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Blount resigns after harassment complaints
KRISTEN COULTER
Issue date: 3/17/08 Section: News
A former University professor who faced sexual harassment allegations during his time at the University and at a later job in Texas resigned from his post in Texas last week, according to news reports.
Benjamin G. Blount provided the University of Texas San Antonio with his resignation letter March 11, the San Antonio Express-News reported last week.
In July 2006, UTSA's Office of Institutional Diversity found Blount sexually harassed a graduate student, the newspaper reported. The student said while at dinner with Blount, they discussed her marital difficulties. She said he tried to kiss her twice and asked her to stay the night, according to documents.
Blount said he went to dinner with her but didn't ask her to stay at his home.
He resigned from the University on May 7, 2004, while under investigation for sexually harassing a female professor.
The professor who filed the complaint told The Red & Black earlier this month that it is important for cases to be resolved "for everyone's sake."
"It certainly would have made my life easier if the University had completed the investigation," she said. "It created enormous stress in my job for a number of years."
When Blount resigned, the investigation was dropped by the University.
- Contributing: Staff and Wire Reports
Benjamin G. Blount provided the University of Texas San Antonio with his resignation letter March 11, the San Antonio Express-News reported last week.
In July 2006, UTSA's Office of Institutional Diversity found Blount sexually harassed a graduate student, the newspaper reported. The student said while at dinner with Blount, they discussed her marital difficulties. She said he tried to kiss her twice and asked her to stay the night, according to documents.
Blount said he went to dinner with her but didn't ask her to stay at his home.
He resigned from the University on May 7, 2004, while under investigation for sexually harassing a female professor.
The professor who filed the complaint told The Red & Black earlier this month that it is important for cases to be resolved "for everyone's sake."
"It certainly would have made my life easier if the University had completed the investigation," she said. "It created enormous stress in my job for a number of years."
When Blount resigned, the investigation was dropped by the University.
- Contributing: Staff and Wire Reports
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