Donors Want $500K Refunded Amid Dispute Over Its Use

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A family that thought it was donating to fund University of Wisconsin tennis scholarships now wants a refund, claiming their $500,000 gift went to facility improvements instead.

As reported by The Capital Times of Madison, Richard Coyle’s family donated the money in June 2016 following a statement in his late mother Marion Lou Coyle’s will to “fund the UW tennis program.” Specifically, she intended it to fund tennis scholarships as a way to honor Douglas Coyle, her late husband and Richard’s father, who attended the UW on a tennis scholarship in the 1930s and dedicated much of his life to bringing opportunities to young tennis players.

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