President gives farewell bonus for university housing sprinklers
Posted: Sunday, December 10, 2006
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The outgoing interim president of Nebraska Wesleyan University said Friday he would donate his $24,000 bonus to help install sprinklers in university housing.
Joe Gow said he hopes the money will jump-start other fundraising at the university that three weeks ago saw a fatal fire at a fraternity house with no sprinklers.
"In light of what we've been through, it was a pretty easy thing to do," Gow said.
Gow will take over as chancellor at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on Feb. 1, 2007. He originally sought the Wesleyan presidency, but was passed over in October.
Ryan Stewart, 19, died in the Nov. 17 fire at Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. The fire's cause still is being investigated.
After the fire, Gow announced plans to install sprinklers in all university housing, a project estimated to cost $600,000.
Joe Gow said he hopes the money will jump-start other fundraising at the university that three weeks ago saw a fatal fire at a fraternity house with no sprinklers.
"In light of what we've been through, it was a pretty easy thing to do," Gow said.
Gow will take over as chancellor at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on Feb. 1, 2007. He originally sought the Wesleyan presidency, but was passed over in October.
Ryan Stewart, 19, died in the Nov. 17 fire at Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. The fire's cause still is being investigated.
After the fire, Gow announced plans to install sprinklers in all university housing, a project estimated to cost $600,000.
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