John M. Olin Foundation Says Goodbye
John Olin was an alumnus of Cornell University (my alma mater), when in 1969, dozens of thugs initiated an armed takeover of the student union at Cornell. Worst of all, instead of being punished, the thugs were actually rewarded by the administration.
So he began to pour millions of dollars into a charitable foundation that promoted intellectual diversity in U.S. colleges. One of the positions bearing his name is the John M. Olin professorship at George Mason (also my school), occupied by the fine economist Walter Williams.
Now, following John Olin's death, his foundation also says an unfortunate goodbye. It will be missed.
Posted on Wed, April 23, 2008 at 01:34PM
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Paul Ibrahim
in Academia, George Mason University, Cornell
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