University of Michigan removes Schlissel as school president
By: Corey Williams
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A NN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Mark Schlissel has been removed as president of the University of Michigan due to an alleged "inappropriate relationship with a university employee," the school said Saturday on its website.
The removal was effective “immediately,” the University of Michigan Board of Regents said, adding that members learned Dec. 8, 2021. about the relationship from an anonymous complaint and that an investigation revealed that “over the years,” Schlissel used his university email account to “communicate with that subordinate in a manner inconsistent with the dignity and reputation of the university.
“As you know, the Regents received an anonymous complaint regarding an alleged sexual affair between you and a subordinate,” the board wrote in its letter to Schlissel informing him of his removal. “An investigation has revealed that your interactions with the subordinate were inconsistent with promoting the dignity and reputation of the University of Michigan.”
The Associated Press sent an email Saturday night to Schlissel's university email to seek his comment, but it was not clear if he had access to the inbox anymore.
The letter from the board dated Saturday included excerpts of emails exchanged between Schlissel and the employee.
The employee wrote in a July 1, 2021, exchange that her “heart hurts,” according to the board, which said Schlissel responded: “I know. mine too.” He continued: ”This is my fault” and that he was “in pain too.”
The board also wrote that on Jan. 9, 2021, the subordinate employee said, “Oh yes!” in an email to Schlissel. His response was “love it when you say that.”
Copies of emails with the name of the recipient’s name redacted were included in Saturday’s announcement on the school's website. One dated Jan. 12 was about an August 2019 article from The New Yorker titled “Sexual Fantasies of Everyday New Yorkers.”
Schlissel had a base salary of $927,000 a year. He announced last October that he would step down in June 2023, a year before his contract was to expire.
Former University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman has been appointed interim president. Schlissel's removal and Coleman's appointment will be affirmed during the board's Feb. 17 formal session.
Schlissel succeeded Coleman as president in January 2014. He had been provost at Brown University.
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Williams reported from West Bloomfield, Michigan.
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Seems to be a recurring scenario.
I think that's what probably gave them away.
Snort!
it had to be bragging or blabbing...
gee, I sure hope he put some money away for a rainy day.
If his wife doesn't dump him, I'm sure he'll be just fine... He's worth $5 million and she is an environmental lawyer who is apparently in demand and makes beaucoup $$$ herself.
ha ha, he's fucked, again...
I understand that men evolved from primates and therefore have primal urges.
Been there, done that.
But where is the common sense?
I paid Penn State for three complete college educations.
In truth, one kid graduated from a different institution much later because of his current employer benefits.
Another took her BS and ROTC experience to a Masters at the Naval Post Graduate School and currently is a PHD
candidate at NOAA.
Somewhere along the line the other missed a few payments in a loan I apparently guaranteed
There are probably tens of thousands of parents in similar situations
My issue is that
The CEO/President of a major University like Michigan makes $927,000 a year?
$427,000 would be offensive, but $927,000?
WTF?
"Me too."
Lesson learned?
Never use the employer provided communication devices, email, PN, IM or cell phone for your mid life flirtations men.
Now do you HONESTLY think someone smart enough to think he's worth $927,000 per year is dumb enough
to use the university email system to flirt ??
What a dumb ass///
He must have pissed off someone bigly. From the tenor of the emails, the relationship ended last July. It seems like it could have ended in the traditional way...he dumps girlfriend, she gets peeved and sends the university an 'anonymous' email, they investigate, reach a conclusion but don't want to announce it at a time when it might ruin anyone's holidays, but now that they are over, Bob's your uncle. Or not. Who knows about this kind of stuff? Dumbass should have stuck to non-subordinate side chicks, or kept his pecker in his pants. Jeesh!
I think he could afford to buy her a burner phone...........
but the cheap prick used the work place email???????????
What a dope
"The employee wrote in a July 1, 2021, exchange that her “heart hurts,” according to the board, which said Schlissel responded: “I know. mine too.” He continued: ”This is my fault” and that he was “in pain too.”
The board also wrote that on Jan. 9, 2021, the subordinate employee said, “Oh yes!” in an email to Schlissel. His response was “love it when you say that.”"
Who does laundry like this? Did any of the players make it past third grade?