Princeton Lawsuit Puts Spotlight on Nonprofit Governance Issue

By BEN GOSE

Several disputes in the lawsuit over the Robertson Foundation touch on issues of governance that affect many nonprofit organizations.

William Robertson, his two sisters, and another relative are suing Princeton University, saying that the university has not adhered to the terms of a gift the siblings' parents made in 1961 to endow the graduate programs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. The gift established a supporting

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