University of Alabama employees Joe Densmore, left, and Jeremy Scales take the name off the law school in Tuscaloosa last week. “Our decision was never about the issue of abortion,” Kellee Reinhart, a spokeswoman for the university system, said in a written statement Sunday. The emails he forwarded did not mention abortion as an issue, but expressed concerns with issues at the law school and the caliber of candidates for a professorship. In emails shared by the system, Culverhouse appeared to be dismissive of the dean and the candidates for an endowed professorship, announced he would be there for the interviews and emphasized his generous donations. Chancellor Finis E. St. John IV responded May 25, according to emails released by the university system, “I agree as well.

Source: Washington Post June 10, 2019 10:07 UTC