Bud Clark Dies At 90, Was Mayor Of Portland For Eight Years

PORTLAND, OR — Bud Clark never really thought that he'd be mayor. He ended up serving two terms from 1985-1992. Clark died Tuesday. He was 90-years0old.

Clark, who owned the Goose Hollow Inn, decided to throw his hat in the ring in 1984 when no one else would challenge then-mayor Frank Ivancie.

Clark ended up winning with 54 percent of the vote.

He moved with his family to the Rose City when he was 6-years-old and graduated from Lincoln High School. After a stint in the Marines, he returned to Portland and attended several schools including Portland State (then VanPort College), Oregon State University, and Reed College.

In 1967, he opened the Goose Hollow Inn, naming it after the neighborhood where it's located.

During his two terms, Clark introduced a 12-point to deal with homelessness that received national, the city built the Oregon Convention Center, and expanded MAX service.

While in office, he collected nicknames like others collect baseball cards or books. He was known as "The Citizen Mayor" and "The People's Mayor" because he'd never been in politics before becoming mayor, he was just a small business owner who loved his community. He was known as "Mayor Whoop! Whoop!" because he would ride around the city on his bicycle giving people a "whoop! whoop! as he coasted by.

He may be best remembered for his brief stint as a model for a friend.

Clark, wearing a rain coat held open suggesting that he wasn't wearing anything else, stood in font of a statue of a naked woman downtown. The photo was printed as a poster.

The caption?

"Expose Yourself To Art."

Budd Clark was born John Elwood Clark, Jr on December 19, 1931 in.a small town in Idaho. His parents divorced when he was 2-years-old and he moved to La Grande. Five years later, he moved with his grandmother to Portland, they were joined later by Budd's mother.

His wife of 36 years, Sigrid, died in 2000. He is survived by three children.