UGA Defends Clarence Thomas As Speaker Choice

By: Barbara Herring | WSAV-TV
Published: April 23, 2008

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University of Georgia President Michael Adams is defending his decision to invite U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

At a University Council meeting on Tuesday, Adams responded to criticism that Thomas

Thomas, a Savannah, Georgia, native, faced a bitterly contested confirmation process for his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1991 after his former employee, Anita Hill, accused him of sexual harassment.

Adams has lead a crackdown on sexual harassment at UGA since being accused of ignoring harassment complaints against faculty. Three professors have resigned since September because of accusations of sexual harassment.

as the institution's graduation speaker. is an inappropriate guest after a year of sexual harassment scandals on campus. Adams says the opposition to Thomas speaking at the May 10 ceremony is more about his conservative political views and not about his past.