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4 unusual facts about Barbara Roberts


Barbara Coombs Lee

Senator Roberts’ wife, Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts, became a good friend and a tireless and outspoken advocate for Death with Dignity.

Death Without Denial Grief Without Apology: A Guide for Facing Death and Loss

Death Without Denial Grief Without Apology: A Guide for Facing Death and Loss by former Oregon Governor Barbara K. Roberts is a personal narrative of the author's experiences during her husband, Frank's battle with cancer, the final year of his life, and the subsequent years of grieving.

Marco A. Hernandez

Shortly before leaving office in January 1995, Governor Barbara Roberts appointed Hernandez to be a Circuit Court judge in Washington County, Oregon.

Raymond F. Rees

In August, 1994 Rees was again named Adjutant General of Oregon, by then Governor Barbara Roberts.



see also

Frank Roberts

Frank L. Roberts (1915–1993), state legislator from the U.S. state of Oregon; husband of Oregon governor Barbara Roberts

Unified Primary

The Frohnmayer brothers are sons of former Oregon public official Dave Frohnmayer, whose plurality loss to Governor Barbara Roberts in Oregon's 1990 gubernatorial election was blamed in part on an independent candidate in the race who siphoned off conservative votes.