Courier-Journal: U of L grant went to defunct nonprofit group
Center’s director was paid as aide to education dean
The nonprofit Illinois corporation that was paid the bulk of a $694,000 federal grant now being investigated at the University of Louisville was dissolved a year before the U of L deal was struck, the Illinois secretary of state’s office verified yesterday.
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Also yesterday, U of L provided documents showing that the man listed as director of the Illinois center — Thomas D. Schroeder — was on the university’s payroll from Jan. 1, 2005, until this past April.
Schroeder was paid $2,400 a month as a research assistant to Robert Felner, former dean of U of L’s College of Education and Human Development, who managed the grant, according to the documents.
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