Gerald Turner
Gerald Turner
Robert Gerald Turneris the President of Southern Methodist Universityin Dallas, Texas. Previously he served as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi...
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I've been a university president now for about 20 years and I have never found any relationship between alumni giving to academic programs and the success of the athletic program. Most senior fundraisers understand that raising money for the academic program is not going to be affected by that. They may be able to build a bigger stadium or put new seats in the gym, but it is not going to put more endowed chairs in their faculty.