Longtime Lewis & Clark College history professor Stephen Dow Beckham died Saturday from medical complications following a collapse on Friday. He was 85 years old.
Beckham was a well-respected Oregon historian, preservationist and educator who specialized in Native American history, the American West and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
“We have lost one of Lewis & Clark College’s most cherished academic luminaries, as well as a true icon of the Pacific Northwest,” said college president Robin Holmes-Sullivan…