E. Kimbark MacColl, educator, champion of liberal causes and historian of Portland's modern era, dies at 86

E. Kimbark MacColl, the patrician East Coast transplant who became a well-known Portland-area educator, champion of liberal causes and historian of the city's modern era, died Wednesday evening. He was 86.  

MacColl's son, E. Kimbark MacColl Jr., said his father died from complications related to a series of recent strokes. MacColl said his father suffered his first stroke in 2006 and had been in failing health ever since.

MacColl's legacy is many layered. As a teacher at Reed College and Catlin Gabel School, he influenced thousands of students, including the likes of former Portland Mayor Bud Clark and former Metro President David Bragdon. As a historian, he wrote three well-regarded books on the evolution of Portland's modern industrial era....