In Writing Checks to Presidential Campaigns, University Chiefs Help Friends Past and Present

College presidents are opening up their wallets for their favorite candidates for U.S. president, with some shelling out thousands of dollars in the first six months of this year, according to Federal Election Commission records.

Among the most generous was Donna E. Shalala, president of the University of Miami, who was Bill Clinton's secretary of health and human services. From January 1 to June 30 she gave $4,600 to her former boss's wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democrat of New

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