University of Missouri curators not negotiating with Wolfe over severance
Source: Columbia Tribune
The University of Missouri Board of Curators will not cave in to demands by former University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe that it reopen negotiations over a severance package, curators Chair Pamela Henrickson said Friday.
During a news conference after the curators’ meeting, Henrickson addressed issues raised by a letter Wolfe sent by email Jan. 19 to an unknown number of friends and university supporters. She said Wolfe’s letter accurately described the status of talks — he wrote that talks had stopped and he faced “accepting a small fraction” of the pay provided in his contract — but disputed his assertion that the board wanted a “gag order” to prevent him from criticizing the board.
“I wouldn’t characterize it that way,” Henrickson said. “We did want to agree on how each of us would characterize the separation going forward.”
Wolfe resigned Nov. 9 to quell demonstrations over racial issues on the Columbia campus by Concerned Student 1950 that included a hunger strike by graduate student Jonathan Butler and a boycott of athletic events by the Tiger football team. He has not spoken publicly about his resignation and declined the Tribune’s request for an interview Friday.
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