$1 Million Of Frugal Librarian’s Bequest To N.H. School Goes To Football Scoreboard
News that late librarian Robert Morin left the University of New Hampshire $4 million has been hailed as a symbol of Morin’s dedication and generosity. But the school’s decision to spend $1 million of that money on a new video scoreboard for the football stadium is being criticized.
“A life lived in frugality, spent frivolously” on a million-dollar scoreboard, one commenter wrote on a local newspaper site, calling the decision “an assault” on Morin’s life. Others say it’s simply a shame that more of the money didn’t go to the university’s Dimond Library, where Morin spent much of his life. On the library’s website, a message next to a button reading “Make a Gift” explains that the library “depends on gifts to improve our collections…Continue Reading