Univ. of Missouri finally fills the Ken Lay Chair of Economics.
By on Apr 22nd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Univ. of Missouri finally fills the Ken Lay Chair of Economics.
Nine years after former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay donated $1.1 million of Enron stock to fund an economics professorship in his name, the University of Missouri (MU) has finally filled the chair. Though MU hoped to “use the chair to bring in world-renowned economists from other universities,” it eventually settled on giving the position to MU Prof. Joseph Haslag. Ironically, Haslag had joined other professors in protesting the creation of the chair in 2002. (HT: TAPPED)
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Should have filled it with a big pile of horse shit.
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:46 pmLet us hope that Professor Haslag will use the post to show exactly how not to do what Lay did. Perhaps even to show how to catch someone in the act of doing same?
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:47 pmSurely, if George W. Bush can have a library, Ken Lay can at least have a chair.
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:51 pmI’ve got a chair for Professor Haslag
Sit here
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:53 pmSome one needs to show those folks over at MU that Lay was a criminal and hurt many honest, hard working people.
At the very least, the very maintenance of that “chair” is just in really bad taste.
I’ll bet a Republican is involved… they have zero problem with things like this.
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:53 pmWell, since Haslag protested, may be he shouldn’t have to sit there very long…
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:54 pmO/T (I wish we had a mid-day open thread!):
Paraguay moves left with President-elect Fernando Lugo
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:56 pmWhere oh where is ken lay buried, anyway?
I’m sure it would become quite a tourist destination for ex-enron employees who suffered so much from his greed.
Not sure how long it would last, though, under the constant onslaught of spray paint, fecal matter and urine from his many fans.
Not to mention the attentions of any grave robbers hankering for their own genuine ken lay mementos to hang out on halloween.
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:00 pmGee! Why not go whole hog and require universities to have a “Hitler chair of civil rights” and a “George Bush chair of eloquence”? Perhaps even a “Kent Hovind chair of biology”? Heck, maybe all university chairs should be named for, blood sworn, Republicriminals?
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:11 pmSo how does the university fund a department chair with worthless Enron stock? Did Ken Lay tell them, “By the way, you may not want to hold onto that stock very long. I’m just saying.”
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:14 pmThey should get Ken Lay’s approval before finalizing the deal — that secluded island’s probably really nice this time of year.
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:26 pmKen Lay, classic capitalist example of unregulated greed and corruption, nice example to have in economics…..not.
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:43 pmShouldn’t the person in the Ken Lay chair have declared bankruptcy ?
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:12 pmThe Ken Lay Chair of Economics???
You gotta be kiddin’ me! What’s next?
The Pol Pot Peace Prize?
The George W. Bush Institute of Government? (Or Prezidentin’)
The Don Rumsfeld War College?
The Brownie Institute for Disaster Recovery?
How about the Paul Bremer School for Viceroys?
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:01 pmThe Dick Cheney School for Human Affairs?
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:36 pmSo, someone tell me, 1.1 Million dollars of Enron stock is still worth enough to buy a chair? Lawn chair?
“But the most important thing is, Enron did not cause the California crisis.” Ken Lay – CEO Enron
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:43 pm