Posted on 11/11/2015 10:19:36 AM PST by magellan
Jonathan Butler, a central figure in the protests at the University of Missouri, is an Omaha native and the son of a railroad vice president, the Omaha World-Herald reports.
Butler refused food last week in a move to force the university system's president, Timothy M. Wolfe, from office. Wolfe resigned Monday and Butler ended his hunger strike.
He is a member of a prominent Omaha family. The newspaper says that Butler's father is Eric L. Butler, executive vice president for sales and marketing for the Union Pacific Railroad. His 2014 compensation was $8.4 million, according to regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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A closet one percenter - who would have thunk!
Here’s his twitter handle - #waitinformyinheritance
Correct! The workers got suckered into it. And they paid a heavy price before it was over.
Just a week and he has to be helped to the car. What a wimp.
Another poor student having an equally rough time getting ahead in the world is Payton Head, Student Body President, who was an intern with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel. Interesting how Chicago keeps popping up.
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