Iowa State President: Alumni Association Records Should Be Public

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Iowa State University’s President says the school’s privately run alumni association should be subject to the public records law. The association says it’s a private corporation and can ignore the law. But President Gregory Geoffroy, citing a 2005 state supreme court case, argues that any records dealing with the association’s efforts on behalf of the school are subject to disclosure laws. At specific issue is an association deal with Bank of America for credit card marketing. (10/18/07)