Building Renaming Process

Update: June 24, 2020

On June 24, 2020, the UO Board of Trustees voted unanimously to remove the name of Matthew Deady from the university's oldest building. Read the full story on Around the O.

On June 10, President Michael Schill sent a memo to the UO Board of Trustees recommending changing the name of Deady Hall, the oldest building on campus.

On June 5, during the spring 2020 meeting of the Board of Trustees, Trustee Andrew Colas asked the board to consider denaming Deady Hall. Read the full story on Around the O.

2016 Building Name Review Process

The University of Oregon underwent a process for reviewing the names of two buildings on campus beginning in Spring 2016. 

September 5, 2017, Report of the History of Matthew P. Deady and Frederick S. Dunn - FINAL

May 23, 2017, Board of Trustees memo

April 2, 2017, Cedar Hall Naming Committee memo

January 25, 2017, Deady Hall and update on Black students' demands

September 8, 2016, Cedar Hall Naming

September 1, 2016, Deady and Dunn Halls - next steps

August 9, 2016, Biographical information of historians reviewing Dunn and Deady historical record

August 6, 2016, Report on the History of Matthew P. Deady and Frederick S. Dunn

May 6, 2016, Process for considering the denaming of Deady and Dunn Halls

May 6, 2016, Timeline for considering the denaming of Deady and Dunn Halls