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Oregon’s first woman governor. A groundbreaking heart surgeon. A dynamic chief executive. Innovative tech startup founders.

Over the next few days on the College of Business Blog we’ll introduce you to the honorees of the 2013 Weatherford Awards, which honor entrepreneurs and innovators who further Oregon’s pioneering spirit. As posts are added we’ll link to them below. This year the awards will recognize:

• Don Robert, CEO of Experian
• Barabara Roberts, the first and only woman elected governor of Oregon
• Dr. Albert Starr, co-inventor of the world’s first successful artificial heart valve.
• Dan DiSpaltro, Alex Polvi and Logan Welliver, the trio of Oregon State alumni who co-founded the cloud-computing management startup Cloudkick.

Each day we will  profile a different honoree with a glimpse into how they changed the world by advancing entrepreneurship, innovation, and social progress.

If you’d like to join us to honor this distinguished group and their achievements, the awards take place Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower. Registration runs until Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Click here to register.