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(September 7, 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. The original schedule was based on a three-phase process, with phase one beginning well after Hurricane Katrina, in December of 2005, and with phase three ending by late August of 2006. That original schedule is clearly explained in the USM Press Release below, which was written by Jana Bryant (former Director of Public Relations in the CoB) and released on January 12, 2006. "

(September 8, 2006) An Open Letter to 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 11, 2006) Quotable Doty, part 4, Underfunded Centers and Full Time Fundraisers "Soon after Frank Pickering was run out of USM, the College of Business and Economic Development (CBED) got its present “development officer”, the administrator buzzword for fundraiser, Emile Dieth. ...Just what does Dieth do for Doty? Doty answered that question during his job interview at the University of South Florida. ... Wow! So Dieth arranges meetings, plans the strategy (Isn’t Doty a strategy guy?), prepares briefings for Doty, drives the car, and coaches Doty on his delivery. Maybe Doty should just stay home! The monetary crown jewel in Doty’s fundraising as dean really doesn’t belong to him, it belongs to former Dean Bill Gunther, who raised over $6 million from donors to go toward a new business building, yet Doty is annexing that sum into his record. However, while Doty interviewed at USF, he described his proudest fundraising accomplishment as the result of asking a donor for a $2.5 million gift..." And don't forget Dean Doty's efforts to replenish his "booze account" with "fun money" and find out "how much everybody is worth ... the structure of their assets."