From Deseret News archives:
Education crucial, Overstock boss says
A climber, skier and outdoorsman, Byrne is the sometimes-controversial chairman of the board and president of Overstock.com, a Web-based retail outlet, who moved to Utah eight years ago "because it has better snow than my native New Hampshire."
Added together, Byrne, his immediate family and a foundation he helps oversee have given the pro-voucher campaign in Utah more than $3 million. But Wednesday Byrne said his Utah donations are only a part of his personal effort to make education in America better especially for African-American and Latino youngsters.
"I've given millions of dollars toward the Washington, D.C.-based voucher effort. Millions of dollars personally to help educate minorities across this country." He has built 19 schools from Nepal to Africa all named after his mother, Dorothy where 6,000 students, mostly girls, get the chance for a good education, he added.
"And the only way to fix it is to move to a system where accountability shifts to the parents." He said Utah's private school voucher law is a step in that direction.
E-mail: bbjr@desnews.com
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