The business school at the University of Portland is no longer bearing by the name of Robert Pamplin Jr.
“The association named Dr. Pamplin with the University of Portland Affairs School was subject to an agreement that ended,” said a spokesperson for the University of Portland in an e-mail at Oregonian / Oregonlive.
The name of Pamplin seems to have been deleted from the website and the university's correspondence in the last month. The university has refused to draw up its declaration.
The change comes after Pampelin and its pamplin Corp. admitted to a legal regulation that they engaged in “transactions of many transactions” that they knew violating the laws on pensions and risked identifying pampelin companies.
The regulations came in a civil lawsuit brought by the federal government on behalf of the retirees. The Ministry of Labor said that Pampelin and Pamplin Corp. transferred real estate to the retirement fund to inflated values, leaving the underfunctioned pension.
The messages left for two lawyers who represented Pamplin were not immediately returned. An e-mail sent to the Pampelin Corp website. was not returned either.
The Wayback Machine, which archives the web pages, shows the name of Pamplin of Business School included three weeks ago. University Online course catalog Always describes school like Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. School of Business.
For decades, Pamplin One of the richest people in Oregon and the best known philanthropists. He is president, president and chief executive officer of the RB Pampelin Corp. The company's website.
Pampelin Corp., known locally for Ross Island Sand & Gravel and the newspaper that he sold last year, is a sprawling conglomerate with at least a dozen subsidiaries, the retirement trial said.
Pampelin has obtained a master's degree in business and university education, according to A biography on the university website. He was honored by the first prize for former University business in 1989.
Lewis & Clark, the college based in southwest of Portland, has A sports center appointed for the father of Pampelin, Robert Pamplin Sr.The former executive of the paper company Georgia-Pacific Corp. Died in 2009.
– Matthew Kish covers activities, including sportswear and banking industries. Join it at 503-221-4386, mkish@oregonian.com or @matthewkish.
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