Jack Faust (attorney)

John R. "Jack" Faust (born June 16, 1932) is a retired Portland, Oregon, attorney, television personality and political activist.

For 13 years, Faust moderated Town Hall, a weekly public affairs television program on ABC affiliate KATU.

[8] The program featured discussions, often contentious, between public officials, experts and plain citizens on topics that ranged from serious (child abuse) to light (alien abductions).

[15] He served as a director of Oregonians for Higher Education Excellence, a committee that successfully advocated for the 2013 Oregon legislation giving the state's seven public universities self-governance.

[17] He was named Portland's First Citizen,[18] recognized as Multnomah County Medical Society Layman of the Year, received the Distinguished Service Award of the Anti-Defamation League, and the Salvation Army Community Pride Award, an Honorary Doctor of Humanities Degree from Lewis & Clark College,[19] the Drug Awareness Council Person of the Year Award, the Oregon Toastmasters Communicator of the Year, and also named as one of 100 Outstanding Graduates of Jefferson High from 1909 to 2009.