November 19, 1999

A Scandal and a Suicide Leave a College Reeling

By MARTIN VAN DER WERF

Hillsdale president quits amid rumors of affair with his daughter-in-law, who killed herself

For 28 years, Hillsdale College President George C. Roche III urged his conservative supporters to the barricades. The education establishment, he said, along with the liberals in Washington and in the media, would take away his institution's freedom unless donors generously supported his crusade to keep Hillsdale College free of all federal aid.

Last week, Mr. Roche himself hid behind a

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