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Bar clears U of O president in disclosure case

0 Comments | Columbian; Vancouver, Wash., Dec 21, 2006 | by AP

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- The Oregon State Bar rejected an ethics complaint filed by a University of Oregon economics professor against school president Dave Frohnmayer.

William Harbaugh's complaint involved financial disclosure forms that high-level state employees must file annually. The professor said Frohnmayer failed to properly disclose certain real estate transactions.

Cynthia Easterday, assistant general counsel for the state bar, found that Frohnmayer committed no professional misconduct and a full investigation was not warranted.

"I do not find credible facts that (Frohnmayer) knowingly made a false statement," Easterday wrote in her decision. "It was reasonable for him to believe that the information that he submitted was true, accurate and complete."

Harbaugh said the bar association's decision surprised him, and he will ask them to reconsider. Frohnmayer, a former state attorney general, is a licensed attorney in Oregon and subject to the state bar's ethics rules.

The state Government Standards and Practices Commission last month dismissed a similar complaint filed against Frohnmayer and a similar but unrelated complaint filed by Harbaugh against retired Provost John Moseley.

Harbaugh filed the complaints after unsuccessfully trying to obtain copies of past campus affirmative action plans, a document the university is required to update each year
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