University Faces Backlash For Spending Late Librarian’s Money On $1M Scoreboard
- 8 years ago
The University of New Hampshire is being criticized for deciding to spend a significant part of a late librarian’s generous bequest on a football scoreboard.
The University of New Hampshire is being criticized for deciding to spend a significant part of a late librarian’s generous bequest on a football scoreboard, reports NPR.
A university news release on August 30 announced that Robert Morin, a library cataloguer for nearly 50 years, had left his entire $4 million estate to the university after he died in 2015.
Out of $4 million, the university plans to spend $2.5 million on career center for students and $100,000 towards Diamond Library.
The release goes on to state that “$1 million will support a video scoreboard for the new football stadium.” Critics have since openly expressed their disapproval for this decision, pointing out the apparent preferential treatment of sports over the library as well as the extravagant amount being counter to Morin’s well-known frugality.
Deborah Dutton, vice president for advancement at the university, has since defended the decision, saying the librarian did not want to place restrictions on how the money was spent.
The University of New Hampshire is being criticized for deciding to spend a significant part of a late librarian’s generous bequest on a football scoreboard, reports NPR.
A university news release on August 30 announced that Robert Morin, a library cataloguer for nearly 50 years, had left his entire $4 million estate to the university after he died in 2015.
Out of $4 million, the university plans to spend $2.5 million on career center for students and $100,000 towards Diamond Library.
The release goes on to state that “$1 million will support a video scoreboard for the new football stadium.” Critics have since openly expressed their disapproval for this decision, pointing out the apparent preferential treatment of sports over the library as well as the extravagant amount being counter to Morin’s well-known frugality.
Deborah Dutton, vice president for advancement at the university, has since defended the decision, saying the librarian did not want to place restrictions on how the money was spent.