Orval Etter

Born in 1915, Orval Etter is a former lawyer and Professor Emeritus of Planning, Public Policy and Management who retired in 1980 from the University of Oregon in Eugene. An amateur musician, he assembled groups of other amateurs to perform in public before co-founding, with Caroline Boekelheide, the Eugene Symphony Orchestra in 1965. The Emerald Chamber Players in Eugene also continue to perform as an offshoot of his early musical groups. He is a pacifist, a longtime social activist, and …