A professor who had sued Oral Roberts University for wrongful termination got his job back on Thursday, the Tulsa World reported today.
The professor, John W. Swails, was one of three faculty members who sued the university in October, after they were fired. The scandal stirred up by their dismissal, which featured accusations of lavish spending and political impropriety by the university’s president, Richard L. Roberts, led to his resignation in November. He has denied those allegations.
Details of the settlement with the professor, including his reinstatement, were not disclosed. The other two professors have reportedly not settled.
Also this week at Oral Roberts, two members of its Board of Regents resigned. They were I.V. Hilliard, a co-founder of a church in Texas, and Benny Hinn, a evangelical broadcaster famous for faith healing. He is among six such broadcasters being investigated by a U.S. Senate committee over their compliance with tax laws. —Thomas Bartlett
