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'''David Lyle Boren''' (born April 21, 1941) is a retired American lawyer and politician from the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Oklahoma]]. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], he served as 21st [[governor of Oklahoma]] from 1975 to 1979 and three terms in the [[United States Senate]] from 1979 to 1994. A [[conservative Democrat]], as ofto 2022date, he is the most recentlast in his party to have served as U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. He was the 13th and second-longest serving president of the [[University of Oklahoma]] from 1994 to 2018. He was the longest serving chairman of the [[United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence|Senate Select Committee on Intelligence]]. On September 20, 2017, Boren officially announced his retirement as president of the University of Oklahoma, effective June 30, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://newsok.com/ou-president-david-boren-makes-announcement/article/5564839|title=OU President David Boren announces retirement|date=September 20, 2017|work=NewsOK.com|access-date=September 20, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Early life and career==

Boren was born in [[Washington, D.C.]], the son of Christine (née McKown) and former [[U.S. House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] [[Lyle Boren|Lyle Hagler Boren]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/boren.htm|title=1|work=ancestry.com|access-date=March 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125170624/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/boren.htm|archive-date=November 25, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> He graduated in 1963 from [[Yale University]], where he majored in American history, graduated in the top one percent of his class and was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]].<ref>[http://www.ou.edu/content/president/biography.html Biography: Office of the President] at University of Oklahoma website.</ref> He was a member of the Yale Conservative Party, [[Cannon and Castle (Honor Society)|Cannon and Castle]] ROTC Honor Society, elected president of the [[Yale Political Union]] and is a member of [[Skull and Bones]].<ref>[[Alexandra Robbins]], ''Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power'', Little, Brown and Company, 2002, page 124, 158.</ref><ref>Lloyd Grove, "The Boren Identity; Oklahoma's Senator, Unlikely Point Man for Clinton Plan", ''[[The Washington Post]]'', March 24, 1993.</ref> He was selected as a [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholar]] and earned a [[Master's degree in Europe|master's degree]] in [[Philosophy, Politics, and Economics]] from [[University of Oxford]] (1965), serving later as a member of the [[Rhodes Scholarship]] selection committee.

In 1966 Boren defeated fellow Democrat [[William C. Wantland]] in a primary election<ref>{{cite news|title=Seminole Lawyer Asks for Election Recount|agency=Daily Oklahoman|date=May 27, 1966|page=55}}</ref> and Clifford Conn Jr. in the general election to win a seat in the [[Oklahoma House of Representatives]], where he served four terms, 1967 to 1975. In 1968, he received a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree from the [[University of Oklahoma College of Law]].

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==Governor==

[[File:David Boren (OK).png|140px|thumb|left|Boren as governor.]]

In [[1974 Oklahoma gubernatorial election|1974]], Boren ran for governor. In keeping with the anti-establishment movements of that [[Watergate scandal]]-era campaign season, Boren's effort included the "Boren Broom Brigade" to demonstrate his pledge to "sweep out the Old Guard" and bring fundamental reforms to state government.<ref>United Press International, Frederick Daily Leader, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rVVDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sK0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2889,3975863&dq=boren+broom+brigade&hl=en Boren Sweeps Past Opponent], November 6, 1974</ref>

Boren and [[Congressman]] [[Clem McSpadden]] defeated incumbent [[David Hall (Oklahoma governor)|David Hall]] in the primary election and moved into a runoff for the Democratic nomination.<ref>Martin Waldron, ''The New York Times'', [https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/29/archives/gov-hall-defeated-in-oklahoma-mcspadden-and-boren-in-runoff-boren.html Gov. Hall Defeated in Oklahoma: McSpadden and Boren in Runoff; Boren Total a Surprise], August 29, 1974</ref> Boren beat McSpadden in the runoff<ref>United Press International, Warsaw Times-Union, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9oJHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cnwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4552,2254399&dq=boren+defeat+mcspadden+runoff&hl=en Rhodes Scholar Captures Runoff Race in Oklahoma], September 18, 1974</ref> and subsequently defeated [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Jim Inhofe]] in the general election. Coincidentally, Inhofe would go on to be his successor in the [[United States Senate]] in the [[1994 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma|1994 special election]] after his resignation.<ref>Associated Press, Lawrence World-Journal, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9aoyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uOgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4591,721347&dq=boren+defeat+inhofe+oklahoma+governor&hl=en New Oklahoma Governor is Rhodes Scholar], November 6, 1974</ref>

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===Accusations in 1978 U.S. Senate Campaign===

During his 1978 U.S. Senate campaign<ref name=autogenerated2>Mother Jones [https://books.google.com/books?id=s-YDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA12&ots=KXcZUyjDTo&dq=boren%20bible%20governor%20bisexual&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q&f=false We're OK; How's Oklahoma] Dev. 1978</ref> while holding the office of Governor, Boren's main rival for the Democratic party's nomination, former U.S. Rep Ed Edmondson, called Boren "a Republican"<ref name=autogenerated3 /> due to a Boren policy as Governor which eliminated the state tax for inheritances between spouses.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> Edmondson took a pledge recited on a biography of President Harry Truman, that he was not nor had never been "a Republican."<ref name=autogenerated2 />

