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Lewis & Clark College

University · Portland, OR

Private liberal arts college, Portland OR. Founded 1867. ~2,000 undergraduates. Known for international programs, environmental law, outdoor culture.

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Portland's tech nickname comes from Intel's massive Oregon manufacturing presence, but Tektronix — an electronics and test-equipment company — was there first, decades earlier, and helped seed the engineering culture Intel later built on. Oregon Health & Science University anchors a health-tech side that runs alongside software and cleantech in the Willamette Valley.

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