Donor Rescinds $4.5 Million Gift to U. Illinois Over Former Terrorist Prof
Professor James Kilgore is a former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army. He was ousted at the University of Illinois but there’s a growing movement to bring him back. That news has caused a donor to withhold a major gift to the school.
Maggie Lit of Campus Reform reported.
Donor withholds $4.5 million from Chicago school until former terrorist prof. is fired
A Chicago businessman is withholding $4.5 million in donations from the University of Illinois (UI) Urbana-Champaign until the school agrees to get rid of former domestic terrorist and convicted murderer James Kilgore.
Richard Hill, the retired CEO of Novellus Systems, wrote a letter to Ul at Chicago administrators notifying them of his intent to rescind his pledge to donate $6.5 million to the school’s bioengineering department, according to The Chicago Tribune. Hill has already donated $2 million dollars of that money, but is refusing to cash in the other $4.5 million until the school agrees to fire Kilgore.
“I no longer wish to be associated with University of Illinois,” Hill wrote to in a letter to UI, following the board’s decision. “The Academy at the University of Illinois has clearly lost its moral compass.”
Donor withholds $4.5 million from Chicago school until former terrorist prof. is fired (Campus Reform)
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I, too, a graduate of the U of I wish to have nothing more to do with the place. Unfortunately, I do not make enough money to hold back from the fools.
The only adjunct any university ever gave up 4 million dollars for. Who knew that being a domestic terrorist put you on everyone’s short list?