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Another of Boren's primary opponents was Anthony Points, who ran under an assumed name, had faced charges of passing bogus checks,<ref name=autogenerated2 /> and accused Boren of being gay.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> Following his victory, Boren swore an oath on a family Bible, declaring "I know what homosexuals and bisexuals are. I further swear that I am not a homosexual or bisexual. And I further swear that I have never been a homosexual or bisexual. And I further swear that I have never engaged in any homosexual or bisexual activities nor do I approve of or condone them."<ref name=autogenerated2 />

Despite the personal attacks which made ''The Washington Post'' describe the race as a "Gutter Shootout" <ref>{{cite news |title=Gutter Shootout in Oklahoma |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/08/12/gutter-shootout-in-oklahoma/e0b161e1-0e4b-4c2f-8a8a-eb9ba80ded14/ |newspaperaccess-date=[[The Washington Post]]2023-05-04}}</ref> Boren prevailed by wide margins in the primary, runoff and general election balloting.<ref name=autogenerated4 /><ref name=autogenerated3 />

==U.S. Senator==

[[File:Senator David Boren.jpg|140px|thumb|left|Boren as a senator]]

In the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]], Boren was known as a [[centrist]] or [[conservative Democrat]], and was a protégé of Texas Sen. [[Lloyd Bentsen]] and was often aligned with southern Democrats [[Sam Nunn]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and [[Howell Heflin]] of [[Alabama]]. He was a strong advocate of tax cuts across the board as the cornerstone of economic policy. He opposed the [[Windfallwindfall profit tax]] on the domestic [[Petroleum in the United States|domestic oil]] industry]], which was repealed in 1988.<ref name="tax history">

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Boren served on the [[United States Senate Committee on Finance|Senate Committee on Finance]] and the [[United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry|Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry]].<ref name="LOC_Bio"/> He also served as chairman of the [[United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence|Senate Select Committee on Intelligence]] from 1987 to 1993.<ref name="LOC_Bio"/> His six years is the longest tenure for a Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, tied with [[Dianne Feinstein]]. Boren sponsored the National Security Education Act of 1991, which established the [[National Security Education Program]].<ref name="LOC_Bio"/>{{efn|During his three terms, he also served on the following committees: Appropriations; Armed Forces; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Budget; Commerce, Science and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Finance; Foreign Relations; Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Indian Affairs; Judiciary; Rules and Administration; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; Veterans' Affairs.<ref name="LOC_Bio">[https://www.congress.gov/member/david-boren/B000639 "David L. Boren." Official Biography, U.S. Congress.] Accessed August 29, 2018.</ref>}}

Boren was one of only two Democratic senators to vote in favor of the [[Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination|controversial nomination of]] [[Robert Bork]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]], in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://articleswww.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-23/news/-mn-10814_1_senate10814-rejects-borkstory.html|title=Senate Rejects Bork, 58-42 : Six Republicans Bolt Party Ranks to Oppose Judge|date=October 23, 1987|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref> Boren also decided in 1991 to vote against the [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/document.php?id=cqal91-1111031|title = CQ Almanac Online Edition}}</ref>

Boren was one of President [[Bill Clinton]]'s top choices to replace [[Les Aspin]] as a [[U.S. Secretary of Defense]] in 1994. However, Clinton selected [[William J. Perry]] instead.<ref>[[George Stephanopoulos]], ''[[All Too Human: A Political Education]]'', 1999</ref>

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As of 20212023, he is the last Democrat to serve as a U.S. Senator from Oklahoma.

===Praise from Nelson Mandela===

As chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Boren was instrumental in building consensus and bipartisan support for the U.S. State Department initiatives to promote democracy abroad which helped lead to the release of [[Nelson Mandela]]. Boren was praised and received a standing ovation led by Mandela at a special broadcast of [[ABC News Nightline]] with [[Ted Koppel]], which commemorated Mandela's historic release from prison in South Africa. During his first visit to the US after his release, Mandela was a dinner guest of Boren and wife Molly.<ref>Dana Hertneky, KWTV Television News, [http://www.news9.com/story/24199094/ou-president-former-ok-senator-remembers-nelson-mandela OU President David Boren Remembers Nelson Mandela], December 11, 2013</ref><ref>ABC News, Nightline, {{YouTube|a1HZIfK4e8E|David L. Boren converses with Nelson Mandela}}, December 17, 2013</ref><ref>C-SPAN, [http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/12894-1 Senate Dinner for Mandela], June 25, 1990</ref>

