September 20, 2002

Questions About Center Follow LSU's Firing of Researcher 'of Interest' to FBI

By ELIZABETH F. FARRELL

The dismissal this month of Steven J. Hatfill, associate director of Louisiana State University's biomedical-research center and a "person of interest" in the anthrax investigation, was not the end of turmoil and controversy at the center.

Following the dismissal, the center's director was also fired, the dean who oversees the center was relieved of some duties, and the Faculty Senate asked the administration to explain the university's guidelines for accepting federal

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