By
Ryan Gabrielson
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Findings from two previous committees won't be considered
The proceedings for the third internal university committee considering the UA's case against former Alzheimer researcher Marguerite Kay is scheduled to begin Sept. 26.
But Jerold Hogle said that he's not certain it will start that day - pending on the University of Arizona and Kay's lawyers not postponing the committee's meeting.
The past several months have yielded a string of legal victories for Kay, including her reinstatement to the UA, but banned from campus.
"The whole process is flawed, it's poisoned," said Marlys Witte, surgery professor and faculty senator.
Witte argued that until Kay is completely reinstated and is able to begin her work again, the university should not be able to appoint another committee to examine her case.
"She has nothing, she's not here at all," she said.
At Monday's Faculty Senate meeting, it was discussed whether findings of the previous two committees - both of which found Kay guilty of misconduct - would play any part in this committee's proceedings.
While Hogle said that Kay is not back at "square one," neither of those findings will be considered - nor will the findings of a committee of Kay's peers in the science community which found her not guilty of misconduct in August.
"The public is watching us, we can't blow it again," said Roy Spece, law professor and faculty senator.
No new charges are being considered by this committee, Hogle said.
Witte also requested that the Faculty Senate receive reports concerning Kay's case and said every time she has tried to get this accomplished, "it's tabled or blocked."
Hogle said that the report from the internal committee reports only to UA President Peter Likins.
"The final report is going to the president," he said.
