Last week, the CUNY BoardofTrustees met to consider the recommendation and due to the objections raised by trustee Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, the board decided not to accept the faculty recommendation and passed him over for the honor.
In March and April, three elected trusteesof the APS resigned in quick succession, in protest at the stance of the trusteeboard, which failed to vote in favour of using its discretionary powers to stick with RPI.