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James Wagner, Emory University’s president, vowed to continue the school’s support for gay students and issues. (Photo by Jon Rou/Emory University)
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By: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
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The college administrator selected to lead Emory University pledged to uphold the gay-friendly policies already in place on the campus of the prestigious private school in Decatur.
James W. Wagner, a former vice president and provost at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, was tapped July 30, 2003, to lead the 11,600-student school.
Wagner replaced William M. Chace, who presided for nine years during a time in which the college became the first in the state to offer domestic partner benefits to its employees.
Emory included sexual orientation into its nondiscrimination policies in 1993. Three years later, it began offering the partner benefits.
The majority of Wagner’s past interaction with gay students occurred at Case Western after the campus gay group had event posters defaced in “absolutely disrespectful” ways, he said.
The most common incidents of gay harassment occur in dorms for first-year students who aren’t comfortable living with openly gay students. But the school consistently follows up incidents with investigations and resident assistant training.
Wagner still holds the post of Emory’s president.
Southern Voice, Aug. 23, 2003
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