Loomis Group CEO Joins Advisory Board for University of Oregon's College of Arts & Sciences

Business Wire, June 29, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO -- Loomis Group, an independent, integrated marketing agency, today announced that its founder and CEO, Jeff Loomis, has accepted an appointment to the University of Oregon's College of Arts & Sciences Advisory Board. Loomis, a graduate of UO, founded Loomis Group 17 years ago and has overseen the company's development into a 70-person, global agency that provides marketing expertise for clients in diverse markets, including consumer and medical technologies, health care, communications, Internet, semiconductor and nanotechnology.

As a member of the advisory board, Loomis will assist the College of Arts & Sciences' dean and development staff with current capital campaigns and the launch of the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI) at UO.

"I am excited about this opportunity to serve my alma mater by supporting the College of Arts & Sciences and, in particular, UO's continuing research in nanoscience," Loomis said. "This position is a perfect fit considering the recent growth of Loomis Group's nanotechnology practice and our continuing commitment to integrated marketing that delivers direct results for our clients."

Loomis Group's success with nanotechnology clients has led to a position as a marketing partner and sponsor for the first annual SEMI NanoForum, to be held this fall in Austin, Texas. In addition, Small Times magazine recently ranked Loomis Group one of the top three PR firms for the nanotechnology industry.

"Jeff's appointment comes at an opportune time for the College of Arts & Sciences. ONAMI builds upon a 20-year history of innovation in the fields of materials science and optics at UO," said Joe Stone, CAS Dean and W.E. Miner Professor of Economics. "Jeff can provide vital expertise in the areas of marketing and promotion for ONAMI and his background complements the make-up of our advisory board well."

About Loomis Group

Founded in 1987, Loomis Group is an independent, integrated marketing agency with offices and affiliates worldwide. The company energizes brands by inspiring people to change what they are doing, buying, or thinking with strategic communication programs built to drive ideas through public relations, advertising, design and interactive channels. Headquartered in San Francisco, Loomis Group maintains offices in Austin, Boston, Paris, and Tokyo, and has affiliates in Hong Kong, Seoul, and Taipei. Additional information is available at 415-882-9494 or www.loomisgroup.com.

About the University of Oregon, College of Arts & Sciences

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is the central academic division of the University of Oregon, enrolling more than 10,000 full-time students each year. Its faculty are ranked in the top fifteen nationally, and its life science faculty continue to be ranked among America's top universities in terms of academic reputation and research. On average, the UO brings in $120,000 per tenured faculty member each year in research grants. Leaders in science education as well as research, CAS opened the first green chemistry laboratory for undergraduate education anywhere in the world, which has since led to discoveries related to safer and more cost effective nanoscience processes. For the latest discovery in "green nanotechnology" at the UO, see http://duckhenge.uoregon.edu/hparchive/display.php?q=onaminano particlespacing-1.html (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field. You may also need to remove an extra space in the URL if one exists.)

About ONAMI

The Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute is an unprecedented and powerful collaboration involving Oregon's three public research universities, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richland, Wash.), the state of Oregon, and the world-leading "Silicon Forest" high technology industry cluster of Oregon and southwest Washington.

Together, the ONAMI partners are performing leadership research in several aspects of nanoscience, nanostructures, materials characterization, microfluidics, process intensification and microfabrication, and applying this research to both short-and-long-term commercial opportunities. Additional information is available at http://www.onami.us.