quote:Must not have submitted his pre-resignation letter....
In April, Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp asked for all university vice presidents to submit letters of resignation with an open end to give Young the chance to better install the leadership team he wanted. Young would then be able to reject or accept the resignations.
quote:This was a "resignation" not a resignation.
Why would he not force the president to fire him? Now, the news release out of Young's office says that G resigned and will likely deny that he was given an ultimatum.
quote:He is heavily involved in that BARDA grant... wonder what will become of it now?
Giroir said he was given the option to resign or to be terminated within the next 30 minutes. After visiting with his wife, he submitted his resignation because "there was no reason to create more turmoil over what I think there is going to be more what I think will be somewhat tumultuous" situation.
Dr. Giroir noted the timing of the personnel action was the day after the end of the legislative session, where the HSC received $144 million in tuition revenue bonds for further expansion.
Young told Giroir he "was looking for someone to increase NIH research funding and be more interdisciplinary with the rest of the university." Giroir told WTAW News "Of all the reasons, and there are probably many good ones that people may not want me, that would be the least of them". Giroir cited a $3 billion dollar BARDA award and the $50 million NCTM facility, increasing HSC research in his first year by 65 percent and overall by 35 percent.
Giroir added "It's a bit unsettling that the thing I'm very best at and think have succeeded at most is the reason that my services are no longer needed as part of the team".
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So you would go out quiet without a fight for something you felt was crappy and an injustice? That shows what kind of person you are. If you've listened to what he said to the media, it is all very reasonable and classy.
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I would imagine allot of the faculty and staff at HSC now realize there is no loyalty at the top.
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The only problem with a medical school focusing on NIH grants, it doesn't produce great doctors. Medical Research is not equivalent to producing much needed great medical doctors.
quote:Fonzie, It's not often I agree with you, but whomever is behind this is the biggest bag of crap around. Dr. Giroir was an immeasurable asset to the university.
This is an embarrassment to Texas A&M. Brett Giroir was probably the smartest man on the combined campuses; now, they have fired him.
Good god, will the idiocy that starts at the top (looking at your Mr. Sharp) never end?
quote:Normalized for salary?
I'd like to compare yours and Dr. G's resume.
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Perhaps the "at will" philosophy is making its way through TAMU from bottom to top?