http://www.democratherald.com/articles/2005/06/07/news/oregon/state04.txt
http://tinyurl.com/d6cz4
http://katu.com/outdoor/story.asp?ID=77606
Retired University of Oregon law professor and dean Chapin Clark, 71, drowned at the "Coffee Pot" on the Mule Creek section of the Rogue River. Although Clark was wearing a PFD, his guide was not and thus could not assist in his rescue.Clark's death, and perhaps that of guide Ken Robinson in 2004, prompted the Oregon legislature to pass a law in 2005, requiring that all members of commercial paddling trips --not only customers-- wear PFDs in rapids rated Class III or higher.
http://www.osbar.org/publications/bulletin/03jan/obits.html
