Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Isaacs, Henry M. May 27, 1885 - 
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     HENRY M. ISAACS is a lawyer of Portland, where he has been engaged in the 
practice of his profession for fourteen years. He was born in Oakland, 
California, on the 27th of May, 1885, and is a son of John D. and Emily 
(Collins) Isaacs, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of New York 
state, His father went to California in 1875 and was long connected with the 
Harriman railroad interests as a consulting engineer, first in California and 
later in New York but is now retired and lives in California. The mother is 
deceased.

     Henry M. Isaacs received a public and high school education, and 
graduated from the University of California and attended the law school of 
Harvard University.  He won his Bachelor of Law degree in 1912. Two years 
later he located in Portland, where he was associated in the practice of law 
with W. W. Cotton until the latter's death, in 1916, after which he was 
connected with the legal department of the Union Pacific Railroad, under 
Arthur C. Spencer, until 1920, since which time he has been engaged in private 
practice. He specializes in corporation, title and business law.

     In December 1917, Mr. Isaacs married Miss Fay Bartholomew, of Portland, 
and they are the parents of two children, Henry, Jr., and James. Mr. Isaacs 
has been a lifelong supporter of the republican party and has taken an active 
interest in public affairs, though never an office seeker. He is a member of 
the Waverly Golf Club, the Portland Golf Club, the Advertising Club and the 
Chamber of Commerce, and professionally is affiliated with the Multnomah 
County Bar Association, the Oregon State Bar Association and the American Bar 
Association.

Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Page 
788

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