When Kit Bond retired from the U.S. Senate, you could hear around the university a chorus of praise but an undertone of foreboding. Whatever his shortcomings as a statesman, he was certainly the university’s best friend in Washington. One reckoning I’ve read credits him with $400 million in federal largesse.
GEORGE KENNEDY: Calling Kit Bond — your favorite university needs a new leader
Thursday, January 13, 2011 | 1:25 p.m. CST
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