Jim Haslam donates 10 mil to UT

[sMi.Spite]

Methinks he could be preparing to tell Mike Hamilton that Fulmer needs to go at the end of the season.

Me hopes.

 

[volfan2024]

Stockmarkets are up.

 

[OrangeEmpire]

So the new head coach will make almost 4 million a year?

 

[tango]

fulmer gives a million...
haslam gives 10 million...

it's like a bidding war at a piano bar when smart people are putting money in the tip jar hand over first to hear Rocky Top, while all the bammers are doubling the pot just to hear Sweet Home Alabama...

 

[vols kick balls]

Hmmmmmm, wonder if any more was slipped under the table to Mr. Hamilton?

 

[tango]

Hmmmmmm, wonder if any more was slipped under the table to Mr. Hamilton?

in that case, maybe haslam donated 11 million....?

remember, it's only 10 million that's been reported...

 

[Merlot]

Me neither.

 

[myrobbins7]

Hmmmmmm, wonder if any more was slipped under the table to Mr. Hamilton?

I would slip some under the table to Mr. Hamilton... Im wondering if the price was right would he let his buddy go????

 

[tvolsfan]

Me neither.

:blink:

 

[cotton]

Methinks he could be preparing to tell Mike Hamilton that Fulmer needs to go at the end of the season.

Me hopes.

Why would youthinks his donation would have anything to do with that?

Haslem has enough clout with the school that he doesn't need to buy any. I doubt UT would so blatantly sell the coaches chair. And I hope that anyone generous enough to give $10 million to a public education institution would not be so petty as to tie it to who is coaching the football team.

 

[molsen81]

He gave a total of $32.5 million to The Hill! $10 million of that is going to Mr. Hamilton......I mean the Athetics Dept.

 

[eloist]

is this true?

if so, could I see your facts please?

 

[onevolfan]

October 2, 2007

To: UT Knoxville Community
From: Chancellor Loren Crabtree
Subject: Haslam Gift

I am very pleased to announce today a gift of $10 million from Jimmy and Dee Haslam. Their donation will fund endowed professorships, support the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, assist forensic science in anthropology, and create a prestigious honors scholarship called the Haslam Scholars.

This generous gift will be counted as part of the Campaign for Tennessee, a multiphase fund-raising effort that will extend through 2011.

Jimmy Haslam is president and chief executive officer of Pilot Travel Centers. Dee Haslam is CEO of RIVR Media and also chairs the UT Development Council. The Haslams are chairs of the Campaign for Tennessee for the Knoxville campus.

Of the $10 million, $3 million will be used to create the Jimmy and Dee Haslam Marco Endowment in the College of Arts and Sciences. Earnings from the endowment will provide support for scholarly research and for the graduate student programs of the Marco Institute.

Another $2 million will go to the Forensic Anthropology Center, with $750,000 earmarked for a building to be constructed for the Anthropological Research Facility, known as the Body Farm. The remainder will create an endowment with the earnings used elsewhere in the program, possibly the creation of a postdoctoral fellowship.

Though its location is yet to be determined, the building is expected to house a morgue, a facility where students can work with human remains and a classroom.

Another $2.5 million will be used to create the Haslam Family Professorship and Chair Endowment. Earnings will allow the university to recruit and retain top-notch faculty.

The remaining $2.5 million will go to into an endowment from which earnings will be used to create and fund the Haslam Scholars program, a premier honors program that will provide unprecedented opportunities and scholarships for students attending UT Knoxville.

We are announcing the Haslam Scholars program today because the application deadline -- Nov. 1 -- is rapidly approaching, and we need you to help us spread the word.

The Haslam gift enables UT to provide a program that is similar to some of the most prestigious scholarship programs nationwide, including the Jefferson Scholars Program at the University of Virginia, the Morehead-Cain Scholars Program at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the Presidential Scholars Program at Boston College.

The Haslam Scholars program provides a $1,500 laptop computer, a study-abroad experience valued at $4,000, as well as up to $5,500 to support a senior research thesis and travel to a national or international academic or professional meeting to present their work.

All Haslam Scholars also receive the Chancellor's Scholarship -- currently the top academic scholarship -- which already covers tuition and fees, room and board and some other expenses.

Haslam Scholars will be chosen based on scholastic achievement, leadership experience and potential, maturity and seriousness of purpose, and evidence of special talents and skills.

To be eligible for the Haslam Scholars program, students must apply by Nov. 1 for early admission to the UT Chancellor's Honors Program. They also must request and complete an initial interview with the directors of the Chancellor's Honors and Haslam Scholars programs by Feb. 1.
Finalists will be invited to interview with a blue-ribbon selection committee in March, after which Haslam Scholars will be named.

If you'd like to read more about the program, see UT Knoxville | Chancellor's Honors Program | Haslam Scholars Program

We appreciate the Haslams' extraordinary generosity, and we thank them for supporting two excellent programs that have brought, and will continue to bring, national attention to UT. By endowing professorships and creating the Haslam Scholars program, the Haslams will enhance the university's drive for excellence.

 

[eloist]

Thanks so much.

 

[sMi.Spite]

Why would youthinks his donation would have anything to do with that?

Haslem has enough clout with the school that he doesn't need to buy any. I doubt UT would so blatantly sell the coaches chair. And I hope that anyone generous enough to give $10 million to a public education institution would not be so petty as to tie it to who is coaching the football team.

He has a lot of clout, but it never hurts to re-assert said authority.

 

[molsen81]

The University of Tennessee: Videos of Jim and Natalie Haslam Discussing their Gift to UT

 

[sMi.Spite]

Thanks so much.

didn't think everyone wanted to read the long e-mail, but the other guy already posted it.

Again, it doesnt specifically say anything about the football program, but I think he might just be reminding the university how much he donates to them before he asks Hamilton to make a change.

I could be wrong though.

 

[FLSTF-VOL]

Haslam and Fulmer are close friends. He ain't going anywhere.

 

[volmanbill]

Methinks he could be preparing to tell Mike Hamilton that Fulmer needs to go at the end of the season.

Me hopes.

I hope no one person has that much say over the UT program.

 

[onevolfan]

You're welcome.
Hopefully no one is too disappointed.

 

[VolBeef88]

Haslam and Fulmer are close friends. He ain't going anywhere.

That is true.

 

[Plano Vol]

Hey big man! Let me see a dollar!

 

[g8terh8ter_eric]

Only thing missing from the video of Haslam speaking about his donation is Fulmer clapping in the background.

 

[JacksonVol2]

The things you can do when you are absolutely loaded. However, i wouldnt think a stipulation of that would be to can Fulmer, as someone said earlier, he's got a ton of sway as-is.

 

[Mason]

I wish theyd go back to paying the players with some of that dough....lol:hi: