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No ‘pressure’? Greenwood withdraws demand of $2 million for resignation for comment on the reason for the withdrawal of the letter.
CAITLIN K ELLY Associate News Editor
The Board of Regents will continue discussion on Greenwood’s future, concerning her employment contract and annual evaluation, at a fifth meeting. ILLUSTRATION BY NICHOLAS SMITH KA LEO O HAWAI‘I
In a letter withdrawn on Nov. 6, University of Hawai‘i System President M.R.C. Greenwood asked the Board of Regents for a $2 million payout for her resignation from the university. “Dr. Greenwood’s special damages alone exceed $2 million, before consideration of any general or punitive damages, or her attorneys’ fees and costs,” the letter reads. Greenwood’s law yer Jerr y Hiatt composed the letter and stated that the sum would be necessar y to cover the unexpired term of her contract, as well as her health, living expenses and right to a tenured position if departure from the presidency should occur. However, the letter emphasizes that Greenwood is not resigning from her position and will not do so without an acceptable settlement. Hiatt could not be reached
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N O T ʻA G O O D O U T C OM E ʼ L egal analysis by Hiatt states that the pressure placed on Greenwood by government officials is a breach of contract. There are transcripts of text messages from the governor’s chief of staff Bruce Coppa and voicemails from Gov. Neil Ab ercrombie in the letter. Greenwood also took notes at the meeting that Hiatt claims “show direct pressure upon Dr. Greenwood to abandon settlement and to reinstate Mr. [former athletics director Jim] Donovan to the A D position.” “I assure you, if this issue is not resolved, decisively, on Wednesday, by Thursday, you’re going to be in the thick of a Senate investigation and all that entails. I don’t think that ’s a good outcome,” said Abercrombie in a voicemail dated Aug. 16. At a faculty senate meeting on Oct. 17, during which a vote of no confidence for Greenwood was tabled, she also brought up the
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pressure she felt from politicians. “In order for this university to maintain its accreditation and its credibility, I think we would all agree we have to be free to make our own personnel decisions independent of political pressure,” Greenwood explained. “In the midst of this process, the university was subjected to substantial political pressure to reverse the decision and to reinstate the athletic director.” However, in a statement re leased on Tuesday, Abercrombie’s spokesperson L ouise K im McCoy insisted that Abercrombie allowed Greenwood to handle the issue free from government pressure. “ The governor did not put any pressure on President Greenwood. In fact, when President Greenwood asked the governor for advice on how to handle the situation at UH, the governor suggested options to President Greenwood in re sponse to her request.” See Faculty, page 2
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