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| Platonov leaves UW (Jon Willing) |
Contributed by: uws archive on Friday, August 31 2001 @ 03:33 PM CDT
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This is an archived story posted by Jon Willing. You can view the original
here. The university announced this afternoon that Vladimir Platonov, a math professor who pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in January, is leaving the university.
The announcement was made in a very brief release that said, "Platonov will be leaving the university as of August 31 to take early retirement."
In January, Platonov pleaded guilty to aggravated assault after he attacked his wife with a rock in November 1999. He was given a conditional sentence of two years less a day.
Although the university said that Platonov was "leaving" the university, there was some speculation that the university was ready to release Platonov in response to his conviction. It has been about 17 years since a faculty member was dismissed because of criminal convictions. In 1983, Leo Johnson lost his job when he went to prison for sexual offences involving children.
Until today, Platonov had been suspended with pay while the university conducted an internal inquiry.
• Math prof pleads guilty to assault of wife uws 22 Jan 2001
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| Authored by: uws archive on Saturday, September 01 2001 @ 03:33 AM CDT |
This is an archived comment posted by Paul Schreiber. You can view the original
here. one: in how many years would he have retired under normal circumstances?
two: will he still be permitted to teach, advise, etc. as many other retired profs do?
Paul[ Parent ]
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| Authored by: uws archive on Saturday, September 01 2001 @ 03:42 AM CDT |
This is an archived comment posted by Paul Schreiber. You can view the original
here. UW had a press release to announce Platonov's departure.
I'm disappointed at the lack of flowey quotes from Dave and/or Amit and/or Alan. :)
Also, the Pure Math department still has him listed as faculty on their web page. And he still has his email account.
Login name: vplatonov
Phone: @math[101]% @math[101]% @math[101]%
Directory: /u2/vplatonov Shell: /bin/csh
Last on: Sun May 6 07:28:31 2001 Terminal: ttyp0 from ppp13.math.uwate
New Mail: Fri Aug 31 17:07:35 2001 Last read: Fri Aug 31 17:07:36 2001
Paul [ Parent ]
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| Authored by: uws archive on Saturday, September 01 2001 @ 10:23 AM CDT |
This is an archived comment posted by bricker. You can view the original
here. Hmmm... well this is good, I guess. People need to lay off the University a bit. When lawyers get involved you can't say a damn thing.
I say this Platonov is an arragant prick with a lot of money and lawyers. I wonder if he would like to catch a rock with his face? Crucify him, not the school. [ Parent ]
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| Authored by: saforrest on Thursday, September 06 2001 @ 11:38 AM CDT |
This is an archived comment posted by Stephen Forrest. You can view the original
here. Argh, I feel a karma loss coming on by posting a link to the National Post.
Here's their latest article on the situation with Prof. Platonov.
Steve
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| Authored by: uws archive on Saturday, September 08 2001 @ 03:06 AM CDT |
This is an archived comment posted by Jon Willing. You can view the original
here. Ontario's highest court has upheld the house arrest sentence given a University of Waterloo math professor who bashed his wife over the head with a rock.
- The Record, Sept. 7, 2001 [ Parent ]
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