From Inside Higher Ed:It sounds too good to be true -- a University of New Hampshire library cataloguer thriftily munched Fritos and microwave dinners and drove a 1992 Plymouth while slowly amassing a fortune, which he bequeathed to his longtime employer and alma mater.
Depending on whom you ask, though, the story ended up being too good to last. Upon his death in 2015, New Hampshire cataloger Robert Morin donated his $4 million estate to the university from which he graduated in 1963 and where he worked for nearly 50 years. News outlets across the country published glowing accounts of his donation.
But to hear some tell it, the glow has faded.
That’s because of the way New Hampshire decided to spend Morin’s gift.
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