http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2015/08/post_29.htmlPortland State University will enter the public stage of a $300 million fundraising campaign without its top two development officers, who are resigning after falling for a phony billionaire and $100 million that never existed.
PSU Foundation president Francoise Aylmer and chief development officer Kristin Coppola were the two main contacts for John Michael Fitzpatrick, the cryptocurrency dealer who offered to donate the public university $100 million -- and later, $1.18 billion. University administrators planned a press conference to announce the deal, inviting Gov. Kate Brown and Mayor Charlie Hales, but pulled the plug at the last minute when the money never materialized.