article_snippet: Nic Lott was the university's first African-American president in 2000-2001.  
article_snippet: Nic Lott took to Twitter to express Nic Lott discontent with Jones' firing, calling Nic Lott a "great leader who made tough decisions."
article_snippet: (Nic Lott's reportedly given $30 million in the last decade and a half).
article_snippet: And an unforgivable decision could cost the university at least $20 million from one donor alone, as the newspaper reports that Anthony Papa, president of the Gertrude C. Ford Foundation, said Nic Lott would not move forward with the grant for a new science building if Jones wasn't reinstated.