May 5, 1997 Contact Maureen Shine (541) 346-3145 EUGENE--Portland attorney Wendell Wyatt will receive the 1997 Meritorious Service Award from the University of Oregon School of Law. The Meritorious Service Award is given by the UO law faculty in recognition of outstanding service to the administration of justice and legal education in Oregon. It will be presented at the law school's commencement ceremony at 11 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, in the Silva Concert Hall at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts, One Eugene Centre. Wyatt , 79, has been a partner in the Portland law firm of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt since 1975. His areas of practice include estate planning, probate, trusts and general practice. Prior to joining the law firm, Wyatt served from 1964-75 as U.S. Representative for Oregon's 1st Congressional District. He served on the House interior affairs and appropriations committees, as well as on several subcommittees. During 1975-76, he was commissioner for the Port of Portland. Immediately following graduation from the UO Law School in 1941 with a bachelor of laws, LL.B., degree, Wyatt served for one year as a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He resigned to enlist in the Naval Air Corps program and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps where he saw combat in the South Pacific as a navigator-bombardier in a B-25 squadron. Among his previous honors, in 1975 Wyatt received an Alumnus of the Year Award from the University of Oregon and a Distinguished Service Award from Oregon State University. In 1976, he received an Aubrey Watzek Award from Lewis and Clark College. Wyatt is active in the Clatsop County Bar Association, serving as its president in 1954. He served the Oregon State Bar as a member of its Board of Governors from 1955-57 and was a member of the American Bar Association's House of Delegates from 1960-66. Wyatt chaired the Oregon Republican State Central Committee from 1955-57 and has served on the board of directors of Benjamin Franklin Savings & Loan Association and Bohemia, Inc., and as a trustee of Emanuel Hospital. A native of Eugene, Wyatt grew up in Portland and graduated from Jefferson High School. He is married to Faye Wyatt and has five children. -30- #G-4083/Local,OrLaw,PDX