Beaver Builds Oregon Ducks Home! - Oregon
Autzen stadium, the Oregon Ducks home since 1967 was built by a Beaver! 
Thomas J. Autzen was a well known lumberman, sportsman and philanthropist who created a foundation to build the Oregon Ducks a new home. He started the 2.5 million dollar foundation with a personal donation of $250,000, which was enormous back then. The stadium was named for him.
Mr. Autzen was an alumnus of Oregon State University. He donated to the University of Oregon because his son attended U of O in the late 30's and early 40's.
The Autzen heirs are still huge supporters of U of O. I worked for Debbie Autzen's husband, Scott Thomason, (a Portland, Oregon mega car dealer) and Scott even changed his corporate colors on all of his dealerships to the Oregon Ducks, green and yellow!
This year the civil war rivalry between the University of Oregon Ducks and Oregon State University Beavers was even more important, because the winner automatically heads to Pasadena for the 96th Rose Bowl Game. The Oregon Ducks are headed to California and they carry the support of all Oregonians with them.
Good luck in Pasadena Oregon Ducks!
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