Flags throughout the state will be flown at half-staff Monday in honor of Rep. Mitch Greenlick, who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2003 until his death Friday.
Gov. Kate Brown has ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset Monday. Greenlick’s family will honor his life and memory the same day, according to the governor’s office.
Greenlick’s family said he died of natural causes. He had battled a number of health issues during the past year.
Greenlick founded Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research and directed it for 30 years. A Democrat, he represented House District 33 and earlier this year announced he would retire at the end of his term, which was his ninth. The district spans parts of the greater Bethany area of Washington County and part of Northwest Portland.
Greenlick, who was 85 when he died, was considered a leading and influential voice in Oregon health care policy.
