Getty Images Graham Spanier, the Jewish president of Penn State ousted during the school’s sexual abuse scandal, opened up about the abuse he suffered at the hands of his immigrant father in a new profile in the New York Times Magazine by Mike Sokolove. Spanier, whose 16-year tenure at Penn State ended abruptly in November…
Former Penn State President Graham Spanier filed a federal lawsuit on Monday seeking to end the state’s prosecution of him on charges he tried to cover up child abuse by onetime assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Spanier is one of three former school officials accused of lying to a grand jury when they said they…
Salaries of presidents of U.S. public universities rose almost 5 percent in the last fiscal year, even as tuition rose and student debt soared, with the median pay package topping $400,000, according to a report released on Sunday. Penn State’s Graham Spanier was the top earner last year at the time he was fired over…
Former Penn State University President Graham Spanier, who was accused of covering up the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal and fired a year ago, will be paid more than $2.4 million in severance and compensation, the university said on Thursday. Spanier, 64, who served as Penn State president for 16 years, has pleaded not guilty…
Former Penn State University President Graham Spanier was freed on bail on Wednesday after his arraignment on charges he covered up the Jerry Sandusky child sex scandal in what prosecutors called a “conspiracy of silence.” Spanier’s lawyer, Elizabeth Ainslie, told reporters that her client pleaded not guilty to the charges but later said in an…
A grand jury has charged former Penn State President Graham Spanier with participating in a “conspiracy of silence” to cover up child sex abuse by former football coach Jerry Sandusky, Pennsylvania’s attorney general said on Thursday. The highest-ranking Pennsylvania State University official charged in the explosive case, Spanier, 64, was accused of child endangerment, perjury…
One unlikely venue for fallout from the Penn State University sex abuse scandal is the campus Hillel, for which now ousted university president Graham Spanier – the school’s first Jewish leader – was a fundraiser and vocal supporter. On Tuesday, the Penn State community was stunned when the NCAA levied a $60 million fine against…
Students rioted in the streets of State College, Pa., Wednesday night after Penn State’s board fired revered football coach Joe Paterno, who has been caught up in a spiralling child sex scandal involving a former top assistant coach. The president of Penn State, Graham Spanier, who is Jewish and according to The Daily Collegian was…
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