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Oregon Statutes - Chapter 352 - State and Independent Institutions of Higher Education - Section 352.021 - Honorary degrees for persons ordered to internment camp.

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(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.

(2) A person who meets the requirements of subsection (4) of this section may request a state institution of higher education 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 state institution of higher education listed in ORS 352.002 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 state institution of higher education or by the State Board of Higher Education, a state institution of higher education 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 state institution of higher education in 1942; and

(b) Did not graduate from the institution because the person was ordered to an internment camp. [2007 c.244 §1]

Note: 352.021 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 352 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Last modified: August 7, 2008