October 2, 1998

U. of Mississippi Receives Gift of $1-Million a Year for 25 Years

The University of Mississippi for the next quarter century is getting a little budgetary breathing room when it comes to faculty salaries.

Richard Scruggs, a lawyer in Pascagoula, Miss., and his wife, Diane, have promised to give the university $1-million annually for the next 25 years to help cover the cost of faculty salaries in the College of Liberal Arts. The university in this fiscal year expects to spend

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