EAST LANSING — Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees is being sued by a faculty member over allegations two trustees damaged his career and retaliated against him for speaking out about allegations of misconduct on the board.
Former Faculty Senate Chair Jack Lipton claims that former board Chair Rema Vassar and Trustee Dennis Denno encouraged students to attack him and label him a racist. He also said the board used a comment he made comparing some onlookers’ actions at the Oct. 27, 2023, meeting to “mob rule” to further retaliate against him.
MSU’s own investigation of allegations of misconduct by trustees supported some of Lipton’s claims in the lawsuit…