Incidents at Michigan State University

Total: 16

Incident 8562

Status: Resolved
Person: Robert Pittman
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
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Outcome Year: 2020
Outcome Category: Criminal Plea / Conviction
Specific Outcome: "Former MSU professor Robert Pittman on Wednesday pleaded guilty to fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct for assaulting [subordinate] in 1999 just before Pittman retired and moved to California."
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Last updated: Mar 16, 2020 9:21 am

Incident 8568

Status: Resolved
Person: Harold Marcus
Role: Faculty
Position: Professsor
Discipline: Arts and Humanities
Specific Discipline: History
Outcome Year: 2019
Outcome Category: Honor Revoked
Specific Outcome: "Marcus’ status as an emeritus professor was revoked in 2019 after a university investigation found him responsible for sexual harassment. " Lawsuit filed
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Last updated: Apr 7, 2020 11:45 am

Incident 8360

Status: Resolved
Person: Robert Wiseman
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Physiology, Life Sciences
Specific Discipline: Physiology
Outcome Year: 2019
Outcome Category: Suspended / Leave / Restrictions
Specific Outcome: Suspended without pay for 6 weeks
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Last updated: Jun 27, 2019 7:25 pm

Incident 7439

Status: Resolved
Person: William Derkley Strampel
Role: Administrator
Position: Dean
Discipline: Medicine and Health Sciences, Osteopathic Medicine
Specific Discipline: Osteopathic Medicine
Outcome Year: 2018
Outcome Category: Criminal Plea / Conviction, No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Specific Outcome: Fired, found guilty of multiple counts by jury in June, 2019
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Last updated: Jun 12, 2019 5:37 pm

Incident 8119

Status: Ongoing
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Outcome Year: 2018
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Specific Outcome: Investigation ongoing and accused used his position as journal article to write a rebuttal
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Last updated: May 28, 2019 1:14 pm

Incident 8174

Status: Resolved
Person: William Jacoby
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specific Discipline: Political Science, Government
Outcome Year: 2018
Outcome Category: Retired
Specific Outcome: Found to have sexually harassed graduate students. Retired from MSU Jan 1 2019
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Last updated: Jun 4, 2019 6:35 pm

Incident 8224

Status: Resolved
Person: Scott Westerman
Role: Administrator
Position: Vice President of Alumni Relations and Executive Director of the MSU Alumni Association
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Outcome Year: 2018
Outcome Category: Resigned
Specific Outcome: Resigned; finding that he "engaged in “severe, persistent, and pervasive unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature” with student
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Last updated: Jun 4, 2019 6:35 pm

Incident 7437

Status: Resolved
Person: Nicole Rovig
Role: Administrator
Position: Registrar
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Outcome Year: 2017
Outcome Category: No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Specific Outcome: Found to have violated the sexual misconduct policy towards an employee.
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Last updated: May 28, 2019 1:14 pm

Incident 7438

Status: Resolved
Person: NAME UNKNOWN
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Geoscience
Specific Discipline: Geoscience
Outcome Year: 2017
Outcome Category: Suspended / Leave / Restrictions
Specific Outcome: Finding of sexual harassment. See last item on the linked post (#3 under Experiences as a Post-Tenure Faculty Member): My Experiences With Sexism in Science.
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Last updated: Sep 30, 2019 9:59 am

Incident 7434

Status: Resolved
Person: NAME UNKNOWN
Role: Faculty
Position: unknown
Discipline: unknown
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Outcome Year: 2016
Outcome Category: No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Specific Outcome: “one faculty firing”.
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Last updated: May 31, 2019 5:14 pm

Incident 7435

Status: Resolved
Person: Larry Nassar
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor, Doctor
Discipline: Medicine and Health Sciences
Specific Discipline: Medicine
Outcome Year: 2016
Outcome Category: Criminal Plea / Conviction, No Longer Employed (includes Fired and Contract Non-renewal)
Specific Outcome: Violated sexual misconduct policy with patients. Fired. Jailed.
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Last updated: May 31, 2019 7:46 pm

Incident 7436

Status: Resolved
Person: John Madden
Role: Faculty
Position: Band Director
Discipline: Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline: Music
Outcome Year: 2016
Outcome Category: Training / Counseling Required
Specific Outcome: Inappropriate texts with student. Eight day suspension, three month delay in promotion. Retired - 2017
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Last updated: Jun 2, 2019 6:35 am

Incident 7433

Status: Resolved
Person: Kenneth N. Wexley
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Business
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Outcome Year: 1992
Outcome Category: Resigned
Specific Outcome: 18 month suspension recommended, resigned.
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Last updated: May 31, 2019 5:13 pm

Incident 7432

Status: Resolved
Person: Stanley DeRusha
Role: Administrator
Position: Band Director
Discipline: Arts and Humanities, Music
Specific Discipline: Music
Outcome Year: 1984
Outcome Category: Resigned
Specific Outcome: "...music professor who was forced to resign from Michigan State University after 14 sexual harassment charges were filed..."

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Last updated: Dec 6, 2020 8:18 pm

Incident 8262

Status: Ongoing
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Last updated: Jun 4, 2019 6:35 pm

Incident 8556

Status: Ongoing
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Last updated: Feb 15, 2020 6:56 pm