May 26, 2006
2 Heirs Sue Tulane U.
Two heirs of Josephine Louise Newcomb filed a lawsuit last week against Tulane University, saying it had violated the terms of Mrs. Newcomb's donation by dissolving its 120-year-old undergraduate college for women and blending it into a single, coeducational college.
The lawsuit, filed in state court in Louisiana, argues that Mrs. Newcomb made it clear that she wanted her money to be used to support a separate college for women. Michael Strecker, a Tulane spokesman, counters that the
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