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Putting the new wife's name on a building named for the deceased wife

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Twik:
No fool like an old fool.

Redneck Gravy:

--- Quote from: Twik on December 01, 2011, 10:02:22 AM ---No fool like an old fool.

--- End quote ---


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MyFamily:
It may not be so easy to change the name.  He seems to think because he once gave a large gift they will do whatever he wants, but that large gift was in essence a purchase which gave him the right to name the building one time.  If this organization allows the name change, they will lose donors because they won't trust that their donations and purchases of rights to naming and dedicating other items will be respected in the future.

atirial:
I thought that you paid to name the building - once that's done it's done. The cost of changing a name is more than just a plaque: there's also maps, registries, legal papers to be updated etc. In extreme circumstances, you may request your personal name be removed (e.g. if the place you have sponsored changes policy to something you can't support) but you can't ask that someone else's name be removed.

If it bothers him that much he can always request that his name be removed, leaving the first building as a monument to his former wife, and sponsor another building for him and his current wife.

ShanghaiJill:
People will call it by the old name, no matter what.

or they could call it The Gold Digger Building

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