Given our medical school’s mission, we needed to reconcile that,” Peter Dolan, chairman of Tufts’ board of trustees, said in an interview. “We will be seeking to have this improper decision reversed and are currently reviewing all options available to us,” said Daniel Connolly, an attorney for members of the Sackler family. Tufts separately named its medical school building after one of the brothers, Arthur, after he made a donation in 1983. Tufts joins a growing number of colleges seeking distance from the Sackler family amid pressure from students and activists. “Tufts, to our knowledge, is the first academic institution in the United States to fully cut ties with the Sackler family,” the group said in a statement.

Source: ABC News December 05, 2019 18:19 UTC