November 3, 2006

Physicist Will Retire and Do 9/11 Research

By KELLY FIELD

Steven E. Jones, the soft-spoken Mormon physicist whose theories on the collapse of the World Trade Center's twin towers have made him the unlikely darling of 9/11 conspiracy theorists, will retire from Brigham Young University on January 1.

Mr. Jones, a founder and co-chairman of an organization called Scholars for 9/11 Truth, had been on paid leave since mid-September, when the university began a review of his research (The Chronicle, September 22). At the time, a university