== University of Oklahoma presidency ==

== Post-Senate career ==▼

Boren served as president of the University of Oklahoma from 1994 until June 30, 2018, and was succeeded by business executive [[James L. Gallogly|Jim Gallogly]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://kfor.com/2018/07/02/james-gallogly-officially-takes-over-as-ous-president/|title=James Gallogly officially takes over as OU's president|last=Querry|first=K.|date=June 2, 2018|work=KFOR|access-date=June 2, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> He has also served on the [[Board of Directors]] of [[Texas Instruments]] and [[AMR Corporation]] (then parent company of [[American Airlines]]). As of 2017, his salary as president of the University of Oklahoma was $383,852.88 annually.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oklahoma's Finances:Online and in Action |url=http://www.ok.gov/okaa/_app/index.php |access-date=May 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621133136/http://www.ok.gov/okaa/_app/index.php |archive-date=June 21, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> One semester every school year, Boren taught a freshman level political science class to 200 students.

===Sigma Alpha Epsilon incident===▼

In [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]], [[Reform Party (United States)|Reform Party]] presidential candidate [[Ross Perot]] unsuccessfully sought Boren to be his vice-presidential running mate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/candidates/reform/choate/|title=AllPolitics - Reform Party - Pat Choate|work=cnn.com|access-date=June 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911045931/http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/candidates/reform/choate/|archive-date=September 11, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2001, Boren, along with fellow Democrat former governor [[George Nigh]] was listed as being in support of the [[Right to Work]] law in Oklahoma. The measure, proposed and sponsored by then Gov. [[Frank Keating]], was passed by the voters.▼

{{See also|2015 University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon racism incident}}▼

In March 2015, a recording was made public of members of the University of Oklahoma's [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]] fraternity singing a racially derogatory song which used the racial slur "N-word"[[nigger]] and included reference to lynching and racial segregation. As university president, Boren appeared widely in US media and condemned the behavior, expelled two student members of the fraternity, and with the fraternity's national headquarters' help, ordered the OU chapter's closure. He also created a mandatory Diversity Training for the whole campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/us/university-of-oklahoma-cuts-ties-to-fraternity-after-racist-videos-surface.html| work=The New York Times|title=Fraternity Is Closed Over Video With Slurs|date=March 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=University of Oklahoma Expels Two Students Tied to Racist Chant Video|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/university-oklahoma-expels-two-students-tied-racist-chant-video-n320831|website=nbcnews.com|access-date=March 10, 2015|date=March 10, 2015}}</ref> Some legal scholars have argued that these expulsions were improper, as speech, even if offensive, is protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Volokh|first1=Eugene|title=No, a public university may not expel students for racist speech|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/03/10/no-a-public-university-may-not-expel-students-for-racist-speech/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 10, 2015|date=March 10, 2015}}</ref><ref name=branson-potts>{{cite news |last1= Branson-Potts |first1=Hailey |last2=Pearce |first2=Matt |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-oklahoma-fraternity-fallout-20150310-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=March 10, 2015 |date=March 10, 2015 | title=Expelled University of Oklahoma student in racist chant video 'deeply sorry'}}</ref> Other scholars have argued that the expulsion was based on the student [[code of conduct]], and was not protected.<ref name=branson-potts/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sherman|first1=Bill|title=Can OU president David Boren discipline SAE fraternity members? Experts weigh in|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state/can-ou-president-david-boren-discipline-sae-fraternity-members-experts/article_9adc448d-7dc3-5a23-907c-c0d9a64bfeb0.html|access-date=April 16, 2015|work=Tulsa World|date=March 10, 2015}}</ref>▼

Boren is regarded as a mentor to former [[director of Central Intelligence]] [[George Tenet]] from his days as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.<ref>{{cite web

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===2019 Sexual Misconduct Scandalinvestigation===▼

In June 2007, conservative political columnist [[Robert Novak]] claimed that Boren had met with [[NYC|New York]] Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]] to discuss a possible third-party presidential campaign. Bloomberg had recently left the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]], and speculation arose that he discussed the possibility of Boren joining him as a running mate.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/18/politics/p153151D33.DTL&type=politics | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621111250/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2007%2F06%2F18%2Fpolitics%2Fp153151D33.DTL&type=politics | archive-date=June 21, 2007 | title=New York Mayor Bloomberg answers presidential questions 2 ways | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> However, on April 18, 2008, Boren endorsed the leading Democratic candidate, Sen. [[Barack Obama]] of [[Illinois]].▼

On February 13, 2019, while on sabbatical from health issues, following his 2018 retirement it was reported that the University of Oklahoma had hired the [[Jones Day]] law firm to investigate Boren after allegations of his "serious" misconduct arose at the university.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/us/david-boren-investigation-ou.html | title=Former University of Oklahoma President Faces Sexual Misconduct Allegations | newspaper=The New York Times | date=March 30, 2019 | last1=Mele | first1=Christopher }}</ref> The university and specifically the OU Board of Regents declined to specify whether the investigation was actually of Boren, or to specify its start or projected end date, instead referring to it generally as an ongoing personnel investigation.<ref name=autogenerated5 /> Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation conducted a criminal investigation which lasted a year ending with no charges.<ref name="oklahoman.com"/>▼

