In 1995, Kent State University proudly unveiled the new Paul H. Jones Child Development Center, named in honor of Ravenna’s former mayor. Today, KSU officials are a wee bit less proud.
On Thursday, Paul Jones pleaded guilty to three counts of filing false tax returns and five counts of mail fraud. Students may learn a lesson from this debacle. When the center first opened, Carol Bersani, the director of the institution declared, “We want our students to feel that connection to the community.” No question they’re feeling it now . . . — Rebecca Meiser
This article appears in Jan 17-23, 2007.
Come on now, Ohio State’s business school has a hotel named after a guy that just went to prison for insider trading: http://www.theblackwell.com/
http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2005/12/12/daily33.html
Go Buckeyes.