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University
of
Michigan
removes
Schlissel
as
school
president
By COREY
WILLIAMS
apnews.com
ANN
ARBOR,
MI -
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,”
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
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.
___
Williams
reported
from
West
Bloomfield,
Michigan.
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