Showing posts with label Robert Caslen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Caslen. Show all posts

Friday, May 21, 2021

University of South Carolina President Resigns After Speech Blunders; The New York Times, May 13, 2021

; University of South Carolina President Resigns After Speech Blunders

Robert Caslen, a retired Army lieutenant general, was accused of failing to credit a lengthy passage in a commencement speech he delivered.

"In an apology emailed to the university community on Monday, General Caslen admitted to using a well-known quotation in his address to the graduates of the University of South Carolina from a 2014 commencement speech made by retired Adm. William H. McRaven at the University of Texas at Austin."