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inspired by President Kennedy's call to public service, made a remarkable $35 million gift to Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In a document setting up a foundation to manage the funds, the Robertsons made their intent very clear: "to strengthen the government of the United States . . . by improving the facilities for the training and education of men and women for government service," with special emphasis on foreign affairs.
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HEADNOTECan a university be sued for failing to promote federal service?
In 1961, Charles and Marie Robertson,
Forty-five years later, the Robertson Foundation's fund has swelled to $650 million and represents a significant portion of Princeton's endowment. But the Robertsons' heirs aren't happy with the way the money is being spent. From 1973 to 2005, they note, only 12 percent of Wilson School graduates took their first jobs with Uncle Sam in foreign affairs. (Another 10 percent went to work for the federal government in other areas.)
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