Editing Victor Atiyeh (section)

==Early life==
Atiyeh's parents, George Atiyeh and Linda Asly, immigrated to the United States from [[Al-Husn, Homs|Amar al-Husn]], Syria, and [[Beirut]], Lebanon, respectively.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pulera|first=Dominic|year=2004|title=Sharing the Dream: White Males in Multicultural America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SVoAXh-dNuYC&dq=Victor+Atiyeh+Beirut&pg=PA33|url-status=live|page=33|publisher=A&C Black |isbn=9780826416438|access-date=November 19, 2021|archive-date=August 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806071019/https://books.google.com/books?id=SVoAXh-dNuYC&dq=Victor+Atiyeh+Beirut&pg=PA33}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Atiyeh Brothers and Portland's Royal Rosarians|url=https://www.royalrosarians.com/page/historic-relationship-atiyeh-brothers|url-status=live|website=Royal Rosarians|access-date=June 1, 2021|archive-date=June 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616134847/https://royalrosarians.com/page/historic-relationship-atiyeh-brothers}}</ref> Atiyeh's father came through [[Ellis Island]] in 1898 to join his brother Aziz's carpet business. Atiyeh's mother's family belonged to the [[Antiochian Orthodox Church]] though Atiyeh would join the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] later in life.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Guggemos |first1=Eva |title=Atiyeh! |date=October 3, 2013 |publisher=Pacific University Libraries |url=https://commons.pacificu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=mono |access-date=May 31, 2018 |archive-date=November 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119091902/https://commons.pacificu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=mono |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Atiyeh grew up in Portland, Oregon, attending Holladay Grade School and [[Washington High School (Portland, Oregon)|Washington High School]].<ref name=oreg-2014jul20>{{cite news|last1=Mapes|first1=Jeff|title=Republican Vic Atiyeh, who guided Oregon through economic upheaval, dies at 91|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/07/republican_vic_atiyeh_who_guid.html|access-date=July 21, 2014|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]|date=July 20, 2014|archive-date=September 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902100323/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/07/republican_vic_atiyeh_who_guid.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He spent two years at the [[University of Oregon]] in [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]], where he played guard for the [[Oregon Ducks football]] program and became a regional leader in the [[Boy Scouts of America]].<ref name=arcwebbio>{{cite web|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/governors_guides.aspx|title=Governor Victor G. Atiyeh's Administration: Biographical Note|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|access-date=December 28, 2013|archive-date=December 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205014736/https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/governors_guides.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> When his father died, Atiyeh dropped out of college and took over his family's rug and carpet business, Atiyeh Brothers.<ref name=arcwebbio/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://atiyehbros.com/about-atiyeh/history/|title=History|publisher=Atiyeh Bros.|access-date=December 28, 2013|archive-date=December 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230231929/http://atiyehbros.com/about-atiyeh/history/|url-status=dead}}</ref>