February 26, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
NEW BOOKS
The Robertson v. Princeton Case: Too Important to Be Left to the Lawyers, by Neal B. Freeman, analyzes the lawsuit and settlement of Robertson v. Princeton University, the large, lengthy donor-intent case settled in late 2008, with commentary from Pablo Eisenberg, a senior fellow at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute; Peter Frumkin, professor of public affairs and director of the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service at the University of Texas; Heather Higgins, president of the Randolph Foundation, in New York, and others. The paper opens with an essay about the case by Mr. Freeman, who was a member of the legal team representing the Robertson family. Mr. Freeman explains the case from the family’s perspective, discusses differing interpretations of what it means to honor a donor’s intentions, responds to each commentator’s thoughts on the case, and shares the lessons that nonprofit groups, foundations, donors, and grant recipients can learn from the lawsuit.
Publisher: Hudson Institute, 1015 15th Street, N.W., Sixth Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005; (202) 974-2400; fax (202) 974-2410; http://www.hudson.org; 22 pages; available free for download on the organization’s Web site.
