After graduating from Harvard with honors and majors in history and literature, Thomas Lauderdale returned to his hometown in Oregon to make a difference in the political scene there. Active in politics since high school, he had served under city and state officials and helped draft Portland’s civil rights ordinance. He was also an accomplished pianist who started playing when he was six, and had performed with numerous symphonies in Oregon and Washington State. “I had a real interest in politics and came back to Portla
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