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Former Springfield College leader reaped $4.1m compensation package

Former Springfield College president Richard B. Flynn shepherded the small private school through 14 years of growth and prosperity, and for that the school wanted to thank him. So after Flynn retired in 2013, he was handsomely rewarded — with $4.1 million.

That payment of deferred compensation is 12 times his base salary in his final year on the job, according to tax documents filed this year with the state.

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