D. HAROLD DOTY, FORMER DEAN, COLLEGE OF
BUSINESS, CURRENT DEAN, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT
TYLER
(September 3, 2006) Special Report Did Fawn Hall Replace Melia Hartsfield? An Investigative Series on the
Use of the CoB's Budget "… This "Special Report" addresses what else may be going on in the Dean's Office
now that Hartsfield has moved over into the southern part of JGH 211. We start with some historical spending
in the CoB, taken from USM Purchase Orders obtained through a Mississippi Open Records Act request…".
(September 4, 2006) Dr. Doty: "It has been just over thirty six months since you assumed the role of Dean of the
business school (by whatever name) at the University of Southern Mississippi. In that time, you have
succeeded in mismanaging the academic environment in the college, in mismanaging the finances of the
college, and in creating a toxic environment in which the colleagues of the business school operate...".
(September 4, 2006) DEVELOPING STORY NEW ORLEANS - "At the August 2006 CoB faculty meeting, Dean
Harold Doty introduced CoB faculty to Steve Jackson, an accounting professor at Loyola University in New
Orleans. Doty informed the CoB that Jackson would be joining USM's School of Accountancy and Information
Systems in January of 2007. Doty also stated that Jackson's hire was the result of the CoB's new strategy of
raiding New Orleans' higher education community --- a community weakened by the lingering effects of
Hurricane Katrina. Finally, Doty suggested that this new strategy might be yielding more fruit for the CoB in
the near future...".
(September 4, 2006) (updated September 17, 2006) HVAC Tales A Look at Dean Doty's Revisionist History "A
big theme during the agenda-less CoB Fall 2006 Faculty Meeting was the impending success of the $1,000,000+
Joseph Greene Hall HVAC project that was initiated during December of 2005. CoB Dean Harold Doty and
members of his administrative team are beating the "HVAC project remains on schedule. . ." drum
continuously these days, as if CoB faculty and staff have no memory whatsoever of the original schedule...".
(September 12, 2006) 31st & Pearl A Long Year Ahead "The 2006-2007 academic year is barely underway and
already it feels like it's three months old. Whether through mismanagement or malice, Dean Harold Doty has
managed to make a mark on the CoB, and it's one that will be around for a long while. His performance at the
Fall 2006 CoB Faculty meeting, assuming what took place that day qualifies for such a title, was bizarre to the
extreme. Doty's reached the point now that even a superior administrative team would have little to no chance
of rehabilitating his image. No sense even pondering that possibility with the team he has assembled...".