SMU’s Gerald Turner Makes a Butt Load of Money

D Mags Peter Simek directs us to this startling stat. SMU’s Gerald Turner is the third highest paid private college prez in the country. I’m so not kidding.

By Merritt Patterson Nov. 15, 2010 | 10:34 am | 6 Comments | Comments RSS
6 comments to "SMU's Gerald Turner Makes a Butt Load of Money"
  1. hrose @ November 15, 2010 at 10:52 am
    Important to note the fact that a significant portion of it is related to cashing out a life insurance policy as opposed to salary/bonus…

  2. HPHS Parent @ November 15, 2010 at 1:41 pm
    Gosh – I thought the expression was “boat load.”

  3. Merritt Patterson @ November 15, 2010 at 1:52 pm
    @HPHS Parent, you probably don’t even use beast and legit, http://www.parkcitiespeople.com/2010/10/07/you-are-so-beast-thats-a-good-thing/.

    It would have been a boat load. Considering the one time payment, butt load.

  4. John Smith @ November 15, 2010 at 2:13 pm
    Merritt, you’re getting fairly annoying these days.

  5. John Smith @ November 15, 2010 at 2:27 pm
    Your post is null and void when considering hrose’s comment. But I’m sure you’re just looking for the attention-grabber partial truth like most ‘journalists’. Probably sold some great ads, too!

  6. kmom @ November 18, 2010 at 12:07 pm
    Merritt links this to the original Dallas Morning News article – so what’s partial about that @John Smith? And I don’t care if he cashed out his lot of pickled pigs feet to earn this money, if the feet were provided by SMU, it’s pay – money – moola – cashola – and it COUNTS. Can’t figure out what partial truth is in this post, annoying you and causing you to make such an accusation.

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