December 17, 2004
A President's Toughest Call
Joe Paterno prefers to stick to a game plan. The head coach of Pennsylvania State University's football team doesn't like surprises, although there are times when his enthusiasm gets the better of him.
"He and I were once on a donor visit together," recalls Graham B. Spanier, the university's president, in an e-mail message. "We had rehearsed ahead of time that I would describe the project and that Joe would then ask the donor for the lead gift of $3-million, a figure our development
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