In 1992, a feminist group began a nationwide fundraising campaign and then obtained matching state funds to endow a professorship at the University of Oklahoma College of Law in honor of Hill.Oklahoma state legislators reacted by demanding Hill's resignation from the university, then introducing a bill to prohibit the university from accepting donations from out-of-state residents, and finally attempting to pass legislation to close down the law school.[10 Elmer Zinn Million, a local activist, compared Hill to Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President Kennedy.Certain officials at the university attempted to revoke Hill's tenure.[38After five years of pressure, Hill resigned.University of Oklahoma Law School defunded the Anita F. Hill professorship in May 1999, without the position having ever been filled.[39 (All citations refer to those on the Anita Hill page.)