The vote by the university's Board of Trustees was also in favor of removing Hugh Culverhouse Jr.'s name from the School of Law.
The University of Alabama will return a $21.5 million donation from a donor who last week encouraged students to boycott the school due to Alabama's new abortion law.
The university's grounds crew took down the signage in front of the School of Law, after the Board voted to return the endowment. The law school, which was named for Culverhouse in September 2018, will be re-named the University of Alabama School of Law. "The action taken by the Board today was a direct result of Mr. Culverhouse's ongoing attempts to interfere in the operations of the Law School," UA's vice chancellor for communication, Kellee Reinhart, said Friday."That was the only reason the Board voted to remove his name and return his money."
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