ARTICLES CONCERNING
D. HAROLD DOTY, FORMER DEAN, COLLEGE OF
BUSINESS, CURRENT DEAN, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT
TYLER
(March 1, 2011) The Axis of Awful A Guest Editorial The story of the saga involving a handful of East Texas
universities, and the cadre of former USM administrators that appears to be damaging them, has been a hot item
on this website. That cadre of former USM executives – former USM provost Tim Hudson, former USM vice
president for finance Gregg Lassen, former USM business college dean Harold Doty, former USM health college
dean Peter Fos, former USM business college associate dean Farhang Niroomand, and former USM MBA
director Stephen Bushardt – worked at USM during, if not before, the Shelby Thames administration (2002-07).
(March 3, 2011) To Tyler, and Back A Guest Editorial by Victoria Tyler Faculty and staff over at the University of
Texas at Tyler are getting an eyeful in reading the old The Doty Sidestep series available at USMNEWS.net.
From digital MBAs, to secret degrees . . . from letters of agreement to a mismanaged academic suspension
process, former CoB dean Harold Doty did a real number on USM’s College of Business from 2003-07.
(March 7, 2011) 31st & Pearl ‘Winning’ Surely both University of Texas-Tyler business dean Harold Doty and
University of Houston-Victoria business dean Farhang Niroomand are thinking, in convoluted, Charlie
Sheen-like fashion, that they are “winning” every minute of every day, even as they are driving their respective
organizations into the ground.
(April 4, 2011) Feeling Safe at USM, part 4 On September 28, 2007, less than twenty four hours after I offered
sworn testimony before Judge Keith Starrett pertaining to a motion for temporary restraining order filed by Dr.
Chauncey M. DePree, Jr., I was accosted and threatened by D. Harold Doty
