Frohnmayer Award for Public Service Reception 2025

The Frohnmayer Award for Public Service, given annually since 2002 by the Law School Alumni Association, was named in honor of Dave Frohnmayer, former Oregon Attorney General, Oregon Law Dean, and University of Oregon President Emeritus. The award recognizes a graduate, faculty member, or friend of Oregon Law who has built a career that personifies Oregon Law’s spirit of excellence and public service.

Gordon's service to the legal profession, Oregon law, UO, and the community has spanned more than forty years. Drawing on her legal expertise in mediation and collaboration, she has contributed meaningful experiences and outcomes for clients, students, UO and the profession. To learn more about her legacy of leadership and service, check out this Oregon Law news story. We hope you can join us! 

Registration

• LSAA Member: $50
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• LSAA Non-Member: $60
• Faculty/Staff: $50
• Student: $25
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Please note: Ticket sales for this event are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend, you may contact the UO Alumni Association office at 1-800-245-ALUM to transfer your registration to someone else. 

Location

UO Portland
Campus Center, Room 212
2800 Northeast Liberty Street
Portland, OR 97211

Parking

There is plenty of street parking in the historic Concordia neighborhood, and UO parking lots are free and available to the public after 6:00 p.m.

Questions

For questions about the Frohnmayer Award for Public Service Reception, please contact Jen McNutt-Bloom, Signature Event Manager.

About Our Honoree

Oregon Law announces Jane Gordon, JD ’79, alumna, former Oregon Law associate dean, and current vice president for UO Portland, as the 2025 Frohnmayer Award for Public Service honoree.  

Beginning as assistant dean and later associate dean of student and program affairs, she served the Oregon Law community for 24 years and she spearheaded the creation of the nationally ranked Appropriate Dispute Resolution Center. She then joined the UO Office of the Provost where she was a senior project leader, working on projects that included the implementation of the first faculty union contract and a Title IX review.  

In 2015, Gordon began leading UO Portland and is now its vice president, overseeing operations including its recent expansion and move to a new campus.  

Recently, Portland Business Journal honored her as one of the 2025 Women of Influence. She received the PeaceBuilder Award from the Center for Dialogue and Resolution, formerly Community Mediation Services, and the Sidney Lezak Award for Excellence in ADR from the Oregon State Bar. The Association of Oregon Black Lawyers honored Gordon for her success in recruiting and providing support to minority students. She also received the Derrick A. Bell Award, dedicated to the pursuit of justice for people of color.  

Her extensive history of volunteer service spans nearly three dozen organizations over the course of her career. She currently volunteers with Friends of Mediation, serves on the education committee for Greater Portland Inc., as an ex officio member of Portland Metro Chamber, and on the board of the EC Brown Foundation in Portland. 

Gordon received her JD from Oregon Law and her BA in liberal arts from Sarah Lawrence College in New York.