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November 11

Sign with Penn State official’s name torn from child care center

By Jerry Lynott jlynott@timesleader.com
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DALLAS – The sign bearing the name of one of the Penn State officials charged in the alleged cover-up of child sex abuse was stripped from a child care center after the board of trustees fired longtime head football coach Joe Paterno and the school’s president as the furor grew over the spreading scandal.

The Gary Schultz Child Care Center at Hort Woods, managed by Dallas-based Hildebrandt Learning Centers LLC, was dedicated Sept. 23 on the campus in State College.

Schultz was charged Saturday with lying to a grand jury that returned an indictment against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky alleging he sexually abused eight boys over a 15 years.

William Grant, chief executive officer of Hildebrandt, said vandals “ripped the name off the building” sometime after the firing of Paterno and school president Graham Spanier.

“There is no identifying marker,” said Grant.

The board of trustees approved naming the center for Schultz, who retired from the school in 2009 and returned to serve as senior vice president for finance and business.

Law enforcement officials charged Schultz and athletic director Tim Curley with failing to tell police about a complaint made against Sandusky in 2002. Then graduate assistant Mike McQueary told his father and Paterno about an incident in a shower involving Sandusky and a boy. Paterno then contacted Curley and Schultz.

Paterno, who is not the target of a criminal investigation, issued a statement before his firing saying he was devastated by the Sandusky case. “With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more,” said Paterno.

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