Difference between revisions of "Skip Rutherford"
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| + | Rutherford championed the location of the Library to potential donors by noting its proximity to convention hotel space, restaurants, shops. He has also been quoted as saying that having the main library of the Central Arkansas Library System only a few blocks away was "a major factor in determining the site for the Clinton Library in downtown Little Rock." | ||
Revision as of 13:36, 8 November 2007
Skip Rutherford is the William J. Clinton Professor and Dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School. Rutherford is past president of the nonprofit William J. Clinton Foundation, which oversaw construction of the Clinton Presidential Center. The original Foundation fundraising goal for the Library was $100 million dollars. The cost of the project eventually swelled to $165 million.
Rutherford championed the location of the Library to potential donors by noting its proximity to convention hotel space, restaurants, shops. He has also been quoted as saying that having the main library of the Central Arkansas Library System only a few blocks away was "a major factor in determining the site for the Clinton Library in downtown Little Rock."
