(Portland, OR) -- Oregon businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist Gerry Frank has died at age 98. His family owned the Meier & Frank department store in Portland. His uncle was former Governor Julius Meier and he worked as an aide to Oregon Senator and then Governor Mark Hatfield for two decades. Senator Ron Wyden says Gerry Frank lived the Oregon Way with every fiber of his being, adding that every single day, he cared deeply about making Oregon a better place.