Newcomb College – Tulane University Update

I previously summarized the controversy surrounding Tulane University’s closing of Newcomb College, a women’s college affiliated with the university. 

Below are excerpts from Save New College, Summary Judgment Motion Filed in Newcomb College Case, May 27, 2009, regarding a motion for summary judgment filed by Susan Montgomery in her lawsuit:

The court filing states that Mrs. Newcomb’s bequest to the Tulane Board of Administrators was subject to a charge, or a performance obligation, which the Tulane Board acknowledged, assumed and executed for 119 years. That obligation was to develop and maintain in perpetuity a coordinate women’s college at Tulane.

‘As the motion points out, the fact that Tulane accepted and honored this obligation for more than a century clearly establishes the fact that such an obligation exists’

‘Mrs. Montgomery is seeking no money or property, but ‘only to have the Tulane Board acknowledge, honor and implement Mrs. Newcomb’s donor intent.’

Special thanks to Sue Bentch (Professor, retired, St. Mary’s University School of Law) for bringing this update to my attention.