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...American professional politician and diplomat. He worked as a White House staff assistant for Ronald Reagan, and he was appointed by George Bush the Elder as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce and later as United States Ambassador to Singapore. He was Deputy U.S. Trade Representative under Bush the Younger. Huntsman has also served as CEO of his family's Huntsman Corporation and was elected Governor of Utah in 2004, winning re-election in 2008 with nearly 78% of the vote. On August 11, 2009, he resigned as governor to accept an appointment as Ambassador to China in the Obama administration....
, the former governor of Utah who served as ambassador to China, said that his family will no longer donate to his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, over its "silence" to the attack by Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...against Israel last weekend.
Huntsman, the son of the late petrochemical billionaire Jon Huntsman Sr., informed UPenn President Liz Magill that his charity, the Huntsman Foundation, will "close its checkbook" on future donations to the school, which in his words has become "almost unrecognizable," according to the campus newspaper The Daily Pennsylvanian.
"Moral relativism has fueled the university’s race to the bottom and sadly now has reached a point where remaining impartial is no longer an option," he wrote to Magill on Friday night.
Huntsman blasted the school’s "silence in the face of reprehensible and historic Hamas evil against the people of Israel," which he termed "a new low."
He said that "the only response should be outright condemnation."
"Silence is antisemitism, and antisemitism is hate, the very thing higher ed was built to obviate," Huntsman wrote in his letter.
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Rowan, the CEO of private equity giant Apollo Global Management, wrote in an op-ed posted online Wednesday that UPenn failed to condemn an event held on campus last month that the university acknowledged included speakers with a history of making antisemitic remarks.
"Why is UPenn repeating tragic mistakes of the past? Words of hate and violence must be met with clear, reasoned condemnation, rooted in morality from those in positions of authority," Rowan wrote.
Rowan, whose fortune is estimated by Forbes to be nearly $6 billion, is one of the university’s wealthiest donors and supporters. He chairs the board of advisors at the university’s famed Wharton School and is the latest business leader to slam an Ivy League school over its handling of antisemitism in the wake of Hamas
...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...deadly attack on Israel.
UPenn leaders said in a statement Tuesday they were "devastated by the horrific assault on Israel by Hamas."
"These abhorrent attacks have resulted in the tragic loss of life and escalating violence and unrest in the region," UPenn President Elizabeth Magill and UPenn Provost John Jackson, Jr., said in that statement.
But the billionaire CEO argues UPenn leaders failed to condemn the "hate-filled" Paleostine Writes Literature Festival, a multi-day event that took place at the university’s campus last month.
"The polarizing Paleostine Writes gathering featured well-known antisemites and fomenters of hate and racism and was underwritten, supported and hosted by various UPenn academic departments and affiliates," Rowan said.
The Apollo CEO, who is also a parent of UPenn graduates, demanded all UPenn alumni and supporters "who believe we are heading in the wrong direction to ’Close their Checkbooks’" until Magill and Board of Trustees Chair Scott Bok both step down.
Rowan also alleged that instead of condemning the event, Magill and Bok have been "working to purge all Trustees with dissenting points of view by explicitly and aggressively demanding" the resignation of those who signed an open letter calling for Magill to resign.
In response, UPenn issued a statement from Julie Platt, vice chair of the school’s board of trustees and past president of the Penn Alumni board of directors, who said she has "full confidence" in the leadership of Magill and Bok.
| In fact, it’s a trend. The Daily Pennsylvanian: |
“Like so many elite academic institutions, the leadership of UPenn has failed us through an embrace of antisemitism, a failure to stand for justice, and complete negligence in the defense of its own students’ well being,” Gureghian wrote in a statement.
Gureghian said his decision to step down was a result of Penn's response to the Palestine Writes Literature Festival, which faced criticism by some campus and national Jewish groups for speakers facing allegations of antisemitism.
Gureghian was first appointed to Penn's board in 2009 as a non-elected trustee by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, representing the interests of 13 million residents, he said. He has served his current term since 2021.
“I can no longer report back to these constituents that UPenn is acting in their best interest," he wrote.
In response to a request for comment, University Board of Trustees Chair Scott Bok said he regretted Gureghian's "decision to step down" and looked forward to working with the General Assembly's next appointee to the Board of Trustees.
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