SixDuring witnessesthe describedyear sexuallong harassmentinvestigation which ended with no charges, six witnesses described interactions with Boren,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news9.com/story/5e3477ab527dcf49dad7220f/ou-investigators-interview-6-witnesses-say-boren-accuser-is-generally-credible|title=OU Investigators Interview 6 Witnesses, Say Boren Accuser Is 'Generally Credible'|first=David|last=Griffin|website=www.news9.com}}</ref> shortly after the end of his 24-year tenure as the institution's president.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news |title=Boren under investigation for sexual harassment |publisher=NewsOK |url=https://newsok.com/article/5622885/boren-under-investigation-for-sexual-harassment |date=February 13, 2019 |access-date=February 14, 2019 }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated5>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oudaily.com/news/ou-board-of-regents-discusses-ongoing-personnel-investigation-in-executive/article_581b92e0-353f-11e9-8d6a-2fa398c3da5c.html|title=OU Board of Regents discusses ongoing personnel investigation in executive session, says OU President James Gallogly not involved|first=Jana |last=Allen|website=OU Daily|date=February 20, 2019 |language=en|access-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref> University of Oklahoma regents received the findings of that Title IX investigation in April 2019, conducted by the law firm Jones Day, and turned it over to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation for the agency's criminal investigation which lasted a year ending with no charges.<ref name="oklahoman.com">{{Cite web |url=https://oklahoman.com/news/david-boren-investigation |title=ArchivedOklahoman copyInvestigation - David Boren |access-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-date=November 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119204716/https://oklahoman.com/news/david-boren-investigation |url-status=dead }}</ref> Only a portion of the Title IX report has been released publicly to accuser and former OU student Jess Eddy, whose allegations were deemed "generally credible" by the law firm though Eddy admitted to "calling Boren personally and asking for financial compensation after The Oklahoman first reported Boren was being investigated."<ref name="Murphy">{{Cite news|url=https://ktul.com/news/local/man-accusing-former-ou-president-boren-of-sexual-misconduct-speaks-to-ap|title=Man accusing former OU President Boren of sexual misconduct speaks to AP|last=Murphy|first=Sean|date=March 29, 2019|agency=Associated Press|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref> The four-page section released by OU referenced "six witnesses" who discussed interactions with Boren.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nondoc.com/2019/05/28/jones-day-assessment-jess-eddy-generally-credible-on-boren-allegation/|title=Jones Day assessment: Jess Eddy "generally credible" on Boren allegation |date=February 13, 2019 |access-date=May 28, 2019 }}</ref> Boren's successor, [[James L. Gallogly]] who ordered investigations of Boren, resigned May 12, 2019 after tennine months and two weeks in office.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newsok.com/article/5628291/ou-regents-hear-findings-of-boren-investigation|title=OU regents hear findings of Boren investigation|last=Kemp|first=Adam|date=April 10, 2019|work=The Oklahoman|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=OU President Jim Gallogly Announces Plans to Retire|url=http://www.ou.edu/web/news_events/articles/news_2019/ou-president-jim-gallogly-announces-plans-to-retire|publisher=University of Oklahoma|date=May 12, 2019|access-date=May 13, 2019}}</ref>▼

In 2008, he released a book titled ''A Letter to America''.<ref>{{cite news |title=A call for change |publisher=Tulsa World |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/entertainment/article.aspx?articleID=20080329_8_H8_bALET44056 |date=March 30, 2008 |access-date=April 8, 2008 }}</ref>▼

The investigation purportedly sought to determine whether Boren sexually harassed staff or students during his tenure as president. The allegations arose from a Fall 2010 Boren fundraising trip to Houston in a private jet and hotel events afterward. During the investigation, OU graduate and former Boren classroom aide Jess Eddy made his allegation of Boren's sexual misconduct public through media interviews.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Savage |first1=Tres |title=OU graduate alleges sexual battery by David Boren, Tripp Hall |url=https://nondoc.com/2019/03/26/ou-grad-alleges-david-boren-tripp-hall-sexual-battery/ |website=NonDoc |date=March 26, 2019|access-date=March 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=SEAN MURPHY |title=Oklahoma ex-senator David Boren accused of sexual misconduct |url=https://news.yahoo.com/oklahoma-ex-senator-david-boren-accused-sexual-misconduct-192028112.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLnlhaG9vLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIXowpHIxijxyg4OcSJgfegtjbo9LUFrRU1RMhNJN4gBYgQ9Hmo3njx5E8Th5ZUrpkD3Rc_3nKwtFVGqHrAxw6tO-F8f1Vx05iDDLlcj2ynq_Vjbx6XSRnhIsR4q66Oba4iYhP_9FbCtl_0nhK77HLHEiLMIF_2ECKwCexe8GUrP |access-date=April 1, 2019 |work=Yahoo News |agency=Associated Press |quote=That fall, he said, he accompanied Boren on a weekend fundraising-and-recruiting trip to Houston, where he flew on a private jet with Boren and attended a dinner with donors. He said he and Boren ended up in Boren's hotel room, where the two of them drank alcohol and Boren made an unwanted sexual advance and touched him inappropriately before he left the room.}}</ref> Boren has issued a blanket denial of any misconduct or illegal activity through his attorney.<ref name=autogenerated1 />▼

