Irving W. Pratt

{{Short description|American educator (1838–1908)}}

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Irving Washington Pratt (1838–1908) was an educator in the U.S. state of Oregon. He was Superintendent of Schools for Portland, Oregon from 1891 to 1896.{{cite web |url=http://www.armed-guard.com/pbtnp.html |title=U.S. Navy Armed Guard: People Behind the Names |accessdate=2007-12-29}} He was also a prominent Freemason and a Shriner.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q6iOWM2r8n0C&pg=PA610 |title=Supreme Council 33rd Degree Part 2 or Mother Council of the World of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction United States of America |author=Cowles, John H. |year=1931|isbn=9780766165526 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.alkadershriners.org/history/ |title=Al Kader Shriners History |publisher=Al Kader Shriners A.A.O.N.M.S. No. 46 Portland, Oregon}}

The liberty ship SS Irving W. Pratt was named for him.

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