Pride
At the College of Business of the University of Southern Mississippi*
*From the point of view of one full professor
I wrote a letter to the then Commissioner of the Institute of Higher Learning, Dr. Thomas Layzell, and each member of the Board of Trustees. The letter requested that a committee of faculty be convened to consider evidence with regard to material misrepresentations in Dr. James Crockett’s letter recommending an equity pay raise for Dr. Marvin Albin. A copy went to each member on the Board of Trustees.
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Several years later, I found a copy of this letter in my personnel record. In the upper right hand corner is a handwritten note. It says:
Jim Crockett, CPA
Patricia Polk Munn, CPA
Carl Nicholson, CPA
Jim [Crockett] -- this is what Carl [Nicholson, at the time a member of IHL] got plus most of what you gave me. He said to tell you he will take care of it. Patty [Polk Munn, USM Instructor whose husband works for Nicholson and Company] (Emphasis added.)
I never heard from the Commissioner or any member of the Board.
