Former Brown Provost Fired as President of University of Michigan for Inappropriate Relationship

Former Brown Provost Fired as President of University of Michigan for Inappropriate Relationship

A former Brown University Provost who went on to serve as the President of the University of Michigan has been fired by Michigan's Board of Regents for an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate.

Michigan released more than 100 pages of emails sent by President Mark S. Schlissel, M.D., Ph.D. to a staffer. 

The emails relate to their personal relationship.

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Brown announced in April of 2011 that Schlissel was to succeed David I. Kertzer as the 11th provost of Brown University. The appointment was made by then-Brown President Ruth Simmons.

Prior to coming to Brown, Schlissel was the dean of biological sciences in the College of Letters and Science at the University of California-Berkeley. At Brown he also assumed the duties as Brown’s chief academic officer.

“I’m grateful for the opportunity to work with President Simmons and the entire Brown community,” Schlissel said at time of his appointment.

“I can’t imagine a more exciting academic leadership position and I am anxious to get started.”

He left Brown in 2014 for the Michigan presidency.

He is a graduate of Princeton University (BA) and Johns Hopkins University (MD-PhD).