When benefactors go bad

One of the legacies of Enron’s fall has been the University of Missouri’s difficulty in knowing what to do with its Kenneth L. Lay Chair in International Economics, which has been unfilled since its endowment in 1999. Lay variously has asked that the $1.1 million-plus be donated to Katrina relief and his own legal defense, but state university system officials reportedly are deciding its fate. The Concurring Opinions legal blog had a bit of fun with the dilemma, pondering the possibilities of a Fred Phelps Chair in Family Law, a Martha Stewart Chair in Business Ethics and a Michael Hayden Chair in Privacy Law.
Posted by Rhonda Holman

5 Comments

  1. TrueBlue
    Posted June 4, 2006 at 1:14 am | Permalink

    Give it to the people who lost their life savings because they believed the thieving liars, good Republicans all . . .

  2. k
    Posted June 4, 2006 at 1:55 am | Permalink

    Can’t do that TB, it would be the honest thing to do. Give even a little back to the people who believed in and trusted you all the while you where lying and scheming. I think the last place that money should go is his legal defense fund.

  3. RD
    Posted June 4, 2006 at 1:59 am | Permalink

    How about a George Bush Chair in English Language?

  4. Joe Blow
    Posted June 4, 2006 at 7:44 am | Permalink

    How about giving a Nobel prize to Jimmy Carter….oh wait!

  5. Ben Huie
    Posted June 4, 2006 at 10:10 am | Permalink

    Condi Rice chair in Foreign Relations.

    Donald Rumsfield chair in Military Strategy

    Tom DeLay chair in Political Ethics