Cooper Union President George Campbell Jr. To Retire

“[W]hen Dr. Campbell took over in 2000, the institution’s finances were precarious. The college had been running multimillion dollar deficits for years, and its endowment had sunk to a low of $100 million after Sept. 11. Dr. Campbell took advantage of the college’s real estate holdings, including the Chrysler Building, which it owns, to generate new revenue.”