MichaelR.

Lovell
President

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CONFIDENTIAL

April 13, 2016

Dr. John McAdams
3559 N. Murray Ave.
Shorewood, WI 53211
Dear Dr. McAdams,
I am writing to you today to clarify that your status with the University is unchanged and you
remain in a suspended status as outlined in my March 24th letter.
In addition, your communication to me on April 4th does not satisfy the criteria that were laid out
in the 123-page report of the Faculty Hearing Committee or described throughout my 11-page
decision on March 24th. Before returning to the faculty, you must provide an assurance that you
will not continue behaviors that harm others within the Marquette community. You must
directly address the concerns that were articulated by your peers on page 105 of their report
where they indicate Dr. McAdamss repeated refusal to recognize or conform his conduct to
such obligations as the obligation to take care to avoid harm to others indicates that, without
corrective action, such conduct is likely to continue in the future. The record of this case
therefore demonstrates that Dr. McAdams has engaged in a serious instance of irresponsible
conduct, and that his conduct is likely to significantly impair his fitness to meet his
responsibilities as a university professor. and But the record belies the argument that the
Nov. 9 blog post was an aberration, and makes clear that Dr. McAdams has, by his refusal to
recognize his obligations to his profession, the university, his colleagues, or students, set himself
on a course that was and continues to be likely to produce such incidents.
Best,

Michael R. Lovell
President