Mississippi: 2 profs critical of leader lose jobs

by E Wayne Ross on June 6, 2007

Clarion Ledger: 2 profs critical of leader lose jobs

Two Mississippi Valley State University professors were fired weeks after they served on a faculty committee pressing for the ouster of President Lester Newman.

Losing their jobs effective immediately were professors Vickie Curry and Orian Cathey, who were among 10 on the panel slamming Newman’s “micromanagement” leadership style.