Boren and former U.S. senator [[Chuck Hagel]] served as co-chairmen of the nonpartisan U.S. [[President's Intelligence Advisory Board]] under Barack Obama.<ref>{{cite news |title=Obama appoints David Boren to intelligence post |publisher=Tulsa World |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=16&articleid=20091029_16_A5_Univer286742|date=October 29, 2009 |access-date=February 8, 2010 }}</ref> He sits on the honorary board of the [[National Association for Urban Debate Leagues]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}} He was inducted into the [[Oklahoma Hall of Fame]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oklahomaheritage.com/HallofFame/ByName/tabid/89/Default.aspx | title=Oklahoma Hall of Fame | access-date=November 16, 2012}}</ref> In 1996, Boren received the Foreign Language Advocacy Award from the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in recognition of his support for education and his authorship of the National Security Education Act of 1992.<ref>{{cite web|title=The James W. Dodge Foreign Language Advocate Award |url=http://www.nectfl.org/awards-james-w-dodge-foreign-language-advocate-award |publisher=Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages |access-date=August 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821193635/http://www.nectfl.org/awards-james-w-dodge-foreign-language-advocate-award |archive-date=August 21, 2014 }}</ref>▼

Boren's attorney has stated that the investigation is "not an objective search for truth,"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oudaily.com/news/david-boren-spokesperson-denies-any-inappropriate-behavior-calls-sexual-harassment/article_1dcac246-2ff9-11e9-9ff6-73240d6fcf51.html|title=David Boren spokesperson denies any inappropriate behavior, calls sexual harassment investigation a 'fishing expedition'|last=Hazelrigg|first=Nick|date=February 13, 2019|work=The OU Daily|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref> and an attempted character assassination on Boren without basis in fact, adding that "Boren was unaware of any allegations until he heard about it in the press."<ref>{{cite news |title=Attorney Says David Boren Pretty Down After Allegations Of Sexual Harassment |publisher=OK News Channel 6|url=https://www.newson6.com/story/39968323/attorney-says-david-boren-pretty-down-after-allegations-of-sexual-harassment |date=February 14, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 }}</ref> Boren's attorney also stated that current OU President [[James L. Gallogly]] told a Vice President of the University of Oklahoma to deliver the message to Boren that "I am the meanest son of a bitch he has ever seen, and if he ever crosses me again, I will destroy him," after Boren wrote an op-ed defending the state of OU's finances in response to Gallogly's assertion that they were in disorder following Boren's tenure as president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.normantranscript.com/news/gallogly-to-boren-cross-me-again-i-will-destroy-you/article_b88f7ac6-fd84-11e8-87bf-9fde9c852062.html|title=Gallogly to Boren: Cross me again, 'I will destroy you'|last=Staff|first=Mack Burke, Caleb Slinkard and Adam Troxtell {{!}} Transcript|website=Norman Transcript|date=December 11, 2018 |language=en|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oudaily.com/news/it-doesn-t-exist-on-my-part-james-gallogly-denies/article_df543fb4-ff3e-11e8-9352-e79579c69a3b.html|title='It doesn't exist on my part': James Gallogly denies feud with David Boren, calls for focus on university|last=Allen|first=Jana|date=December 13, 2018|work=The OU Daily|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref>▼

▲===Sigma Alpha Epsilon incident===

▲{{See also|2015 University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon racism incident}}

The University of Oklahoma regents received the results of the investigation in April 2019, and although they did not release any of the findings, the chairwoman described the probe as "fair, non-biased, thorough and objective."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/ap-top-news/2019/04/09/ou-regents-chair-investigation-of-boren-was-fair-objective|title=OU Regents Chair: Investigation of Boren was fair, objective|last=Murphy|first=Sean|date=April 9, 2019|agency=Associated Press|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref> Boren accuser Jess Eddy has admitted to "calling Boren personally and asking for financial compensation after The Oklahoman first reported Boren was being investigated."<ref name="Murphy"/> Eddy responded to the non-disclosure of the findings by calling for the report by Jones Day to be released.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oudaily.com/news/boren-hall-accusers-say-ou-has-history-of-excusing-sexual/article_f16ceb5c-6829-11e9-ac33-9b3229324dd5.html|title=Boren, Hall accusers say OU has history of excusing sexual abuse, calls for release of Jones Day report|last1=Hazelrigg|first1=Nick|date=April 26, 2019|work=The OU Daily|access-date=April 26, 2019|last2=Miller|first2=Jordan}}</ref>▼

