Wayne State University President Roy Wilson came in for withering criticism from three members of the school's Board of Governors at a meeting Wednesday.
WSU president Roy Wilson
The Freep's David Jesse reports:
Board member Dana Thompson decried glowing testimonials to Wilson given by a handful of community members earlier in the meeting and a letter signed by more than two dozen community leaders supporting Wilson's tenure at the school.
"The Roy Wilson I know is unfit to continue to serve," Thompson said. "We don't tell the board of directors of those corporations and foundations that came out in support how to invest their money. They should stay in their lane.
"If Roy Wilson had any shred of integrity he would be leaving the university after this meeting."
Joining Thompson in the criticism were Sandra Hughes-O'Brien and Michael Busuito. The attacks stem from Wilson's hiring of expensive consultants to guide the negotiations between Wayne State and the Detroit Medical Center and Henry Ford Health Center over partnering with WSU's medical school. The consultant contracts cost the university $7.5 million and produced no deal.
Wilson, for his part, said nothing during the speaking, sitting "stone-faced" at the center of the meeting table. He left without speaking to reporters.
