REPORTING ERROR- MATTHEW DEADY did not found the University of Oregon. My WALTON family member was the leading committee founder and 'idea man' for bringing UO to Eugene. Deady was on the UO board of regents. This is the second time in two days I've corrected reporters lack of research.
"Back in 1859, Congress required Oregon’s founders to establish a public university. That university is us. Oregon’s pioneers were more concerned with eking out a living than in the refinements of higher education. But in the early 1870s, Judge Joshua Walton (Jr.) convinced residents of Eugene City to become home to what would become the fledgling state’s flagship university." http://uoregon.edu/our-history