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 He is an executive vice president with [[Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods]] (CJRW), one of the state's largest advertising firms. Rutherford is also a former administrative assistant to Democratic U.S. Senator [[David Pryor]], and past president of the [[Little Rock School Board]].
-Rutherford graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with a degree in journalism in 1972, and is recipient of that department's first Distinguished Alumnus Award. He has served as coordinator of the 40th anniversary commemoration of the 1957 Crisis at Little Rock Central High School, and of dedication ceremonies for the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport. Rutherford also served as the first advisory board president of the Arkansas School for Mathematics and Science (ASMS).
+Rutherford graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with a degree in journalism in 1972, and is recipient of that department's first Distinguished Alumnus Award. He has served as coordinator of the 40th anniversary commemoration of the 1957 [[Little Rock Crisis]] at [[Central High School]], and of dedication ceremonies for the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport. Rutherford also served as the first advisory board president of the Arkansas School for Mathematics and Science (ASMS).
 Rutherford has been a visiting professor at Lyon College, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, the University of Central Arkansas, and University of the Ozarks in Clarksville. At Lyon College Rutherford's class studied Arkansas political campaigns from 1958 to 1993, interviewed politicians, and donated oral history tapes and other ephemera to the [[Butler Center]] of the Little Rock Public Library.

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 *[http://www.clintonschool.uasys.edu/students-faculty-staff/faculty-staff/detail.aspx?member=jlrutherford Rutherford's faculty page at the Clinton School]
 *[http://www.clintonfoundation.org/wmp/ded-interviews-rutherford.wmv Brief remarks by Rutherford at Clinton Library dedication ceremony]
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 Rutherford was subpoenaed in February 2001 by the [[Burton House Committee on Government Reform]], which was investigating possible links between Foundation fund-raising efforts and the pardon of fugitive [[Marc Rich]], wanted on charges of tax evasion. Rich's ex-wife [[Denise Rich]] donated $450,000 to the library foundation in three installments between July 1998 and May 2000. The Clinton Foundation refused to turn over the subpoenaed files, which would include records of [[donors]] and amounts. Rutherford argued that such records "have always been private."
-He is formerly an Executive Vice President of [[Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods]] (CJRW), one of the state's largest advertising firms. Rutherford is also a former administrative assistant to Democratic U.S. Senator David Pryor, and past president of the [[Little Rock School Board]].
+He is an executive vice president with [[Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods]] (CJRW), one of the state's largest advertising firms. Rutherford is also a former administrative assistant to Democratic U.S. Senator [[David Pryor]], and past president of the [[Little Rock School Board]].
 Rutherford graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with a degree in journalism in 1972, and is recipient of that department's first Distinguished Alumnus Award. He has served as coordinator of the 40th anniversary commemoration of the 1957 Crisis at Little Rock Central High School, and of dedication ceremonies for the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport. Rutherford also served as the first advisory board president of the Arkansas School for Mathematics and Science (ASMS).

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−	'''James L. (Skip) Rutherford''' is William J. Clinton Professor and Dean of the University of Arkansas [[Clinton School of Public Service]] (May 2006-present). Rutherford is past ~~Chairman~~ (1997-2006) of the nonprofit [[William J. Clinton Foundation]], which oversaw construction of the [[Clinton Presidential Center]]. The original Foundation fundraising goal for the Library was $80-100 million dollars. The cost of the project eventually swelled to $165 million. Kane Webb in a Wall Street Journal story called Rutherford "the master builder Hemon to Bill Clinton's pharaoh Cheops."	+	'''James L. (Skip) Rutherford''' is William J. Clinton Professor and Dean of the University of Arkansas [[Clinton School of Public Service]] (May 2006-present). Rutherford is past chairman (1997-2006) of the nonprofit [[William J. Clinton Foundation]], which oversaw construction of the [[Clinton Presidential Center]]. The original Foundation fundraising goal for the Library was $80-100 million dollars. The cost of the project eventually swelled to $165 million. Kane Webb in a Wall Street Journal story called Rutherford "the master builder Hemon to Bill Clinton's pharaoh Cheops."

	Rutherford championed the location of the Library to potential donors by noting its proximity to convention hotel space, restaurants, shops. He is quoted as having taken great pride that Foundation efforts had "broken the barrier of the interstate [I-30] ... [and] led the effort to reclaim a blighted, neglected area and to turn it into a showplace." He has also been quoted as saying that having the main library of the [[Central Arkansas Library System]] only a few blocks away was "a major factor in determining the site for the [[Clinton Library]] in downtown Little Rock."		Rutherford championed the location of the Library to potential donors by noting its proximity to convention hotel space, restaurants, shops. He is quoted as having taken great pride that Foundation efforts had "broken the barrier of the interstate [I-30] ... [and] led the effort to reclaim a blighted, neglected area and to turn it into a showplace." He has also been quoted as saying that having the main library of the [[Central Arkansas Library System]] only a few blocks away was "a major factor in determining the site for the [[Clinton Library]] in downtown Little Rock."

