BILL BELIEVES HIS ROLE AS PRESIDENT IS TO


LISTEN, TO FOCUS TALENTED PEOPLE ON KEY PRIORITIES, AND TO KNOW WHEN TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.


the fi nest social and athletic club in the country, yet status and pull have nothing to do with who gets in,” he says. “We have a very diverse and vital membership as a result.” June, a graduate of Stanford and


the Harvard business school, was a San Francisco-based consultant with Booz Allen and Hamilton before coming to Oregon to work for a client, Portland General Electric. At PGE he served as vice president for planning, vice president and treasurer, and vice president for public policy. He is now retired. June says coming to Portland


was a great decision. “I came from a Marine Corps family that moved frequently, and in my adult life I lived and worked in many places. Portland is the place where I fi nally put down roots.” June met his wife, Graber, at the City Club of Portland soon after moving here. They were both on a committee studying the structure of the Oregon Legislative Assembly. “It was a great study that nobody paid much attention to, but it certainly turned out well for me,” June says. Graber served on the Oregon


Court of Appeals and the Oregon Supreme Court before being appointed by President Clinton in 1998 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The job involves a good deal of travel, mostly to the Ninth Circuit’s court- houses in Pasadena and San Francisco, but she also sometimes sits in Seattle,


Anchorage, Honolulu and Portland. Her chambers are in the historic Pioneer Courthouse. June and Graber are self-


described “older” parents. “It has been wonderful. I made it to soccer games, many high school tennis matches, and more horse shows than I can count,” he says. Rachel is a sophomore at Carleton


College in Minnesota, where she still jumps horses, sometimes plays recreational tennis, and is on a winning intramural broomball team. “Broomball involves ice and helmets – sort of like hockey with a lot more falling down,” June says.


“My daughter started with Wayne Pickard’s tiny tots tennis but seems to have gravitated to sports that involve helmets. I hope she decides to be a MAC lifer,” he says. June enjoys tennis and skiing, and


he and Graber have enjoyed river trips together. She especially enjoys the social aspects of MAC. Graber says, “When I am virtuous,


and in town, I use the Exercise and Conditioning and Stretching rooms.” She adds, “I regularly fi nd time for the Sports Pub, the Men’s Bar, stadium events and a MAC book club.” June is impressed with the diver-


sity of offerings at MAC. “There is so much to appreciate about the MAC, but it would be hard to overstate my appreciation for trainer Irvyn Segal, who helped me get on my feet when back problems made just standing


a challenge. MAC was at its best for me when I was not doing very well,” he says. June’s committee service includes


the Budget and Finance Committee; the Athletic Committee; the House Committee, which he chaired; and the Membership Committee. “Working with able people is


a special pleasure for me. I have enjoyed each of the committees I was on and I enjoy the Board of Trustees,” he says. “The trustees and senior MAC staff are a fi rst-class leadership team.” June believes his role as presi- dent is to listen, to focus talented people on key priorities, and to know when to get out of the way. He points out that the challenges


this year include major projects in the Men’s Bar and the Men’s Locker Room and wet areas. “This year we will also have some focus on commu- nications issues. Although last year’s member survey showed overall member satisfaction to be very high, members’ responses suggested that there is room for improvement in our communications, particularly the web site.” When asked what he would like


his daughter to say about his time as president he responded, “My dad fi xed the parking problem!” But he adds, “We are alert to opportunities, but I don’t think that will happen any time soon. Rachel will have to fi nd something else to say about me.” WM


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