PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A longtime top aide to former Oregon Sen. Mark Hatfield says the 88-year-old has been hospitalized for observation at a National Institutes of Health hospital unit named for him in Bethesda, Md.
Gerry Frank told The Oregonian on Wednesday that Hatfield has been at the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center for several weeks.
Frank declined to provide any details.
The Republican Hatfield also served as Oregon’s governor, secretary of state and as a state legislator during his 46 years in elective office. He retired from the Senate in 1997.
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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com
