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Grayson donation
still up in air
The future of the name
“Grayson Hall" is still in doubt,
and the fate of Jeffrey Grayson's
$800,000 donation to the Univer
sity is still up in the air as
lawyers representing the Univer
sity of Oregon Foundation con
tinue discussions with court-ap
pointed receiver Thomas
Lennon.
Grayson, a Portland business
man, donated the money to the
University in 1997. His company,
Capital Consultants, is accused of
embezzling $355 million from in
vestors and union pension funds.
Last fall the company was shut
down by the U.S. Department of
Labor and the Securities Ex
change Commission.
Lennon has said that many of
Grayson’s donations to various
causes were made with money that
did not belong to him — including
the donation to the University.
In 1997, Grayson pledged to
donate $1.5 million to the Uni
versity, of which the University
received only $890,900. The
money was used in the $4.25 mil
lion renovation of the Universi
ty’s former law school. The build
ing was renamed Grayson Hall in
honor of Grayson and his wife
Susan and has housed the Uni
versity’s history department since
September 2000.
Along with returning the mon
ey, many have advocated renam
ing Grayson Hall; among them,
Daniel Pope, head of the history
department, and alumnus Michael
J. Malos, a Portland physician
who has characterized Grayson’s
crime as “one of the worst finan
cial crimes in U.S. history."
Representatives from the Foun
dation office announced that
there are no new developments
in the case. University officials
have made no announcements
regarding a possible name
change.
— Leon Tovey
Housing department
is welcoming walk-ins
Still looking for a place to live?
According to Michael Eyster, di
rector of University Housing,
room is still available in the Uni
versity’s seven residence halls and
probably will be for the rest of the
year.
“We haven’t had to turn anyone
away — in fact, we’ll take walk-ins
today if we get any,” Eyster told
the Emerald on Monday, adding
that he would be surprised if walk
ins didn’t continue to show up.
While final numbers were not
available at press time, Eyster
had predicted that the number of
students in University housing
would be similar to those of
1996, when 3,285 students
packed the University's residence
halls.
With University enrollment
reaching an estimated 18,600 stu
dents this year and plans for new
residence halls still in the prelimi
nary stages, rumors that housing
officials would be forced to put
students up in motels and the
lounges of residence halls began to
circulate. However, according to
Eyster, the only people currently
lodged in temporary housing are
the approximately 30 students
now living in the lounges of resi
dence halls awaiting rush into a
fraternity or sorority.
— Leon Tovey
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