Professor James Kilgore is a former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army. He was ousted at the University of Illinois but there’s a growing movement to bring him back. That news has caused a donor to withhold a major gift to the school.

Maggie Lit of Campus Reform reported.

Donor withholds $4.5 million from Chicago school until former terrorist prof. is fired

A Chicago businessman is withholding $4.5 million in donations from the University of Illinois (UI) Urbana-Champaign until the school agrees to get rid of former domestic terrorist and convicted murderer James Kilgore.

Richard Hill, the retired CEO of Novellus Systems, wrote a letter to Ul at Chicago administrators notifying them of his intent to rescind his pledge to donate $6.5 million to the school’s bioengineering department, according to The Chicago Tribune. Hill has already donated $2 million dollars of that money, but is refusing to cash in the other $4.5 million until the school agrees to fire Kilgore.

“I no longer wish to be associated with University of Illinois,” Hill wrote to in a letter to UI, following the board’s decision. “The Academy at the University of Illinois has clearly lost its moral compass.”