Remembering Ben
$100,000 Memorial Gift Supports UO Innovation Fund
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Learn, learn, learn!” That’s how Ben Eder signed every e-mail, and though he attended the University of Oregon for only two terms, his boundless enthusiasm deeply touched his classmates and professors.
A top student at Reed College, Ben transferred to the UO in fall 2001 as a junior.
During winter break, the globetrotting Oregon native died while doing one of his favorite things: commercial fishing for Dungeness crab off the Oregon coast. A sudden gale capsized the boat, and Ben was lost at sea along with all three of his shipmates.
