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The Associated Press
Published: Tue, April 01, 2008 - 11:20 am
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 11:22 am
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 - 11:22 am
president of Alabama A&M University said his client plans to
challenge his dismissal in court.
The university's board of trustees voted 7-1 Monday to fire
Robert Jennings after he had served as the school's president for a
little more than a year. He assumed office in January 2006.
Attorney John Saxon of Birmingham said Jennings was not given a
hearing or chance to respond publicly to the charges against him.
He said the decision to fire Jennings was based on the report of an
ad hoc committee never approved by the board.
Jennings was fired after the committee alleged that he hired an
executive assistant who did not meet the qualifications for the
post and paid him for a couple of weeks actually spent at a
Minnesota college working on a master's degree. Marco McMillian has
since left the university.
Jennings maintains the payment was not improper and that
McMillian more than made up the time with work before and after his
leave.
Trustees plans to meet in a couple of weeks to select an interim
president.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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