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Penn’s donor backlash raises questions about how much influence philanthropists should have

Ronald Lauder told Penn president Liz Magill he didn’t want faculty involved in the Palestine Writes festival teaching at the Penn institute that bears his family’s name.

University of Pennsylvania trustee William Lauder, nephew of Ronald Lauder, speaks with board chair Scott L. Bok after the trustee meeting on Nov. 3.
University of Pennsylvania trustee William Lauder, nephew of Ronald Lauder, speaks with board chair Scott L. Bok after the trustee meeting on Nov. 3.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer