David B. Frohnmayer
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| David B. Frohnmayer | |
| In office January 5 1981 – December 31 1991 | |
| Preceded by | James M. Brown |
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| Succeeded by | Charles S. Crookham |
President of the University of Oregon
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office July 1 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Myles Brand |
| Born | July 9 1940 Medford, Oregon |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | attorney |
Dave Frohnmayer (born July 9 1940, Medford, Oregon) is the 15th President of the University of Oregon. Appointed on July 1 1994, he is now the second-longest serving UO president behind John Wesley Johnson. He is the first native of the U.S. state of Oregon to run the University of Oregon. Frohnmayer previously served as the state of Oregon’s Attorney General from 1981 to 1991, and subsequently served as dean at the University of Oregon School of Law before becoming president of the entire university.
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[edit] Education
Frohnmayer graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in 1962. He then attended Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship, and received his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1967.
[edit] Political career
Frohnmayer, a Republican, served three terms in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1975 to 1981, representing southern Eugene.
Frohnmayer was elected as Oregon Attorney General in November 1980, and was sworn into office on January 5 1981. Re-elected in 1984 and 1988, Frohnmayer served as Attorney General until his resignation on December 31 1991, when he became Dean of the University of Oregon School of Law. As Attorney General, one of his most notable cases involved leading the prosecution of the Rajneeshees (followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.) While many Attorneys General will let the lawyers who prepared the briefs make the oral arguments in front of the Supreme Court of the United States, Frohnmayer took over these arguments himself, and took credit for winning six out of the seven cases.
Frohnmayer was the Republican nominee for Governor of Oregon in 1990. Popular Democratic incumbent Neil Goldschmidt withdrew after Frohnmayer's campaign manager, Donna Zajonc, said "May the best family win" at a news conference, which was then reported by Jeff Mapes in the Portland Oregonian. Zajonc's statement was interpreted at the time as threat to use Goldschmidt's collapsing marriage as a political issue. It might also have been meant as a cryptic allusion to Mr. Goldschmidt's sexual relationship with a minor. That sex scandal did not become public until May 6, 2004, and Frohnmayer has never explained when he learned about it, or why he did not inform the authorities.[1] He and Goldschmidt had been classmates at University of California, Berkeley law school. Frohnmayer subsequently lost the election to Barbara Roberts, the Democrat who was nominated after Goldschmidt's withdrawal. [2]
[edit] Academic career
He served as Dean of the University of Oregon School of Law from January 1 1992 until his assumption of duties as President of the University in 1994. He teaches a popular undergraduate course on political leadership. While his official biography still states that as President he is "admired - even loved"[3] more recently the Daily Emerald has said "The relationship between University faculty and President Dave Frohnmayer is, at best, one of mutual tolerance. At worst, it is almost nonexistent." [4] Recently, faculty have raised many questions about his failure to bring in major donations for academics,[5] his neglect of the University's teaching and research missions in favor of athletics, and his consistent failure to consult with them on important university matters.[6] In fall 2006, Frohnmayer announced that he intended to step down as UO president in 2008, however he has not yet made his exact plans public.[7]
[edit] Family
Dave Frohnmayer is active in support of research into treatment of the disease Fanconi anemia. Two of his daughters died from complications arising from this disease. He was a founding Director of the National Marrow Donor Program and served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund, Inc. Lynn and Dave Frohnmayer established the FA Family Support Group in 1985, which they helped incorporate in the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund in 1989.[8] Frohnmayer's father, Otto Frohnmayer, was a noted southern Oregon lawyer. His brother, John Frohnmayer, served as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts under the administration of President George H.W. Bush and recently announced he would challenge incumbent senator Gordon Smith in the 2008 election as an independent. His son is Mark Frohnmayer, lead programmer of Starsiege: Tribes and Tribes 2 at Dynamix before leaving to co-found GarageGames with Jeff Tunnell, Rick Overman and Tim Gift.
In 2005, the University of Oregon MarAbel B. Frohnmayer Music Building was named in honor of his mother.[9]
Dave Frohnmayer resides with his wife Lynn Frohnmayer in Eugene, Oregon at the University of Oregon's McMorran House.[10]
| Preceded by James M. Brown | Oregon Attorney General 1981 – 1991 | Succeeded by Charles Crookham |
[edit] References
- ^ http://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=81602
- ^ http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3028/5091/
- ^ http://president.uoregon.edu/history/history.shtml
- ^ http://media.www.dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2007/12/03/Opinion/Frohnmayer.Must.Improve.Relationship.And.Communication.With.Faculty-3128186.shtml
- ^ http://www.registerguard.com/news/2006/08/02/d2.or.stanford.0802.p1.php?section=nation_world
- ^ http://media.www.dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2007/12/03/News/Administration.Accused.Of.Poor.Communication-3128320.shtml
- ^ The Oregon Daily Emerald, 18 September 2006, page 8A.
- ^ http://www.fanconi.org/fund/Founders.htm
- ^ http://duckhenge.uoregon.edu/io/article?id=363
- ^ http://www.registerguard.com/news/2006/10/20/c1.cr.frohnmayer.1020.p2.php?section=cityregion
[edit] External links
- President's Office - Official University of Oregon President site
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