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Rob, thank you for the information. Jim
-----Original Message----- From: Bradley, Rob Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 4:59 PM To: Derrick Jr., James Subject: RE: LOEC Update for 2002 Contribution Jim: Enron has been giving $10,000 annually to the Law & Organizational Economics Center for several years for their programs providing economic education to state judges. I have been following the program and have been impressed by the quality of presentations and professors lecturing to state officials on such things as opportunity cost, cost/benefit analysis, and risk analysis. Many of these judges have not had much training in economics. Attached is a note from Henry Butler about moving his program from the University of Kansas to Chapman University, which was due to an additional financial support and a better location for operations. A spreadsheet at the bottom shows the total number of state judges who have gone through his program since it began in the mid-1990s by state. I have recommended to the Enron Foundation (Misha Siegel and Elyse Kalmans) that we renew the support in 2002. You opinion might be asked as well, so I wanted to provide this to you. If you have any questions, let me know. - Rob ----- Forwarded by Rob Bradley/Corp/Enron on 06/08/2001 04:49 PM ----- "Butler, Henry N" <hbutler@ukans.edu< 06/08/2001 02:58 PM To: "'Rob.Bradley@enron.com'" <Rob.Bradley@enron.com< cc: "Butler, Paige V" <pbutler@ku.edu< Subject: RE: LOEC Update for 2002 Contribution Rob: I've attached two documents: First, an Excel Spreadsheet listing the number of judicial participants by court and state. We do not ask the judges for their political affiliations. In many states, the judges are elected in "nonpartisan" elections -- of course, it is usually pretty clear who is what. I imagine that there is a "selection bias" toward more conservative judges -- however, even if there is such a bias, our programs are still very valuable when in comes to making our civil justice system more predictable. Even the pro-business judges need to understand how to articulate the economic reasoning that supports their pro-business instincts. We provide them with the tools to be more effective. Second, a generic description of Chapman from their P.R. office. Rest assured, the church does not play a major role in the University. Also, I wanted to mention to you a significant connection between Chapman University and Enron. The most important player at Chapman is George L. Argyros. George is Chairman of the Board of Trustees and a very loyal financial supporter of the University. I will be Dean of the George L. Argyros School of Business and Economics. George has been nominated by President Bush as Ambassador to Spain. George Argyros is also Chairman Emeritus & Treasurer of the Horatio Alger Association. Kenneth L. Lay is Executive Vice President of the Horatio Alger Association. I suspect that Mr. Argyros and Mr. Lay have worked closely in their leadership capacities with the Horatio Alger Association. I would hope that this connection would result in a much larger contribution to the Chapman LOEC. Do you have any suggestions about how to proceed? Checks should be made payable to "Chapman LOEC" and sent to me at the address below. Thanks for Enron's support. Hope all is well with you. Sincerely, Henry P.S. I will be out of the office all next week on vacation. Henry N. Butler, J.D., Ph.D. Koch Distinguished Professor of Law and Economics Director, Law and Organizational Economics Center University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045 785-864-7515 785-864-5702 (fax) hbutler@ku.edu Henry N. Butler (new address as of July 16, 2001) Dean, The Argyros School of Business and Economics James Farley Professor of Economics Chapman University One University Drive Orange, CA 92866 714-997-6576 714-744-7890 (fax) hbutler@chapman.edu - Overview of Chapman.doc << File: Overview of Chapman.doc << - June 2001 Judicial Participant Numbers by State and Court.xls << File: June 2001 Judicial Participant Numbers by State and Court.xls <<
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