Former University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer has been named as the newest member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences board of directors.

“I am honored to share the responsibility to be a steward of the great legacy of this distinguished academy and its heritage of cherishing knowledge,” Frohnmayer said in an Oct. 11 press release.

Members of the AAAS “contribute to academy publications and studies of science and technology policy, education, energy and global security, social policy and American institutions and the humanities,” according to the press release.

“I continue to be impressed by the distinction of the academy’s membership and significant projects that it undertakes for the common good,” Frohnmayer said.

Frohnmayer held a post as UO’s president from 1994 to 2009 and is currently a law professor at UO. He was named to the executive committee for an AAAS initiative called The Lincoln Project.

The appointment will be made official in an Oct. 12 ceremony at Cambridge, Mass.