Frank Quinlan, 69, Helped Develop Oregon's Bottle-And-Can Refund Bill

PORTLAND - Frank J. Quinlan, a commercial real-estate broker who played a central role in the development of the Oregon bottle bill, has died of cancer at his southwest Portland home.

Quinlan, who was 69, died Thursday.

An ardent environmentalist and outdoorsman, Quinlan become director of Stop Oregon Litter and Vandalism Inc., or SOLV, in 1970.

As director, he was instrumental in getting the path-breaking Oregon bottle bill, which required deposits on bottles and cans, passed through the Oregon Legislature.

Born in Wallace, Idaho, on April 22, 1923, Quinlan attended Portland's Grant High School.

He served in the Army Air Corps during WWII and graduated from the University of Portland in 1949.

Until his death, Quinlan was a commercial real-estate broker with the Portland firm of Metzger Parker Co.