Posted on 05/16/2009 1:12:30 PM PDT by kellynla
Our good friend Frank Walker has written one of the most insightful analyses of the University of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees that I have ever seen. In fact, we are reprinting it below in full so that you can gain a better understanding of the foundational problems that the University of Notre Dame’s leadership is actually dealing with today and has been since the Hesburgh reign. He writes:
No Likely Support From Notre Dame's Board of Trustees For Rescinding Obama Invite
By Frank Walker
May 10, 2009 - A great deal of criticism has been leveled at Notre Dame President, Rev John I. Jenkins, for his choice to honor President Obama at this year’s commencement. But Fr. Jenkins, like all university presidents, must consider the will of the school’s governing board. The Notre Dame Board of Trustees is a powerful organization, comprised of top international business owners, chairs of rich endowments, academic leaders, judges, attorneys, faculty, and prominent clergy. These individuals are typically very wealthy, well-connected and highly accomplished; many with broad interests outside the university. A closer look at the board and its affiliations might shed light on just how Notre Dame came to this decision.
Many of the influential alumni on the Notre Dame board are from the nearby Chicago area, and are part of the same Chicago power structure that President Obama ascended. Richard and Peggy Notebaert are leading members of the ND community, and Notebaert is chair of the Notre Dame trustees. While Obama served in the senate, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, received federal funding earmarked by Obama.. Key Obama campaign fundraiser, Frank Clark served on the board of the Notebaert Museum at the time.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
Our Lady will remember!
Follow the money. It’s always the same for these freakng turds. They are dancing on their graves.
I am appalled at the revelations that Brown and Walker make. THis is a MUST READ for anyone who wants to understand how UND got to the state that it is in.
Pray for them. And pray that they all be replaced ASAP.
Hmmm. so basically the revenue stream from charging 18yr olds
fifty thou a year...into a 501C3 is so good..the Chicago mob is involved?!!Why am I not suprised.
That is one stinking, rotten, board of directors.
Prayers up.
Amen
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