--- description: The Cosbys donated $20 million to the school title: Spelman College Severs Ties With Bill Cosby image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt823446a63d3008e0/69885c7aa988ca11c16b39de/bill-cosby.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Spelman College Severs Ties With Bill Cosby by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2015 5:19 PM CUT  Bill Cosby participates in the Black Belt Community Foundation's March for Education across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on May 15, 2015 in Selma, Alabama. Bill Cosby participates in the Black Belt Community Foundation's March for Education across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on May 15, 2015 in Selma, Alabama.David A. Smith—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2015 5:19 PM CUT Spelman College has [discontinued](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/07/24/spelman-college-officially-cuts-ties-with-bill-cosby/30647389/ "undefined") its Bill Cosby endowed professorship, the historically black women’s college announced Friday. The Cosby family donated $20 million to the school in 1988 to endow the position, but Spelman indefinitely suspended the professorship last year, as news piled up about sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby. More recently, an old deposition emerged in which Cosby admitted to getting sedatives to give women before sex. Now the college has taken the definitive position of discontinuing the endowed position, officially called the William and Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Endowed Professorship, _USA Today_ reports. The school said it returned related funds to the Clara Elizabeth Jackson Carter Foundation, established by Camille Cosby. Bill Cosby has not been charged with any crime and denies any wrongdoing. **Read Next**: [_Why the New Case Against Cosby Is Different_](http://time.com/3970055/bill-cosby-judy-huth-deposition/ "undefined") \[[_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/07/24/spelman-college-officially-cuts-ties-with-bill-cosby/30647389/ "undefined")\] ### Bill Cosby’s Public Life in Photos  Bill Cosby performs on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. CBS/Getty Images  A portrait of Bill Cosby taken in 1965. Hulton Archive/Getty Images  Bill Cosby poses with his Emmy for his role in I Spy at the Primetime Emmy Awards in New York City in 1966. AP  A portrait of Bill Cosby taken in 1969. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Bill Cosby performs on The Second Bill Cosby Special in 1969. Fred Sabine—NBC/Getty Images  Bill Cosby attends the "Concert at Town Hall" at Town Hall in New York City in 1971. Ron Galella—WireImage/Getty Images  Bill Cosby as Chet Kincaid on The Bill Cosby Show. NBC/Getty Images  Bill Cosby as Dr. Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable in The Cosby Show. Frank Carroll—NBC/Getty Images  Bill Cosby is interviewed by Jay Leno on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in 1992. Wendy Perl—NBC/Getty Images  Bill Cosby speaks to an audience on the campus of the University of the District of Columbia in 2006, in Washington D.C. LAWRENCE JACKSON—AP  Host Bill Cosby speaks onstage at the 2011 Jackie Robinson Foundation awards gala atThe Waldorf Astoria in 2011 in New York City. Stephen Lovekin—Getty Images  Bill Cosby attends the 2011 Temple University Commencement at the Liacouras Center in 2011 in Philadelphia, Pa. Gilbert Carrasquillo—Getty Images  Bill Cosby attends the 2014 American Comedy Awards at Hammerstein Ballroom on April 26, 2014 in New York City. 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