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Fund drive for UO surpasses all hopes.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-JAN-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Fund drive for UO surpasses all hopes.(City/Region)(Campaign Oregon raises a record $853 million for new and expanded programs)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard

Sparking a bright light in otherwise dim economic times, the University of Oregon will today announce the final numbers for a record- breaking fund drive that brought in more than $850 million and beat its goal by almost 50 percent.

The formal end of Campaign Oregon marks the conclusion of the most successful philanthropic effort in state history, one that already has reshaped the Eugene campus and will transform it further in years to come. It also is pouring tens of millions of dollars into new scholarship programs, faculty positions and program expansions.

In an event scheduled for this morning on the steps of Johnson Hall, UO President Dave Frohnmayer is expected to announce that the fund drive brought in $853 million. The amount far surpassed the dreams of its architects, who set a goal of $600 million when they planned the campaign in 2001.

Frohnmayer said he...

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