Now-former Arizona State University benefactor Tom Lewis joins 'The Ingraham Angle' with reaction and analysis.told Fox News he pulled his approximate annual $400,000 donation after controversy arose surrounding the executive director of his namesake center on the campus over her organizing an event that featured conservative speakers." on Wednesday that he has been a big proponent of colleges and college education for decades, which helped lead him to his philanthropy to ASU.T.W.
"I had a great experience myself in college back in the early '70s, and it meant a lot to me," he said."I actually got a scholarship to go to college at the University of Kentucky, and it changed my life, and so I've been a big fan of universities in general, and I've been a big donor for 20 years." He called Atkinson a"wonderful executive director for that program" she previously led, but noted she is politically conservative, and her invitations wrongly evoked outrage.