Florida A&M University Law School Professor Removed After Endowing Own Chair

The Chronicle of Higher Education is reporting that Professor Shirley A. Cunningham Jr., a Kentucky personal injury lawyer who gave the school 1 million dollars in exchange for his own endowed faculty chair and a salary of $100,000 a year plus benefits has been removed from the payroll.  The story reveals that Cunningham never taught a class or worked as a professor at the school.  The law dean at Florida A&M has been placed on administrative leave.

Lee Peoples, Oklahoma City University Law Library