Marsha and I didn’t want Chancellor Smith to go anywhere because he was a voice of reason and balance. We held a fundraiser for him that would not only help the school financially, but would also spark some positive publicity and show a strong indication of our support for him. We threw it together in a month and raised $65,000. Bob Knight, Gerald Myers, and several regent members tried to get us to nix it. Hance, who was not chancellor then, actually called me and told me not to do it. I said, “Why wouldn’t I do it? He’s my boss and the chancellor of the school.”
