UT President DiPietro Fires Chancellor Beverly Davenport With Scathing Letter

  • Wednesday, May 2, 2018

University of Tennessee President Dr. Joe DiPietro has fired Chancellor Beverly Davenport, while outlining his dissatisfaction with her in a scathing letter.

He said there were "numerous areas of unsatisfactory performance" on her part, including a lack of communication skills.

Dr. DiPietro said, "It is my responsibility as UT president to ensure the success of every campus, beginning with the leadership of every campus. A great deal is at stake in these hires, particularly given the importance of the flagship campus both to fulfilling the UT system mission and to that mission's impact on the lives of all Tennesseans. Upon realizing that UT Knoxville needed a change from Dr. Davenport's leadership, I decided to take action to address the leadership need."

She had served less than a year and a half in the post.

One of her actions was to hire John Currie from Kansas State as athletic director. He was fired eight months later.

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