▲In March 2015, a recording was made public of members of the University of Oklahoma's [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]] fraternity singing a racially derogatory song which used the racial slur "N-word" and included reference to lynching and racial segregation. As university president, Boren appeared widely in US media and condemned the behavior, expelled two student members of the fraternity, and with the fraternity's national headquarters' help, ordered the OU chapter's closure. He also created a mandatory Diversity Training for the whole campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/us/university-of-oklahoma-cuts-ties-to-fraternity-after-racist-videos-surface.html| work=The New York Times|title=Fraternity Is Closed Over Video With Slurs|date=March 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=University of Oklahoma Expels Two Students Tied to Racist Chant Video|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/university-oklahoma-expels-two-students-tied-racist-chant-video-n320831|website=nbcnews.com|access-date=March 10, 2015|date=March 10, 2015}}</ref> Some legal scholars have argued that these expulsions were improper, as speech, even if offensive, is protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Volokh|first1=Eugene|title=No, a public university may not expel students for racist speech|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/03/10/no-a-public-university-may-not-expel-students-for-racist-speech/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 10, 2015|date=March 10, 2015}}</ref><ref name=branson-potts>{{cite news |last1= Branson-Potts |first1=Hailey |last2=Pearce |first2=Matt |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-oklahoma-fraternity-fallout-20150310-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=March 10, 2015 |date=March 10, 2015 | title=Expelled University of Oklahoma student in racist chant video 'deeply sorry'}}</ref> Other scholars have argued that the expulsion was based on the student [[code of conduct]], and was not protected.<ref name=branson-potts/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sherman|first1=Bill|title=Can OU president David Boren discipline SAE fraternity members? Experts weigh in|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state/can-ou-president-david-boren-discipline-sae-fraternity-members-experts/article_9adc448d-7dc3-5a23-907c-c0d9a64bfeb0.html|access-date=April 16, 2015|work=Tulsa World|date=March 10, 2015}}</ref>

▲== Post-Senate career ==

▲===2019 Sexual Misconduct Scandal===

▲In [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]], [[Reform Party (United States)|Reform Party]] presidential candidate [[Ross Perot]] unsuccessfully sought Boren to be his vice-presidential running mate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/candidates/reform/choate/|title=AllPolitics - Reform Party - Pat Choate|work=cnn.com|access-date=June 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911045931/http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/candidates/reform/choate/|archive-date=September 11, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2001, Boren, along with fellow Democrat former governor [[George Nigh]] was listed as being in support of the [[Right -to-work Worklaw]] law in Oklahoma. The measure, proposed and sponsored by then Gov. [[Frank Keating]], was passed by the voters.

▲On February 13, 2019, it was reported that the University of Oklahoma had hired the [[Jones Day]] law firm to investigate Boren after allegations of his "serious" misconduct arose at the university.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/us/david-boren-investigation-ou.html | title=Former University of Oklahoma President Faces Sexual Misconduct Allegations | newspaper=The New York Times | date=March 30, 2019 | last1=Mele | first1=Christopher }}</ref> The university and specifically the OU Board of Regents declined to specify whether the investigation was actually of Boren, or to specify its start or projected end date, instead referring to it generally as an ongoing personnel investigation.<ref name=autogenerated5 /> Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation conducted a criminal investigation which lasted a year ending with no charges.<ref name="oklahoman.com"/>

Boren is regarded as a mentor to former [[director of Central Intelligence]] [[George Tenet]] from his days as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2003/Tenet_speech_05102003.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613045132/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/speeches-testimony/2003/Tenet_speech_05102003.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 13, 2007 |title=Remarks by the Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet at the University of Oklahoma Graduation Ceremony |last=Tenet |first=George |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |date=May 13, 2003 |access-date=May 5, 2008}}</ref> On the morning of [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11, 2001]], Boren and Tenet were having breakfast together when Tenet was called away to respond to the terror attacks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/terroristattack/intelligence2.html |title=NewsHour with Jim Lehrer - Intelligence Investigation |publisher=Public Broadcasting System |date=September 11, 2001 |access-date=June 16, 2008}}</ref>

