University of Wisconsin-Whitewater hired a dean months after he resigned from Florida State University where auditors contended he spent thousands of dollars of school money for personal benefit, the Associated Press has learned.
UW-Whitewater officials said Thursday they were unaware of the audit when they hired Lee Jones to be a high-ranking dean in May 2004. They said they were surprised to learn about it Thursday from the AP, which obtained a report detailing auditors’ concerns with Jones’ use of university funds while he was associate dean of Florida State’s College of Education.