MEMPHIS, Tenn.
The chancellor of the University of Tennessee’s Health Science Center in Memphis is being questioned about the cost of work done on his residence, according to a newspaper report.
UT owns a $1 million Memphis home that recently underwent a $500,000 renovation but bought a second residence last August for $1.3 million after the chancellor’s wife declared the old home unacceptable.
UT can’t sell the old home until August because of a lengthy bid process, according to a report by The Commercial Appeal. The school is paying utilities and maintenance on both homes at taxpayer-expense.
The newspaper found Bill Owen, 50, has spent nearly $28,000 in improvements at the new home, which include adding a plasma TV, shelving, lighting and extensive rewiring.
