(1) As used in this section, ‘internment camp’ means a relocation center to which persons were ordered evacuated by Presidential Executive Order 9066, signed on February 19, 1942.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 352.306

  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(2) A person who meets the requirements of subsection (4) of this section may request a public university listed in ORS § 352.002 to award the person an honorary post-secondary degree.

(3) A representative of a deceased person who meets the requirements of subsection (4) of this section may request a public university to award an honorary post-secondary degree on behalf of the deceased person.

(4) Notwithstanding the requirements for a post-secondary degree established by a public university, a public university that receives a request under subsection (2) or (3) of this section may award an honorary post-secondary degree to a person, or on behalf of a deceased person, who:

(a) Was a student at the public university in 1942; and

(b) Did not graduate from the public university because the person was ordered to an internment camp. [Formerly 352.021]