LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas university is drawing criticism after
accepting a scholarship endowment from the estate of a former professor who reportedly assigned graduate students books that deny the Holocaust.
Dozens of students protested Tuesday at Arkansas Tech University in
Russellville against the nearly $200,000 endowment from the estate of a former history professor Michael Link.
The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights organization, says the
university shouldn’t honor a person it says was anti-Semitic.
A university official did not respond to a request for comment.
The money will go to a yearly scholarship for a senior history major at the university who displays financial need.
Link taught at the university from 1965 until his death in 2016.
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