PonySnob wrote:Where they really a finalist or was somebody just being polite? The library was never going anywhere but SMU.
Laura went to SMU, they live in Dallas, and lots of his major donors, including from his governor campaign are all here. They were probably only entertaining other offers to be polite and get SMU to play ball. But I think location plaid a huge role in selecting SMU, so the Library/Institute could stay relevant. It is easier to get relevant people (all over the world) to quickly and easily fly into Dallas than it is to fly (do they have plains) into Waco.
To orguy, I had not political intent in my post, I prefer to keep posting neutral as the point of this board is football.
My main point was Waco is a hole, and should be avoided at all cost.
oddly enough the Univeristy of Dallas was also in the running, Wikipedia has a general overview
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._ ... on_process