Headline Roundup • June 7th, 2019
University of Alabama Board of Trustees Vote to Refund $26.5 Million Donation
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Fox News Digital
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Latest on University of Alabama decision to return record donation (all times local):
A top donor to the University of Alabama says he believes the school is punishing him after he called on students to boycott enrolling at the university in response to the state's new abortion ban.
The university's board of trustees voted Friday to return a $26.5 million gift to Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. and remove his name from the school of law. They say he made "numerous demands" regarding the operation of the...
HuffPost
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama board of trustees voted Friday to give back a $26.5 million donation from a philanthropist who recently called on students to boycott the school over the state’s new abortion ban.
Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr., a 70-year-old real estate investor and lawyer, had already given $21.5 million to the university after his pledge last September with the rest still to come. But in a news release last week, he urged students to participate in a boycott of the school.
Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama board of trustees voted Friday to give back a $26.5 million donation from a philanthropist who recently called on students to boycott the school over the state’s new abortion ban.
Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr., a 70-year-old real estate investor and lawyer, had already given $21.5 million to the university after his pledge last September with the rest still to come. But in a news release last week, he urged students to participate in a boycott of the school.
Hours later, Alabama announced...
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