BY BEN L. KAUFMAN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Not entirely gone
The Indian head, featured on Miami University's logo, will remain one of the university's "new family of logos," which include the seal, campus tower and school name, Miami spokesman Ricahrd Little said.
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A Miami University trustee who said he has given more than $500,000 to the college's athletic program has quit the board to protest the logo being designed for the school's new RedHawks nickname.
Bill Gunlock of Kettering, Ohio, said Friday he would also withhold his next $10,000 annual gift.
"I'm going to absolutely withhold it," he said. "I'll do like a lot of people."
Mr. Gunlock, who would have completed his nine-year term in 2001, said the new logo lacks the Miami Indian head used for decades by the Redskins. The trademarked Indian logo was designed by artist John Ruthven.
"I just can't take it anymore. I think it's disgraceful," Mr. Gunlock said.
After Miami's trustees adopted the RedHawks name in April, Mr. Gunlock wept and declared to reporters, "I will always be a Redskin."
RedHawks became the official nickname Tuesday.
Mr. Gunlock, who played football from 1947-1950 and participated in the 1951 Salad Bowl, was the most vocal critic of the change. But he voted for it after being assured the Indian would remain the Miami logo.
But Miami spokesman Richard Little said Friday Mr. Gunlock was assured only that the Indian head would remain a logo.