March 28, 2016 : Michael Fontaine's unscrupulous letter to Plaintiff re appeals committee's findings. The amended procedure that Fontaine claims to be what the Appeals committee wants is in fact Gretchen Ritter's idea to prevent the formation of an external panel of experts (as required by University policy), see here.

Michael Fontaine is an Associate Professor within the College or Arts and Sciences. His promotion to full professorship depended on Gretchen Ritter, the Dean of Arts and Sciences. At Gretchen Ritter's behest, he refused the University Committee's binding instructions to appoint an external committee of experts to make a decision on Prof. Vengalattore's tenure. This was clearly to circumvent external scrutiny of the flawed, incomplete and unfair tenure review process accorded to Prof. Vengalattore. Further, he then lied to Prof. Vengalattore claiming that the University Committee "had no further issues with Ritter's determination". In reality, the University Committee had clearly stated that the tenure case still had "serious deficiencies following the actions of Gretchen Ritter". Shortly after Fontaine's deceit, his promotion to Full Professor was approved by Gretchen Ritter.