Mike Griffin, I want to Teach, Money was not an Issue

Griffin set to return to class, The Huntsville Times

"An excited crowd of students, educators and Huntsville business leaders filled the entrance hall of the Shelby Center for Science and Technology to meet the man they believe can make UAH "the Cal Tech of the South, a great aerospace university."

"We're here because we want to be here," he said. "The offer extended to me by the (UA system) trustees was not the highest I received; it wasn't even the fifth highest that I received, and that's just a fact."

Frank's Note: Maybe an enterprising student will ask Mikey why Marsha Ivins was able to dominate human spaceflight development during his tenure at NASA HQ. I mean, inquiring minds and all that...