SALINA, N.Y. — The former dean of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University has been arrested, according to a report on the website of Time Warner Cable News.
The report indicates the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department has arrested Kenneth Kavajecz on a charge of third degree patronizing a person for prostitution, amisdemeanor.
He’ll appear in the Salina Town Court on Sept. 29, the Time Warner report says.
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Syracuse released a statement on Wednesday indicating that Kavajecz was no longer dean of the Whitman School.
The school has also placed Kavajecz on administrative leave from his faculty position “until further notice,” Michele Wheatly, Syracuse University vice chancellor and provost, said in the short news release posted Wednesday on the university’s website.
In reaction to the arrest, Kevin Quinn, senior vice president for public affairs at Syracuse University, released the following statement on Friday.
“Given University policy, we are not able to discuss specifics of personnel matters. We have, however, confirmed with law enforcement that the alleged behavior did not occur on the Syracuse University campus, did not involve members of the campus community, and is unrelated to the former dean’s University responsibilities,” said Quinn.
In the Wednesday statement, Wheatly said that J. Michael Haynie, vice chancellor and a tenured faculty member in the Whitman School, will lead the school “during this time of transition.”
Haynie also serves as executive director of the school’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families.
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