Bob Peterson discusses the organization and administration of University of Oregon Medical School and its consolidation into the new University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, focusing on the financial management of the institution. He tells about the evolving relationships among the University, the Chancellor's Office of the Oregon State System of Higher Education, and the Oregon State Legislature, and the bureaucratic complexity that he faced as a financial officer.
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