OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

Gail Achterman, Portland lawyer and lifelong public servant, dies of cancer at 62

Gail Achterman, a Portland lawyer and lifelong Oregonian whose record of public service spanned nearly 40 years in natural resources, environmental law and transportation policy, died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at age 62.  Gail was an adjunct professor for FES, and recently retired as director of the Institute for Natural Resources.