Carey, Charles Henry.  "History of Oregon." Vol. 3. Chicago-Portland: Pioneer
Historical Pub. Co., 1922.  p. 553.
 
JOHN ALBERT LAING

     John Albert Laing, vice president and general attorney for the Pacific
Power & Light Company, was born in Albany, New York, November 14, 1883, a son of
John Collier and Euphemia Taylor (Cochran) Laing, the former a native of
Rochester, New York, born in 1856, while the latter is a native of Scotland.
They were married in Albany in 1879 and are still residents of that city. The
Laing family is also of Scotch descent, having been founded in the new world by
the grandfather, John C. Laing, who was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, but came to
America and died in the early '60s.
     John Albert Laing, whose name introduces this review, acquired a public
school education in Albany and afterward attended Dartmouth College, from which
he was graduated with the class of 1905, winning the Bachelor of Arts degree. In
1908 he was graduated in law from Columbia University in New York city, at which
time the LL. B. degree was conferred upon him. He was then admitted to practice
at the bar of New York city in the same year and continued a member of the legal
profession there for about three years, or until December, 1910, when he made
his way to the coast. Through the intervening period he has resided at Portland
and for a decade has been numbered among the capable lawyers of this city. In
1910 he was appointed general attorney of the Pacific Power & Light Company and
also of the Portland Gas & Coke Company and in 1917 was elected to the vice
presidency of both corporations.
     On the 1st of June, 1910, in New York city, Mr. Laing was married to Miss
Ruth E. Fuller, a daughter of the late Albert D. Fuller and a native of the
Empire state Mr. and Mrs. Laing have a family of three children: Helen Fuller;
John Collier who was born September 4, 1915; and James Puller Laing, an adopted
son born April 16, 1910.
     Mr. Laing has always given his support to the republican party and his
religious faith is that of the Congregational church. He stands for all those
forces which make for honorable manhood and for progress and improvement in the
community. To this end he is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and an advocate
of the projects of that organization for the city's benefit and upbuilding. He
belongs to the Arlington Club, to the University Club, the Waverly Country Club,
the Multnomah Club, the Press Club and the Progressive Business Men's Club.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in April 2008 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.