
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 15, 1991                   TAG: 9103150626
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

ANTI-SEMITISM CHARGE SPLITS DEPARTMENT

An applicant to teach a course on the New Testament at the University of Richmond was denied the job because he is Jewish, a faculty adviser at Princeton University and a Richmond professor have charged.

University of Richmond President Richard L. Morrill denied the anti-Semitism charge. He said the department "was deeply divided and unable to reach a consensus."

John G. Gager, the applicant's faculty adviser, made the allegation in a letter to Morrill.

Robert S. Alley, a humanities professor, accused fellow professor Robison B. James of making religion a test for the job in violation of university policy.

James voted against hiring Derek Krueger. He served on a committee of religion department professors that voted 3-2 to recommend another applicant. - Associated Press

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