Ohio College's Ex-Chief Keeps Severance Pay

An Ohio jury has agreed to let a former president of Central State University keep all of the $325,000 severance pay that he received upon resigning in the midst of a financial crisis in 1995.

The former president of the historically black university, Arthur E. Thomas, gained a package from the Board of Trustees that included more than $125,000 worth of vacation and sick leave.

After an investigation by a state auditor, Ohio sued Mr. Thomas, charging

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