LVN,

The law has been violated by SFT.  He'll hold it up in court somehow, but Doty will get his day. He'll also be more marketable nationally since he stood up to SFT. SFT's support means nothing outside lower Mississippi.

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"And I am anxiously awaiting Mr. Klumb's response. He did not hesitate to publicly brand G & S as "criminals" on far less authority than the word of a Dean. "

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"Robert, what's your take on the legal ramifications? It reads to me as if HD has accused the President & Provost of knowingly violating the law. (Ironic considering all the noise that was made over G & S's so-called crimes! ) "

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LVN,

Dean Doty is claiming, in the passage quoted beloew,  that Thames (and Malone!) rejected a female candidate for a department chair position on account of her being female.

I realize that there may be legal difficulties surrounding the hiring of a new department chair for Tourism Management.  As I have previously stated, I believe that gender was used as a motivating factor when an offer of employment was not extended to a previous candidate.  At that time I advised you, President Thames, and Dr. Malone that in my opinion your decision to override the recommendation of the faculty, the department, and the dean of the College of Business was unwise and could have negative legal consequences for the university.

I'm not that well versed in the relevant law, but I have no doubt that this is a big "exposure," as they used to say at IBM.  I wonder whether Kim Chaze represents the candidate who was turned down...

Robert Campbell