Here’s the letter he wrote to the RG after I called him on this (at http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/sevendays/19115574-35/story.csp) FWIW, he’s co-teaching two 25 student classes next quarter, that’s it for the year. Sweet deal. I asked him to provide an accounting of what he had actually received from the UO Foundation – never got a response, and of course the Foundation won’t say a word.

Another bogus attack

Professor Bill Harbaugh has gotten it wrong, once again, in his self-righteous letter to the editor of Sept. 28. Had he checked his facts, he would know that I currently receive no $50,000 annual Knight Chair stipend from the University of Oregon Foundation. Knight Chair funds are restricted for support of the university presidency. Had Harbaugh checked his facts, he would have discovered that after a short sabbatical (not as lengthy as he enjoyed last year) I return to teach a full academic load winter term, not “one small class.”

Careful readers of The Register-Guard will recognize Harbaugh as one who repeatedly has filed bogus and defamatory official complaints against those with whom he disagrees. In my own case, all four of those time-wasting exercises have been rejected summarily.

Professor Harbaugh should get back to work and devote more thoughtful attention to standards of accuracy in public discourse.

Dave Frohnmayer
President Emeritus
Professor of Law
University of Oregon