▲Six witnesses described sexual harassment interactions with Boren,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news9.com/story/5e3477ab527dcf49dad7220f/ou-investigators-interview-6-witnesses-say-boren-accuser-is-generally-credible|title=OU Investigators Interview 6 Witnesses, Say Boren Accuser Is 'Generally Credible'|first=David|last=Griffin|website=www.news9.com}}</ref> shortly after the end of his 24-year tenure as the institution's president.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news |title=Boren under investigation for sexual harassment |publisher=NewsOK |url=https://newsok.com/article/5622885/boren-under-investigation-for-sexual-harassment |date=February 13, 2019 |access-date=February 14, 2019 }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated5>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oudaily.com/news/ou-board-of-regents-discusses-ongoing-personnel-investigation-in-executive/article_581b92e0-353f-11e9-8d6a-2fa398c3da5c.html|title=OU Board of Regents discusses ongoing personnel investigation in executive session, says OU President James Gallogly not involved|first=Jana |last=Allen|website=OU Daily|language=en|access-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref> University of Oklahoma regents received the findings of that Title IX investigation in April 2019, conducted by the law firm Jones Day, and turned it over to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation for the agency's criminal investigation which lasted a year ending with no charges.<ref name="oklahoman.com">{{Cite web |url=https://oklahoman.com/news/david-boren-investigation |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-date=November 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119204716/https://oklahoman.com/news/david-boren-investigation |url-status=dead }}</ref> Only a portion of the Title IX report has been released publicly to accuser and former OU student Jess Eddy, whose allegations were deemed "generally credible" by the law firm though Eddy admitted to "calling Boren personally and asking for financial compensation after The Oklahoman first reported Boren was being investigated."<ref name="Murphy">{{Cite news|url=https://ktul.com/news/local/man-accusing-former-ou-president-boren-of-sexual-misconduct-speaks-to-ap|title=Man accusing former OU President Boren of sexual misconduct speaks to AP|last=Murphy|first=Sean|date=March 29, 2019|agency=Associated Press|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref> The four-page section released by OU referenced "six witnesses" who discussed interactions with Boren.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nondoc.com/2019/05/28/jones-day-assessment-jess-eddy-generally-credible-on-boren-allegation/|title=Jones Day assessment: Jess Eddy "generally credible" on Boren allegation |date=February 13, 2019 |access-date=May 28, 2019 }}</ref> Boren's successor, [[James L. Gallogly]] who ordered investigations of Boren, resigned May 12, 2019 after ten months in office.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newsok.com/article/5628291/ou-regents-hear-findings-of-boren-investigation|title=OU regents hear findings of Boren investigation|last=Kemp|first=Adam|date=April 10, 2019|work=The Oklahoman|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=OU President Jim Gallogly Announces Plans to Retire|url=http://www.ou.edu/web/news_events/articles/news_2019/ou-president-jim-gallogly-announces-plans-to-retire|publisher=University of Oklahoma|date=May 12, 2019|access-date=May 13, 2019}}</ref>

▲In June 2007, conservative political columnist [[Robert Novak]] claimed that Boren had met with [[NYC|New York]] Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]] to discuss a possible third-party presidential campaign. Bloomberg had recently left the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]], and speculation arose that he discussed the possibility of Boren joining him as a running mate.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/18/politics/p153151D33.DTL&type=politics | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621111250/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2007%2F06%2F18%2Fpolitics%2Fp153151D33.DTL&type=politics | archive-date=June 21, 2007 | title=New York Mayor Bloomberg answers presidential questions 2 ways | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> However, on April 18, 2008, Boren endorsed the leading Democratic candidate, Sen. [[Barack Obama]] of [[Illinois]].

▲The investigation purportedly sought to determine whether Boren sexually harassed staff or students during his tenure as president. The allegations arose from a Fall 2010 Boren fundraising trip to Houston in a private jet and hotel events afterward. During the investigation, OU graduate and former Boren classroom aide Jess Eddy made his allegation of Boren's sexual misconduct public through media interviews.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Savage |first1=Tres |title=OU graduate alleges sexual battery by David Boren, Tripp Hall |url=https://nondoc.com/2019/03/26/ou-grad-alleges-david-boren-tripp-hall-sexual-battery/ |website=NonDoc |date=March 26, 2019|access-date=March 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=SEAN MURPHY |title=Oklahoma ex-senator David Boren accused of sexual misconduct |url=https://news.yahoo.com/oklahoma-ex-senator-david-boren-accused-sexual-misconduct-192028112.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLnlhaG9vLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIXowpHIxijxyg4OcSJgfegtjbo9LUFrRU1RMhNJN4gBYgQ9Hmo3njx5E8Th5ZUrpkD3Rc_3nKwtFVGqHrAxw6tO-F8f1Vx05iDDLlcj2ynq_Vjbx6XSRnhIsR4q66Oba4iYhP_9FbCtl_0nhK77HLHEiLMIF_2ECKwCexe8GUrP |access-date=April 1, 2019 |work=Yahoo News |agency=Associated Press |quote=That fall, he said, he accompanied Boren on a weekend fundraising-and-recruiting trip to Houston, where he flew on a private jet with Boren and attended a dinner with donors. He said he and Boren ended up in Boren's hotel room, where the two of them drank alcohol and Boren made an unwanted sexual advance and touched him inappropriately before he left the room.}}</ref> Boren has issued a blanket denial of any misconduct or illegal activity through his attorney.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

▲In 2008, he released a book titled ''A Letter to America''.<ref>{{cite news |title=A call for change |publisher=Tulsa World |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/entertainment/article.aspx?articleID=20080329_8_H8_bALET44056 |date=March 30, 2008 |access-date=April 8, 2008 }}</ref>

