Jane Gordon JD '79
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 5:30 pm
UO Portland Campus Center
Registration Now Open!
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.
Gordon's service to the legal profession, law school, and UO has spanned more than forty years. Drawing on her legal expertise in mediation and collaboration, she has contributed meaningful experiences and outcomes for students, the institution, and the profession.
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.
Registration opens March 5. Contact Jen McNutt-Bloom, Signature Event Manager for more information.
Past Honorees
Year | Honoree |
|---|---|
2024 | Hon. Mustafa Kasubhai '96 |
2023 | Marc Friedman '89 |
2022 | Hon. John V. Acosta '82 |
2019 | Jeffrey Beaver '85 |
2018 | David F. Bartz, Jr. '82 |
2017 | Hon. Nan Waller '79 |
2016 | Senator Ron Wyden '74 |
2014 | Hon. David Schuman '84 |
2013 | Hon. Martha Walters '77 and John VanLandingham '77 |
2012 | Michael Schrunk '67 |
2011 | Duncan Campbell '73 |
2010 | Ellen Rosenblum '75 and Richard Meeker '74 |
2009 | Barbara Aldave |
2008 | Edwin Peterson '57 |
2007 | Hans Linde |
2006 | Clifford Freeman '76 |
2005 | Lawrence "Lare" Aschenbrenner '57 |
2003 | Hardy Myers '64 |
2002 | Dave Frohnmayer |