David B. Frohnmayer

David Frohnmayer
15th President of the University of Oregon
In office
July 1, 1994 – June 30, 2009
Preceded byMyles Brand
Succeeded byRichard W. Lariviere
12th Attorney General of Oregon
In office
January 5, 1981 – December 31, 1991
GovernorVictor Atiyeh
Neil Goldschmidt
Barbara Roberts
Preceded byJames M. Brown
Succeeded byCharles Crookham
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
In office
1975–1981
Personal details
BornJuly 9, 1940
Medford, Oregon, U.S.
DiedMarch 10, 2015(2015-03-10) (aged 74)[1]
Eugene, Oregon, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
RelativesJohn Frohnmayer (brother), Mark Frohnmayer (son)
EducationHarvard University (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (JD)

David B. "Dave" Frohnmayer (July 9, 1940 – March 10, 2015)[2] was an American attorney, politician, and academic administrator from Oregon. He was the 15th president of the University of Oregon, serving from 1994 to 2009. His tenure as president was the second-longest after John Wesley Johnson. He was the first native Oregonian to run the University of Oregon. Frohnmayer previously served as Oregon Attorney General from 1981 to 1991, and subsequently served as dean at the University of Oregon School of Law before serving as president of the university. He served in an "of counsel" attorney role with the Oregon law firm, Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C.

  1. ^ David Braden Frohnmayer Obituary
  2. ^ "David Braden Frohnmayer [Obituary]". Eugene Register-Guard. March 18, 2015.