Social work indeed: Gay dean, black professor squabble at OSU
”In effect, it’s going to take a seven-figure settlement to get me to drop this case. I will likely retire immediately, leave Ohio State and move back to Texas. At this point I’m totally disgusted. Every time I see Meezan, I want to punch him in the face. And this is putting it mildly.”
Rudolph Alexander, an African-American professor at Ohio State University’s College of Social Work, referring to the dean of his department, William Meezan. The dean accuses Alexander of calling him a ”gay leprechaun” in front of a class and also accusing him of having AIDS. The professor claims that Meezan called him a ”street fighter” and accuses the dean of being racist. Their 4-year, too-public squabble apparently began when the dean, who is gay, suggested some type of ceremony that students would accept homosexuality in accordance with ethics of the National Association of Social Workers. (The Lantern)
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