June 16, 1999

Texas Tidbits
___ HSU names Bryan scholarship. The George R. Bryan Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Business has been established at Hardin-Simmons University. Funded by Mary Bryan of Dallas, it honors her late husband, who served on the university's board of trustees nine years. The scholarship fund will assist qualified business majors with education expenses.
___ Deaf conference marks 50 years. The Texas Baptist Conference for the Deaf will celebrate its 50th anniversary June 11-13 on the campus of Baylor University. The conference is made up of 17 deaf churches and 146 interpretive ministries. During the meeting, Baylor graduate Carter Bearden will be recognized for his work with the deaf and his service as the conference's first president. For registration information, call Bob Parrish at (214) 828-5392.
___ Judgment entered against Baylor. Baylor University was ordered June 9 to pay $153,788 in back wages to John Fox, who was fired as an anthropology professor in 1997, according to reports by the Associated Press and Waco Tribune-Herald. The Waco jury did not rule on the reasons for Fox's firing, but they said he was denied due process and a fair hearing before his tenure was revoked. Baylor spokesman Larry Brumley said the relatively small judgment "indicates that the jury agreed with the university's position that Dr. Fox should not be teaching at the institution." The award could have been as high as $6.7 million. The jury also found that Baylor administrator Stan Madden and former Baylor student Judy Parker did not libel Fox by comments they made. Parker was one of four students who had accused Fox of misconduct on a Guatemalan field trip.

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