Former Prof Wins Suit Against Texas Tech Program Director

  A Texas jury last week(November 2012) ordered H. Scott Norville, the head of Texas Tech University's civil and environmental engineering department, to pay $590,000 for defaming and physically assaulting a former faculty member, The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
reported. Norville declined to comment on the finding. R. Scott Phelan, the former faculty member, had received positive reviews from the department and had been winning outside grants. But he charged that he was denied tenure in retaliation for reporting to the university that he believed Norville was using university time and equipment for a consulting business -- charges Norville disputed.
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  Texas Tech operates a "seedy" second rate educational institution. The above story is documented in court record. This editor worked for Dr.Norville in the late 80's and he was "worst" employer I ever had. He came to Lubbock from Ohio with his "yankee arrogance". Hopefully he'll lose substantial assets for his conduct. This is another example of Kent Hance's tolerance of "lousy employees" on Tech campus.