▲Boren's attorney has stated that the investigation is "not an objective search for truth,"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oudaily.com/news/david-boren-spokesperson-denies-any-inappropriate-behavior-calls-sexual-harassment/article_1dcac246-2ff9-11e9-9ff6-73240d6fcf51.html|title=David Boren spokesperson denies any inappropriate behavior, calls sexual harassment investigation a 'fishing expedition'|last=Hazelrigg|first=Nick|date=February 13, 2019|work=The OU Daily|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref> and an attempted character assassination on Boren without basis in fact, adding that "Boren was unaware of any allegations until he heard about it in the press."<ref>{{cite news |title=Attorney Says David Boren Pretty Down After Allegations Of Sexual Harassment |publisher=OK News Channel 6|url=https://www.newson6.com/story/39968323/attorney-says-david-boren-pretty-down-after-allegations-of-sexual-harassment |date=February 14, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 }}</ref> Boren's attorney also stated that current OU President [[James L. Gallogly]] told a Vice President of the University of Oklahoma to deliver the message to Boren that "I am the meanest son of a bitch he has ever seen, and if he ever crosses me again, I will destroy him," after Boren wrote an op-ed defending the state of OU's finances in response to Gallogly's assertion that they were in disorder following Boren's tenure as president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.normantranscript.com/news/gallogly-to-boren-cross-me-again-i-will-destroy-you/article_b88f7ac6-fd84-11e8-87bf-9fde9c852062.html|title=Gallogly to Boren: Cross me again, 'I will destroy you'|last=Staff|first=Mack Burke, Caleb Slinkard and Adam Troxtell {{!}} Transcript|website=Norman Transcript|language=en|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oudaily.com/news/it-doesn-t-exist-on-my-part-james-gallogly-denies/article_df543fb4-ff3e-11e8-9352-e79579c69a3b.html|title='It doesn't exist on my part': James Gallogly denies feud with David Boren, calls for focus on university|last=Allen|first=Jana|date=December 13, 2018|work=The OU Daily|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref>

▲Boren and former U.S. senator [[Chuck Hagel]] served as co-chairmen of the nonpartisan U.S. [[President's Intelligence Advisory Board]] under Barack Obama.<ref>{{cite news |title=Obama appoints David Boren to intelligence post |publisher=Tulsa World |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=16&articleid=20091029_16_A5_Univer286742|date=October 29, 2009 |access-date=February 8, 2010 }}</ref> He sits on the honorary board of the [[National Association for Urban Debate Leagues]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}} He was inducted into the [[Oklahoma Hall of Fame]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oklahomaheritage.com/HallofFame/ByName/tabid/89/Default.aspx | title=Oklahoma Hall of Fame | access-date=November 16, 2012}}</ref> In 1996, Boren received the Foreign Language Advocacy Award from the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in recognition of his support for education and his authorship of the National Security Education Act of 1992.<ref>{{cite web|title=The James W. Dodge Foreign Language Advocate Award |url=http://www.nectfl.org/awards-james-w-dodge-foreign-language-advocate-award |publisher=Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages |access-date=August 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821193635/http://www.nectfl.org/awards-james-w-dodge-foreign-language-advocate-award |archive-date=August 21, 2014 }}</ref>

▲The University of Oklahoma regents received the results of the investigation in April 2019, and although they did not release any of the findings, the chairwoman described the probe as "fair, non-biased, thorough and objective."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/ap-top-news/2019/04/09/ou-regents-chair-investigation-of-boren-was-fair-objective|title=OU Regents Chair: Investigation of Boren was fair, objective|last=Murphy|first=Sean|date=April 9, 2019|agency=Associated Press|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref> Boren accuser Jess Eddy has admitted to "calling Boren personally and asking for financial compensation after The Oklahoman first reported Boren was being investigated."<ref name="Murphy"/> Eddy responded to the non-disclosure of the findings by calling for the report by Jones Day to be released.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oudaily.com/news/boren-hall-accusers-say-ou-has-history-of-excusing-sexual/article_f16ceb5c-6829-11e9-ac33-9b3229324dd5.html|title=Boren, Hall accusers say OU has history of excusing sexual abuse, calls for release of Jones Day report|last1=Hazelrigg|first1=Nick|date=April 26, 2019|work=The OU Daily|access-date=April 26, 2019|last2=Miller|first2=Jordan}}</ref>

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*[[Boren–McCurdy proposals]]

*[[List of former United States senators]]

*[[List of governors of Oklahoma]]

*[[List of United States senators from Oklahoma]]

*[[List of people from Norman, Oklahoma]]

*[[List of Yale University people]]

*[[List of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia members]]

*[[List of American Academy of Arts and Sciences members (2006–2019)]]

*[[List of presidents of the University of Oklahoma ]]

*[[List of the youngest state legislators in the United States]]

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