Once \u201cKennedy\u201d had fired me I looked up Paul F. Buzzi, Esq.\u00a0 Of the many people whom I have met in my life, Paul is without a doubt one of the most upstanding.\u00a0 I recall somewhat vividly how Paul described the sinful and hypocritical lifestyle he used to live, getting high with judges in Akron (ones who sentenced others involved in drugs to prison).\u00a0 Ultimately Paul got hooked on another drug, Jesus juice, and his addiction had dramatic positive results.\u00a0 Paul waited for an answer from the Polymer Science Department at the University of Akron, but none was to be had.\u00a0 Meanwhile, for the next 1.5-2 weeks my status as a student was apparently in a state of limbo and it wasn\u2019t until I ran into the head of the Polymer Science Department (Dr. William {Bill} J. Brittain)* that inquiries were made into the previously described events.\u00a0 When I ran into Dr. Brittain the first thing he said was something to the effect \u201cMark Kohler asked me if you were to still have clearance to the building and I wondered what was going on.\u201d\u00a0 So within a day or two latter I arranged to meet with Brittain and told him the entire series of events that had transpired.\u00a0 Brittain asked me what I\u2019d like to do and admitted that the events were gross misconduct on \u201cKennedy\u2019s\u201d part.\u00a0 I told Dr. Brittain that all I wanted to do was simply finish my Ph.D. seeing all the time I had invested.\u00a0 I was then immediately moved into a new research group that had shown up at U. Akron, that of Dr. Scott Collins.\u00a0 I was also informed that this move would be most ideal for me seeing that Collins had a project centering on IB polymerization and I was already somewhat well versed in the area.\u00a0 Having few options at my disposal and a great desire to get my degree and get the hell out of the shithole of Akron I accepted this arrangement.<\/p>\n
* I was well acquainted with Brittain having finished a M.S. under him instead of a Ph.D.\u00a0 At this juncture I cannot say anything overly good or bad about him.\u00a0 During my stint in his lab I learned absolutely nothing of value in terms of synthetic laboratory techniques.\u00a0 What I did learn was how power corrupts and how that corruption can destroy people’s lives.\u00a0 Without going into detail at this moment (and I have plenty of documentation on file that I can post) one need only look at court records pertaining to him in the 90s as well as awards granted through the Polymer Division of the ACS to students (during the time that Bill chaired this division) to figure out what was going on.\u00a0 Remember, this is the time of Monica Lewinsky\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Once \u201cKennedy\u201d had fired me I looked up Paul F. Buzzi, Esq.\u00a0 Of the many people whom I have met in my life, Paul is without a doubt one of the most upstanding.\u00a0 I recall somewhat vividly how Paul described … Continue reading