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 Dear Fellow Letter Winners - Taken from the Summer 2008 Newsletter
Well I’m back. It seems my replacement, Rich Vaughn, has one more year in Japan with his teacher exchange program. I promise after next year there will be some new leadership.
I am looking forward to the 2008-2009 year with positive anticipation. As you know we have established a scholarship and this year we have another tremendous recipient; the winner will be announced soon. For this next year we have another project planned.
This past December, I a received a note from one of our graduating Duck athletes. She was looking for a job and had very few leads. She sent me her resume and I passed it on to some of my Oregon teammates who happen to be working in her field of study. Because our board feels our organization is as much a service club as it is a social club, we would like to compile a data base for our seniors to use in pursuing jobs. I know I would not be where I am today if not for the education I received at Oregon, nor the influence some great coaches had on me during that time. So in spirit, it’s time to give back to our University. My hope is to put together a network program and data base enabling graduating student-athletes to contact past letterwinners who can share information about their careers and help them find employment. So when you receive your renewal letter, please note your occupation and all your contact information.
A couple of reminders for next year…we will again have an Order of the O tunnel for the first home football game, a big one: the Huskies, on August 30. Also the Oregon athletic department is planning for a Football Reunion at one of the games later this fall…more on that later.
Shortly you will receive your renewal letter. I look forward to serving one more year as your president. Please contact me (dstone71@comcast.net) or Beth Campbell (bethc@uoregon.edu) if you have any suggestions or comments.
As always GO DUCKS!
Sincerely,
Don Stone, Football '71
Order of the O President
(dstone71@comcast.net)
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