Several members of MSU's Board of Trustees and President M. Peter McPherson were unaware of Trustee Randall Pittman's past fraud liabilities when he was appointed to the board in February - but they are defending him.
The support comes in the wake of a State News story published Friday that cites Illinois appellate court documents that show Pittman, a Republican appointed to the board in February, was found liable in 2000 on multiple counts of fraud in a civil case.
"I am absolutely convinced he's a man of high ethical character," McPherson said. "As a longtime practitioner of law
