Attorney-Client Privilege Begin forwarded message: From: Tom Hays Subject: Re: faculty Date: June 29. 2017 at 1:49:19 PM MDT To: 'Bush,Daniel' Cc: David Bernlohr Daniel, Quite shocking indeed! Yes, I can con?rm that I did not write, nor sign, an offer letter to Brian McNaughton during my interim term (2014- 2015) as Dean of the College of Biological Sciences at the University of Minnesota. Best wishes, Tom Thomas S. Hays, 911.!) On Jun 29. 2017, at 9:28 AM, Bush,Daniel (DJiushL? colostate edu) wrote: Tom, I?m Daniel Bush, Vice Provost forFaculty Affairs at Colorado State University. As you know, I've been communicating with your colleague, Dave Bemlohr, about :1 offer letter to Brian McNaughton from early 2015 to join Dave?s department as an associate professor. The letter was from the college's Dean's of?ce and it had your signature on it as the Interim Dean at that time. Dave and I spoke yesterday after he touched base with you and it is my understanding this letter is simply a fake. You did not write or sign it, and moreover it even offered lab space in a building that the college was no control 1 over. In addition, as I understand, the letter did not conform to the standard format used by the college. I am writing you now to ask you to verify you didn?t write or sign this letter. We will have to confront our faculty member about this serious issue and I simply want to have direct veri?cation from you that it was a fabricated offer. I hate to bring you directly into this unfortunate situation, but I can?t see any alternative approaches. Needless to say, we are shocked and dismayed that one of our faculty would fabricate such a letter to advance the status at CSU. I very much appreciate your assistance in this matter. Sincerely, Dan Dr. Daniel R. Bush Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Colorado State University 108 Administration Fort Collins. CO 80523-1001 (970) 491-0212