Ha! What university are you looking at, Kevin? I work at a state university. There are some out there that have high salaries (administrators, in particular), but a lot of the folks who are in the trenches earn rather average middle-class salaries. Don't even ask about what Graduate Teaching assistants and others earn--it's peanuts. Certainly not a living wage. Yet they are working to teach AND get published to get the tenure-track positions. It isn't an easy job.

I'm sure Sawkins will look after _his_ heirs if he earns anything from his work with the manuscripts.

SRS