Another Turn in Princeton Suit

The long-running saga involving Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the heirs of Charles and Marie Robertson -- who gave the school $35 million in 1961 to develop future government leaders -- has taken another turn. Robertson family members have sued the university, saying Princeton didn't make good on its pledge to use the original donation -- which has since swelled in value to $650 million -- to actually turn out very many civil servants. Today, the Washington Times reports that Princeton has returned nearly $800,000 to the Robertson Foundation. University officials say the funds weren't misspent, only that they failed to inform the foundation that the money would go to academic departments "closely related" to the Wilson School. William Robertson, son of the original donors, called the payment just a "drop in the bucket" of what is owed and "another shameless act of duplicity" by Princeton.