Uncle Bill will be missed by the City of Portland and the State of Oregon for his dedication to the natural beauty of our city and state. No one has meant more to Portland when it comes to creating the image of a "green" environment and unmatched natural beauty. The Rose City was his domain during his years as head gardener, and I was proud to say that I worked for Uncle Bill at Ladds Circle and it's rose gardens,

Uncle Bill will be missed by the City of Portland and the State of Oregon for his dedication to the natural beauty of our city and state. No one has meant more to Portland when it comes to creating the image of a "green" environment and unmatched natural beauty. The Rose City was his domain during his years as head gardener, and I was proud to say that I worked for Uncle Bill at Ladds Circle and it's rose gardens, Laurelhurst Park and Creston Park during 3 of my college summers. I delighted in knowing that these fabulous parks were first and foremost Bills responsibility and he lead Portland Parks during most of it's building years. One other memory: During my senior year of high school in 1970 at Milwaukie High, it was determined that the high school football field was unfit for play (drainage issues) duing the 1970 football season. The field was to be torn up and our team was to play all games at rival fields. With the permission of the superintendent of schools, I contacted Uncle Bill to have him take a look at the field to see if there were any solutions that would enable us to play on the field that year. Bill came to the field with an OSU extension agent and convinced the decisionmakers that working with temporary turf would get us through a season and perminent repairs could be made in the winter/spring. We played all our home games at Mil Hi that year thanks to Bill Robinson. Can you imagine not playing home games your senior year? He was my hero.

Uncle Bill will be missed by the City of Portland and the State of Oregon for his dedication to the natural beauty of our city and state. No one has meant more to Portland when it comes to creating the image of a "green" environment and unmatched natural beauty. The Rose City was his domain during his years as head gardener, and I was proud to say that I worked for Uncle Bill at Ladds Circle and it's rose gardens,

Uncle Bill will be missed by the City of Portland and the State of Oregon for his dedication to the natural beauty of our city and state. No one has meant more to Portland when it comes to creating the image of a "green" environment and unmatched natural beauty. The Rose City was his domain during his years as head gardener, and I was proud to say that I worked for Uncle Bill at Ladds Circle and it's rose gardens, Laurelhurst Park and Creston Park during 3 of my college summers. I delighted in knowing that these fabulous parks were first and foremost Bills responsibility and he lead Portland Parks during most of it's building years.
One other memory: During my senior year of high school in 1970 at Milwaukie High, it was determined that the high school football field was unfit for play (drainage issues) duing the 1970 football season. The field was to be torn up and our team was to play all games at rival fields. With the permission of the superintendent of schools, I contacted Uncle Bill to have him take a look at the field to see if there were any solutions that would enable us to play on the field that year. Bill came to the field with an OSU extension agent and convinced the decisionmakers that working with temporary turf would get us through a season and perminent repairs could be made in the winter/spring. We played all our home games at Mil Hi that year thanks to Bill Robinson. Can you imagine not playing home games your senior year? He was my hero.