mcall.com - College's top fund-raiser also backs athletic

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scholarships

By Jay Hart
Of the Morning Call

Another multimillion-dollar donor to Lafayette College wants the school to offer athletic scholarships and said Friday that President Arthur Rothkopf's opposition to them is hurting the college.
William Rappolt, president of Lafayette's club for major contributors, supports Walter Oechsle, who has given more than $12 million to the college but this week resigned in protest from the board of trustees and said he won't give any more unless the policy is changed.
Oechsle, who demanded that Rothkopf resign immediately, and Rappolt believe the president is the driving force behind the board's Oct. 2 vote against offering athletic scholarships. Unless there's a change, they said, Lafayette will deteriorate into a second-rate institution.