are embodied in the truest and highest 
ideals of public service. He was born January 4, 1870, in Portland, and 
represents one of its old and highly respected families. His father, Captain 
J. C. Ainsworth, is mentioned at length on another page of this work.

     John C. Ainsworth received his higher education in the University of 
California, from which he was graduated in 1891 with the degree of Bachelor of 
Science. When twenty-three years of age he began his financial career, 
entering the Central Bank of Oakland, California, and at once manifested a 
natural aptitude for the work. He advanced rapidly and in 1894 was elected 
president of the Ainsworth National Bank of Portland. Of its successor, the 
United States National Bank, he was also chosen the executive head and has 
since occupied this important office. Under his expert administration this has 
become one of the largest and strongest moneyed institutions west of the 
Rockies. The methods of the bank are founded on a broad policy of cooperation 
and the spirit behind its service is one of helpfulness. Mr. Ainsworth is also 
president of the Columbia-Pacific Steamship Company, which has likewise 
profited by his business sagacity and administrative power. He is a director 
of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company, the Pacific Power & Light 
Company, the Portland Electric Power & Light Company, the Federal Reserve Bank 
of this city and the Fidelity Trust Company of Tacoma, Washington.

     On the 26th of June, 1901, Mr. Ainsworth was united in marriage to Miss 
Alice Heitshu, of Portland, and their attractive home at No. 583 Hawthorne 
terrace is a center of the social life of the city. Mr. Ainsworth gives his 
political allegiance to the republican party and is a Presbyterian in 
religious faith. As president of the city planning commission he is doing 
notable work in behalf of Portland, whose growth and betterment are matters 
close to his heart. A strong advocate of educational progress, he was selected 
as a regent of the University of Oregon and also one of the trustees of 
Whitman College. He was formerly president of the Arlington Club and has 
represented the Waverly Golf Club in the same capacity. In Masonry he has 
attained the thirty-second degree and is also a member of Chi Phi, a Greek 
letter fraternity. As a financier and business man of high standing Mr. 
Ainsworth exerts an influence which is strong, far-reaching and beneficial and 
his deep interest in the public welfare has been demonstrated by tangible 
efforts for the general good.

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