Aggie77
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Post by Aggie77 on Apr 21, 2011 17:28:14 GMT -5
I rode over High Point to visit some friends after an Aggie game last fall, first time in about 20 years. Nido is killing over there. I didn't recognize that side of town. www.news-record.com/content/2011/04/21/article/4_families_giving_40m_to_high_point_universityHIGH POINT — Four High Point families are giving $10 million each to High Point University, according to a news release.That means eight families have contributed $10 million since Nido R. Qubein became president. |
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Post by Aggie One on Apr 21, 2011 18:15:25 GMT -5
You guys realize High Point has more millionaires residing here than any city in the state including Charlotte and Raleigh put together. A lot of "old money" in this town.
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Post by Aggie77 on Apr 21, 2011 20:00:43 GMT -5
It's one thing to have them living next door, and a completely different thing to convince them get off $80 million and to raise $170 million in 6 years. That's probably hard cold cash, not pledges, gifts in kind, or obscure patents. $170 million in 6 years and this year ain't over!!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2011 9:27:43 GMT -5
Hmm...
If I was in the A&T Development Office, I would be making a trip down to High Point, NC to talk to those families. It wouldn't hurt.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Apr 22, 2011 11:19:37 GMT -5
Hmm... If I was in the A&T Development Office, I would be making a trip down to High Point, NC to talk to those families. It wouldn't hurt. westcoast, i've got to give it to you! i'm gonna start calling you the "westcoast pimp"! cuz, you're all about the money! you need to be the chairman of the fundraising committee... ;D |
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Post by Aggie77 on Apr 22, 2011 12:26:08 GMT -5
The development office needs to be working the streets of Greensboro, because there's a lot of old money there also. Plus Nido has High Point locked down.
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Post by faithfulaggie on Apr 22, 2011 14:58:01 GMT -5
The development office needs to be working the streets of Greensboro, because there's a lot of old money there also. Plus Nido has High Point locked down. You're exactly right...High Point is Nido's city. |
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Post by Aggie One on Apr 23, 2011 8:06:13 GMT -5
Most every one of these loaded millionaires in High Point (32 of them) either went to High Point Central or Westchester Academy for high school, UNC, Wake, or HPU for college, and made all their money in the funiture industry, docotrs, or as civil case lawyers decades ago and several are of Jewish heritage.
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Post by The Professor on Apr 23, 2011 10:49:03 GMT -5
I see nothing wrong in asking? We need someone at our school doing work like this
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