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« No arrests yet in killing of cab driver, police say | Today | Westerly Democrat under investigation for missing laptop » July 18, 2007RWU chair 'accepts' Papitto's request to drop nameThe Roger Williams University Board of Trustees chairman said this afternoon he "accepts" former chairman Ralph R. Papitto's request that Papitto's name be removed from the university's law school. “On behalf of the board of trustees and the university administration, I accept Mr. Papitto’s request that we remove his name from the University’s law school," said Richard Bready, who recently replaced Papitto as board chairman, said in a statement. "While we are deeply grateful that Mr. Papitto has chosen a course of action that is unquestionably in the best interest of the school and its community of faculty, students and alumni, there exists a measure of sadness that his long association with the school comes to this end," Bready added. Bready's statement follows Papitto's apology early this afternoon for a racial slur he made at a Board of Trustees meeting. The remark led to his recent resignation as chairman of that board and calls for his name to be removed from RWU's law school. Papitto, 80, the board's chairman for 20 years, who has given $2.8 million to the school over the years, stepped down July 9, citing his age and desire to spend more time with his family. On Saturday, The Journal reported that Papitto had been forced off the board after using a racial slur during a May 2 meeting while discussing the need to add more women and minorities to the board. (Of the board's 16 members, 14 were white men.) Papitto "has served this university for nearly 35 years and has helped to position Roger Williams to be the outstanding institution for higher education that it is today," Bready said. "We specifically appreciate his efforts to amend relations with the minority community. Bready stated that the new board of trustees will continue to move forward with its plans to ensure a more diverse board and will shortly adopt new by-laws that provide greater transparency of board activities.” Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsMike | July 18, 2007 4:54 PM link Confidential information, please.... Minutes are taken at board meetings. Transparency is expected. Why would anyone in their right mind sit at a board meeting where this goes on and NOT say anything? As far as the "underlying agenda" attributed to the whistleblowers, pushing the three individuals off the board as a punishment for demanding Pappito's resignation failed; now we see efforts to mount a smear campaign against them to continue the retaliatory efforts. Paul | July 18, 2007 6:00 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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It is unfortunate that Mr. Papitto's 40 year reputation has been tarnished at a school that is known for having a dominantly male and white population. I am an alumni, and would ask why confidential board member discussions were leaked to the press. Did the individuals had an underlying agenda and may have been retaliating against Mr. Papitto? There have been allegations that the two woman are upset for not affording their husbands companies the opportunity to capitalize on expansion and other projects. Now that the journal has opened the door to bigotry and bias, are they willing to expand its investigation to see if their are other ethics violations that have occured? What role if any did the president have in allowing what is typically confidential information to be leaked?