September 7, 2001
Iowa State's Handling of a Bequest Leaves Critics Questioning Its Values
On a Saturday morning this spring, Ramona Lee and her husband, Bill, were lingering over eggs, hash browns, and sweet rolls in the diner at the Hy-Vee, a local market here, when they recoiled.
Clutching The Des Moines Register, they read that Iowa State University had sold a family farm that had been in Ms. Lee's family for more than 130 years. The 240 acres of prime Iowa land were part of a $1.2-million estate left to the university by Ms. Lee's aunt, Marie F. Powers, who died in
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