Oregon elections but he ended his campaign for their nomination and ultimately received the nomination of the Progressive Party instead and was listed as the Progressive candidate in the Oregon Voters' Pamphlet. Brown finished third of four candidates with 38,316 votes (3%). Other activities Brown is the President of the Eastside Democratic Club (not affiliated with the Democratic Party) and on their Agenda Committee as well. Brown is also on the Board of Directors for the Oregon Consumer League. He is a volunteer attorney for both the Oregon Consumer League and the Consumer-Justice Alliance. He and his wife, Beverly, volunteer to both the Sunnyside Homeless Shelter and the St. Francis Dining Hall in Portland. The Barbara S. and Walter F. Brown Memorial Park Near the conclusion of Brown's twelve years in the Oregon State Senate, he served as Chairman of the Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee. At that time Brown and his wife purchased of land on both sides of the Siletz River in Lincoln County on the Oregon Coast. This land had been clear-cut during World War I. The couple spent many years of hard work to reforest the land with Sitka spruce, western red cedar, and Douglas fir, all with the express intention of making a public park. When Barbara died in 1999, the park had not been completed and Walt continued to manage this forest alone. On August 8, 2007, he donated the land to Lincoln County, which guaranteed that hunting and logging would not be allowed. References External links Oregon Consumer League 1926 births Living people 20th-century American politicians 20th-century Unitarians 21st-century American politicians 21st-century Unitarians Activists from California United States Navy personnel of World War II American political activists American socialists American Unitarian Universalists American Unitarians Boston University alumni Harvard Law School alumni Lewis & Clark College faculty Oregon Greens Democratic Party Oregon state senators Politicians from Lake Oswego, Oregon Politicians from Los Angeles Socialist Party USA politicians from Oregon Socialist Party USA presidential nominees United States Navy officers Candidates in the 2004 United States presidential election University of Oregon alumni University of Southern California alumni USC Gould School of Law alumni University of Virginia School of Law alumni Military personnel from California Military personnel from Oregon