WHAT University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer and his wife, Lynn, will be honored

by the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce as recipients of its 1998 First Citizen Award. The Frohnmayers will receive the award at the chamber’s annual meeting banquet.

[The awards program begins at approximately 8:15 p.m. after dinner.]

WHERE Playwright’s Hall, Eugene Community Conference Center (Eugene Hilton), Two

Eugene Centre.

The Frohnmayers’ selection marks the first time the chamber will honor a couple with its First Citizen Award. A panel of former First Citizen honorees selected the Frohnmayers in acknowledgment of their contributions to the community through business and community service efforts.

Dave Frohnmayer became UO president in 1994. Previously, he served as dean of the

UO School of Law from 1992—1994 and as Oregon attorney general from 1981—1991. He currently serves on numerous national and community boards including the National Marrow Donor Program, of which he is one of the founding directors. Dave and Lynn Frohnmayer are founders of the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund, Inc., based in Eugene. This foundation funds path-breaking genetic research and sponsors an annual one-of-a-kind international symposium. The Frohnmayers also are founders of the Fanconi Anemia support group for similarly afflicted families around the world. They are co-authors of "Fanconi Anermia, A Handbook for Families and Their Physicians."

Lynn Frohnmayer served as family support coordinator for the Fanconi Anemia

Research Fund. She also was national consultant and trainer in the area of foster care placement programs for abused and neglected children and was manager of the East Lane County branch of the Oregon Children’s Services Division. In addition, she helped found the Lane County Relief Nursery and was a Peace Corps volunteer, serving as a teacher and mental health worker in Ivory Coast, Africa, and as a trainer in Quebec, Canada.

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