Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 2005)
Jewish committee gives Frohnmayer excellence award BY ADAM CHERRY NEWS REPORTER University President Dave Frohn mayer’s work is drawing recognition beyond the campus community. Frohnmayer, a former Oregon Attorney General, received the Judge Learned Hand Award for lifetime achievement from the American Jewish Committee Oregon chapter in November. The award, only the fourth of its kind to be grant ed by the Oregon chapter, is meant to honor individuals in the legal field for “profes sional excellence and contri butions to the legal commu nity,” according to a press release. The award is not faith-based. “(Frohnmayer) has been a beacon to the community EX in the kind of attorney a FROH1 person can aspire to be and UNIVERSIT the kind of community member a person can aspire to be,” AJC Area Executive Director Emily Georges Gottfried said. Prior to his role as University presi dent, Frohnmayer was a member of the state House of Representatives. As attorney general, he won six of seven cases before the US Supreme Court, “the most cases and best record of any contemporary state attorney general,” according to his Web site. Frohnmayer’s “long list of commu nity service” and years of public serv ice were primary motivations behind the AJC selection committee’s decision to honor him, Gottfried said. “I was very surprised and privileged to get it,” Frohnmayer said in a tele phone interview. “It’s a long-standing award for the American Jewish Com mittee and it’s a very warm and won derful experience.” “I’m happy to say that Dave has been one of Oregon’s leading commu nity citizens for some 30 years,” Uni versity law professor Jim Mooney said. Mooney and Frohnmayer have been colleagues since they were on the law school faculty in the 1970s. The award luncheon was held at the Governor Hotel in Portland where Frohnmayer made his ac ceptance remarks on situa tional ethics, social decep tion and lessons of Machiavelli, topics which he said have a bearing on current events including 4MAYER nbuse at the Abu Ghraib < PRESIDENT Pnson in Iraq. “Very often we are blind to the temptations and threats in our immediate social envi ronment,” Frohnmayer said. “This ethical life is hard work,” he said in his remarks at the luncheon, ac cording to a transcript. “Knowing right from wrong requires diligence, self scrutfny and looking into a very well lit and refractive mirror. ” The American Jewish Committee is an international think-tank and ad vocacy organization, according to its Web site. Its mission includes strengthening the basic principles of pluralism and safeguarding the wel fare and security of Jews worldwide. adamcherry@ daily emerald, com Arena site: Community members voice concerns Continued from page 1 were “an example of how not to do things.” Williams spoke at the Public Rela tions Society of America monthly luncheon at the Downtown Athletic Club on Thursday about issues con cerning University development and community relations. Williams said it is important to include the community in the Uni versity’s development process but also said it is crucial not to forget “the importance of retaining author ity on the land.” wnen u readies me oursiae communi ty, Williams said. “I’ve taken some comfort at the thought that the public’s memory is short,” Williams said with a laugh, emphasizing that a handful of win ning sports seasons or other forms of good publicity can make up for past problems. Often when community members raise concerns the only thing Univer sity officials can do is say they under stand the concerns and promise to mitigate them, Williams said, but “that doesn’t get you anywhere un Dealing witn surrounding neighborhoods and allowing neighbors to have a say in what goes on at the Universi ty can be difficult, This is a really big day in the history of the University. ” Dave Frohmnayer | University President it-bb uieie s diieduy a level of trust there.” There have been quiet rumblings throughout the com munity over the pos sibility that a new basketball arena williams said, be cause of how impassioned people be come when something like the siting of a sports arena hits so close to home. The University must expand to meet the growing needs of the institu tion and “all of this activity must be done in a way that protects and em braces the reputation” of the school, Williams said. Many people concerned about University development “don’t lend themselves to rational thinking,” and it can be difficult to try to match such irrationality with ration ality, Williams said. Because the University is an aca demic institution, debate is encour aged and crucial to the learning process, but it can be problematic Dunt on tne site could bring with it other projects that could intrude on the surrounding community — rumblings that Frohn mayer called “just invention.” Eugene is an “unusually vocal community,” and the concerns neighbors raise are understood but do not have much relevance to the construction of a new basketball are na, Frohnmayer said. No houses will be moved from the East Campus neighborhood if an are na is built, Frohnmayer said, and there will be a “buffered zone” of at least two blocks between the arena and the surrounding neighborhood. meghanncuniff@dailyemercdd.com from eugene city bakery ham & cheddar cheese • turkey & provolone cheese roasted peppers, artichoke hearts & feta cheese emu lower level gs* «— «=£££■ *. " *lx« »*«sh«r 4w -—sr**** -C ** ****««,an ^ f\ .V ?**JZ*m t^Wi n Student iBook Special Apple iBook Combo 1.2GHz PowerPC G4 256MB DDR266 SDRAM 30GB Ultra ATA drive M9623LL/A $899 Digital Duck Bundle Price Bundle includes; Wee Bee computer bay and Epson C86 printer $949 Higher Education Price (iBook) $999 Standard Retail Price (iBook) INCLUDED Wee Bee computer bag ($85 value) All offers subject to change and availability. UOBookstore.com
