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From: J <jeevacation®gmail.com>
To: Lawrence Krauss
Subject: Re: Proposed press statement
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 17:33:07 +0000
so when melanie thompson attny . responds to your lawsuit and says why are you complaining you said you
felt happy gratified. ? that sounds pretty good to us.
On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 1:15 PM Lawrence Krauss < wrote:
relieved? pleased by the result? or just remove that sentence saying I am gratified?
Lawrence M. Krauss
Professor
School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department
Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
Research Office: Assistant (Jessica)
www.lawrencemkrauss.com
I
On Oct 12, 2018, at 10:01 AM, J <[email protected]> wrote:
you can do this without me. if you want to say at this point that you are GRATIFIED . -4! its your life.
On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 12:56 PM Lawrence Krauss < > wrote:
Actually Nancy reminded me why I had what I put in there. The last thing the press reported was that the
Dean recommended my dismissal. They will jump on that if I do not address it.. If I don't have anything in
there not only will I will be asked about it but the statement simply looks like I had a choice between
dismissal and retirement..
SO, here is my proposed revised press statement. Purely factual
Today the University closed their pending employment review process against me, and contemporaneously
I announced my intention to retire from my position as Professor in the School of Earth and Space
Exploration and the Physics Department at ASU, at the end of this academic year, May 16, 2019. I feel
vindicated that the University has accepted my retirement request and agreed to settle the employment
process with no admission of wrongdoing. It is worth stressing that following the University Investigation
it remains true that none of my students, faculty colleagues, postdoctoral research associates, or
participants in the Origins events I led over the the past decade at ASU has issued any complaints to the
University regarding my behavior. The Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences had recommended my
dismissal on July 31 following the completion of investigations by the Office of Equity and Inclusion. I
then appealed the Dean's decision and I presented new evidence and information that undermined the
credibility of the claims, and a number of the claimants. Subsequent to that the Dean and I met for
Conciliation. I am gratified by this result. I look forward to continuing my writing, research, and public
outreach activities elsewhere after retiring from ASU.
Lawrence M. Krauss
Professor
School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department
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Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-14O4
Research Offices I Assistant (Jessica)
I www.lawrencemkrauss.com
On Oct 12, 2018, at 8:49 AM, Lawrence Krauss < > wrote:
I could take out.. I do not know if this factored into the University's decision to settle this matter
with no admission of wrongdoing but I am gratified by this result.
and simply say. "The University and I then met for conciliation. I am gratified by the result.
Lawrence M. Krauss
Professor
School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department
Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 8528744O4
Research Office I Assistant (Jessica)
I www.lawrencemkrauss.com
On Oct 12, 2018, at 8:02 AM, Lawrence Krauss < > wrote:
Ah. But I think it may be brilliant. If they don't respond, I win. If they do, it goes to the disparagement
clause and they will be the first to show that voluntary release of potentially disparaging facts is
acceptable. :)
Lawrence M. Krauss
Professor
School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department
Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
Research Office:
Assistant (Jessica):
I
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On Oct 12, 2018, at 6:00 AM, Justin Dillon < > wrote:
I would take out the bolded language—it will only prompt them to respond, and I worry it is spiking
the football a little too much.
Justin Dillon
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On Oct 12, 2018, at 12:55 AM, Lawrence Krauss < > wrote:
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Proposed Press statement:
Today the University closed their pending employment review process against me, and
contemporaneously I announced my intention to retire from my position as Professor in the School
of Earth and Space Exploration and the Physics Department at ASU, at the end of this academic
year, May 16, 2019. I feel vindicated that the University has accepted my retirement request and
agreed to settle the employment process with no admission of wrongdoing. It is worth stressing that
following the University Investigation it remains true that none of my students, faculty colleagues,
postdoctoral research associates, or participants in the Origins events I led over the the past decade at
ASU has issued any complaints to the University regarding my behavior. The Dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences had recommended my dismissal on July 31 following the completion of
investigations by the Office of Equity and Inclusion. Subsequent to that in my appeal I
presented new evidence and information that undermined the credibility of the claims, and a
number of the claimants. I do not know if this factored into the University's decision to settle
this matter with no admission of wrongdoing but I am gratified by this result. I look forward to
continuing my writing, research, and public outreach activities elsewhere after retiring from ASU.
Lawrence M. Krauss
Professor
School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department
Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
Research Office l Assistant (Jessica)
www.lawrencemkrauss.com
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