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Purdue University removes John Schnatter name from building, offers to return $8 million donation [View all]
Source: ABC News
Purdue University removes John Schnatter name from building, offers to return $8 million donation
By COURTNEY HAN Aug 5, 2018, 7:13 AM ET
Purdue University has dropped Papa John’s founder John Schnatter’s name from a building at the school and offered to return a multi-million dollar donation from the embattled pizza chain founder’s charity, according to a statement from the school.
Schnatter resigned as chairman of the board for Papa John’s in July after Forbes reported that he used the N-word during a May conference call. He now says stepping down was a "mistake." He had already been removed as CEO for comments made while discussing the national anthem protests in the NFL last year.
The Purdue building, once called the John H. Schnatter Center for Economic Research, will now revert back to the Purdue University Research Center in Economics. The building was named after Schnatter when his foundation donated $8 million to the school in April 2018, said a statement from Purdue economics professor John Umbeck.
“The board believes this action is necessary to avoid distraction from the center’s work, counterproductive division on the campus, and any inference of any deviation from the university’s often stated stance on tolerance and racial relations,” read a statement from Purdue.
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By COURTNEY HAN Aug 5, 2018, 7:13 AM ET
Purdue University has dropped Papa John’s founder John Schnatter’s name from a building at the school and offered to return a multi-million dollar donation from the embattled pizza chain founder’s charity, according to a statement from the school.
Schnatter resigned as chairman of the board for Papa John’s in July after Forbes reported that he used the N-word during a May conference call. He now says stepping down was a "mistake." He had already been removed as CEO for comments made while discussing the national anthem protests in the NFL last year.
The Purdue building, once called the John H. Schnatter Center for Economic Research, will now revert back to the Purdue University Research Center in Economics. The building was named after Schnatter when his foundation donated $8 million to the school in April 2018, said a statement from Purdue economics professor John Umbeck.
“The board believes this action is necessary to avoid distraction from the center’s work, counterproductive division on the campus, and any inference of any deviation from the university’s often stated stance on tolerance and racial relations,” read a statement from Purdue.
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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/purdue-university-removes-john-schnatter-building-offers-return/story?id=57040774
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