David Booth, the University of Kansas and Lawrence High alumnus, who bought, then brought the rules of basketball to KU and recently pledged $50 million toward a $350 million fundraising campaign centered around a football stadium renovation, says he received a courtesy phone call from KU chancellor Douglas Girod on Monday morning informing him of the big news of the day.
“He called and told me that he had chatted with Sheahon (Zenger, KU athletic director) and decided to terminate the relationship. So I said, ‘Well I wish you well on that.’ I mean that’s the extent of it,” Booth told The Star on Tuesday in a phone conversation from Austin, Texas, where is he chairman and CEO of Dimensional Fund Advisors.