http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129009693
August 5, 2010
Radical Vietnam War protester William Ayers is retiring after more
than 20 years as an education professor at the University of Illinois
at Chicago.
Education Dean Vicki Chou says Ayers' retirement will become official
later this month.
Ayers co-founded the Weather Underground, an anti-war group held
responsible for a series of bombings, including nonfatal explosions
at the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol.
Ayers' past became a political issue during the 2008 presidential
campaign because President Obama served with Ayers on the board of a
Chicago charity. There's no evidence they were ever close friends.
Chou said Ayers' retirement had nothing to do with the controversy
surrounding him, adding he was a "good colleague," and hundreds of
students cherish they were taught by him.
A spokesman for the university said Thursday that Ayers would not be
available for comment.
.
0 comments:
Post a Comment