STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP)–Joe Paterno earned a state pension of$13.4 million for his 61-year coaching career at Penn State.
|Paterno's family announced Tuesday through a spokesman thatPaterno's widow, Sue, would receive an initial payment of $10.1million by the end of May, with the rest to be paid out over thenext two years.
|The family says calculations were made through the standardformula for anyone in the State Employees' Retirement System.Paterno never accessed his pension.
|Family spokesman Dan McGinn says the Paternos will also donate$1.5 million to Penn State-related or State College-areacharities.
|Paterno died in January at age 85, less than three months afterbeing ousted by trustees in the aftermath of child sexual abusecharges against retired assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
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