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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.clintonschool.uasys.edu/students-faculty-staff/faculty-staff/detail.aspx?member=jlrutherford Rutherford's faculty page at the Clinton School of Public Service.]
+*[http://www.clintonschool.uasys.edu/students-faculty-staff/faculty-staff/detail.aspx?member=jlrutherford Rutherford's faculty page at the Clinton School]
 *[http://www.clintonfoundation.org/wmp/ded-interviews-rutherford.wmv Brief remarks by Rutherford at Clinton Library dedication ceremony]

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 In response to Bill Clinton's frequent requests for information about the status of construction on the library complex, Rutherford had his staff install a [[ClintonCam]] webcam that was available 24/7. Rutherford also dreamed up the "Bill Clinton Collection," a CD full of Clinton's favorite music made available at Little Rock's [[Clinton Museum Store]] and on the store's Web site.
-Rutherford became embroiled in the dispute with landowner [[Eugene Pfeifer III]] over the site of the Clinton presidential library complex beginning in November 2000. He also became involved in the court struggle over an estimated $1.2 to 3 million dollar [[economic-development tax break]] for the Clinton Library. The economic-development tax break became the preferred mechanism for city purchase of the land for the Clinton Center after a proposed [[hamburger tax]] measure was defeated.
+Rutherford became embroiled in the dispute with landowner [[Eugene Pfeifer III]] over the site of the Clinton presidential library complex beginning in November 2000. He also became involved in the court struggle over an estimated $1.2 to 3 million dollar [[economic-development tax break]] for the Clinton Library. The economic-development tax break became the preferred mechanism for city purchase of the land for the Clinton Center after a proposed [[hamburger tax]] measure was defeated. Said Rutherford at a 2001 leadership forum, "Controversy for presidential libraries is a gold mine. "It's the dull libraries that have trouble."
 Rutherford was subpoenaed in February 2001 by the [[Burton House Committee on Government Reform]], which was investigating possible links between Foundation fund-raising efforts and the pardon of fugitive [[Marc Rich]], wanted on charges of tax evasion. Rich's ex-wife [[Denise Rich]] donated $450,000 to the library foundation in three installments between July 1998 and May 2000. The Clinton Foundation refused to turn over the subpoenaed files, which would include records of [[donors]] and amounts. Rutherford argued that such records "have always been private."
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 ==References==
-* Suzi Parker, "Divulging Donors of Clinton Library: A Bad Precedent?" ''Christian Science Monitor'' 93 no. 63 (February 26, 2001): 1-2.
+*Jay Harrod and Kerry Kraus, "Capital Improvements: A Look at Little Rock's Past and Future Downtown Revitalization Efforts," ''Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism,'' April 9, 2002.
-* Kane Webb, "A Big Deal in Little Rock," ''Wall Street Journal'' (November 17, 2004): A16
+*Suzi Parker, "Divulging Donors of Clinton Library: A Bad Precedent?" ''Christian Science Monitor'' 93 no. 63 (February 26, 2001): 1-2.
-* Jay Harrod and Kerry Kraus, "Capital Improvements: A Look at Little Rock's Past and Future Downtown Revitalization Efforts," ''Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism'' (April 9, 2002).
+*Kevin Sack, "Pardon is Trouble for Clinton Library," ''New York Times,'' February 18, 2001.
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.clintonschool.uasys.edu/students-faculty-staff/faculty-staff/detail.aspx?member=jlrutherford Rutherford's faculty page at the Clinton School of Public Service.]
+*[http://www.clintonschool.uasys.edu/students-faculty-staff/faculty-staff/detail.aspx?member=jlrutherford Rutherford's faculty page at the Clinton School of Public Service.]
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	* [http://www.clintonschool.uasys.edu/students-faculty-staff/faculty-staff/detail.aspx?member=jlrutherford Rutherford's faculty page at the Clinton School of Public Service.]		* [http://www.clintonschool.uasys.edu/students-faculty-staff/faculty-staff/detail.aspx?member=jlrutherford Rutherford's faculty page at the Clinton School of Public Service.]

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	* [http://www.clintonschool.uasys.edu/students-faculty-staff/faculty-staff/detail.aspx?member=jlrutherford Rutherford's faculty page at the Clinton School of Public Service.]		* [http://www.clintonschool.uasys.edu/students-faculty-staff/faculty-staff/detail.aspx?member=jlrutherford Rutherford's faculty page at the Clinton School of Public Service.]

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