Penn State Trustees approved a $50 million deal for the naming rights to Beaver Stadium's field. Some trustees wanted the field to be named for Joe Paterno.

Here’s a look at the life of the late Joe Paterno, longtime head football coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions. Birth date: December 21, 1926 Death date: January 22, 2012 Birth place ...

A group of Penn State trustees pushed back against a $50 million gift that would name the field at Beaver Stadium because they wanted the opportunity to honor former football coach Joe Paterno.

2000 – Construction on Penn State’s Paterno Library is completed, which is named after Joe and Sue Paterno who also chaired its fundraising campaign. November 4, 2006 – Suffers a broken leg ...

I’m urging you to do the right thing for Penn State, to do the right thing for the Paterno family, to do the right thing for Joe. There shouldn’t be a price for our identity here at Penn State." ...