On This Day in Telephone History March 8TH 1957 at the University of Portland the first student room private telephone on campus was installed. Donald E. Gorger, a sophomore from Pendleton, Oregon, then living in room 24 in Christie Hall, paid Bell Telephone for the installation of the private line

On This Day in Telephone History March 8TH 1957

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On This Day in Telephone History March 8TH 1957 at the University of Portland the First student room private telephone on campus was installed. Donald E. Gorger, a sophomore from Pendleton, Oregon, then living in room 24 in Christie Hall, paid Bell Telephone for the installation of the private line.