C P M C P M G Jun 5 2008 12:01:07:893AM Post-Gazette G Y K Y K A-6 PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE ■ THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2008 ■ WWW.POST-GAZETTE.COM NATIONAL WVU: board appointees Manchin fraud and money laundering. A federal jury delivered a West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, father of Mylan Inc. executive selected mixed verdict against Antoin “Tony” Rezko, 52, fi nding him Heather Bresch, appointed nine members of West Virginia guilty of scheming with the University's board of governors, which meets tomorrow to government’s star witness to get consider the university’s erroneous decision to award 9 of 18 kickbacks out of money man- agement fi rms wanting state an M.B.A. degree to Ms. Bresch. business, but acquitting him of on WVU charges that included attempted West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III extortion. •1970 WVU graduate NATIONAL Ex-Bush aide’s 9/11 deal •Elected to House of Delegates in 1982 and board BRIEFS WASHINGTON — As state Senate in 1986 President Bush’s health chief, •Elected governor in 2004 and seeking re- Tommy Thompson proudly election this year WVU, FROM PAGE A-1 trumpeted millions of taxpayer •Named wife, Gayle, to the state board of dollars to help workers sickened Mr. Garrison is a long- War on teen by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks education in 2007 time friend of Ms. Bresch at the World Trade Center, and reported to her at one sex faltering even amid complaints that his Mylan Inc. Chief Operating Officer Heather Bresch Award, which Mr. time when he was a lobbyist agency wasn’t doing enough. •Mr. Manchin’s Wise gave Mr. Good- for Mylan. Milan Puskar, WASHINGTON — The Now, Mr. Thompson’s pri- daughter and win in 2003 chairman of the Cecil-based nation’s campaign to get more vate company has won an $11 generic drug maker, is teenagers to delay sex and use million contract to treat some high school and •Former lobbyist for WVU’s biggest benefactor. condoms is faltering, threaten- of those same workers — the WVU classmate Mylan, Centra Finan- Mylan employees, directors ing to undermine the highly latest twist in a fi tful govern- of WVU Presi- cial Holdings and and their families have been successful effort to reduce teen ment effort to determine how dent Mike S. Platinum Properties major contributors to Mr. pregnancy and protect young many people were made ill by Manchin’s 2004 and 2008 people from sexually transmit- the toxic debris — and to care Garrison LLC campaigns. ted diseases, federal offi cials for them. •As the Cecil •Member of Mr. Man- Mr. Garrison has said he reported yesterday. The contract awarded by the drug maker’s chin’s transition team did nothing to influence the New data from a large gov- Centers for Disease Control is decision to award the degree, ernment survey show that by aimed at tracking the health of government af- •Chairman, West Vir- explaining it “was made fairs officer, su- ginia Higher Educa- every measure, the decade- between 4,000 and 6,000 workers WVU President solely by the administra- long decline in sexual activity who live outside the New York pervised Mr. tion Policy Commis- tors” in the business school. Mike S. Garrison among high school students lev- City area, where a separate Garrison when sion (2003-07), Ms. Bresch’s transcript had eled off between 2001 and 2007 health monitoring program is 22 credit hours added to it he was a lobby- resigned so he could be considered for WVU presi- and the increase in condom use in place. The CDC is part of the Mylan Inc. Chief Operating reflecting courses she did ist for Mylan dency by teens fl attened out in 2003. Health and Human Services Officer Heather Bresch not register for, pay for or The survey comes on the Department, which Mr. Thomp- •Said she earned •At WVU, taught Political Science 321: “Politics and complete. Mr. Garrison has heels of reports that one in son headed in Mr. Bush’s fi rst the degree in December 1998, a claim inconsistent West Virginia Government: A Practical Approach” referred the revisions to four teenage girls has a sexu- term. WVU’s Office of Academic ally transmitted disease and Internal e-mails obtained with official records and the findings of an independ- •Received a 77-19 vote of no confidence by WVU’s Integrity. that the teen birth rate has by The Associated Press show ent panel faculty senate May 5 and a 565-39 vote of no con- Faculty members, who increased for the fi rst time in that the one-year contract went •Was being considered for a posi- fidence by the entire faculty twice have voted to demand 15 years, the data is triggering to Logistics Health, Inc., a La tion on the advisory committee of May 14 Mr. Garrison’s resignation, alarm across the ideological Crosse, Wis.-based company point out that an indepen- spectrum. where Mr. Thompson is presi- WVU’s College of Business & Eco- Mylan Inc. Chairman dent panel concluded that The federal Centers for Dis- dent. nomics at the same time school Milan Puskar his top aides were at a meet- ease Control and Prevention in ing Oct. 15 where the deci- Also in the nation . officials were fabricating a tran- •WVU’s biggest benefactor. The Atlanta conducted the survey. script to show she had earned an university’s football stadium is sion was made. All 440 children of a Texas Board of governors Chair- Senate OKs budget accord polygamist sect raided by M.B.A. from the school named after him as is the man Stephen P. Goodwin WASHINGTON — The Sen- authorities two months ago West Virginia University President deanship of the business last week issued a statement ate yesterday approved a $3.1 were returned to their parents Mike S. Garrison school that awarded Ms. Bresch supporting Mr. Garrison. trillion election-year Demo- by yesterday, a Child Protec- “The board believes there cratic budget blueprint that tive Services spokesman. … •Took office Sept. 1 after being ap- an M.B.A. degree she did not is no evidence whatsoever leaves to the next president the The California Supreme Court pointed by WVU’s board of gover- earn that President Garrison took task of sorting out a host of fi s- yesterday rejected petitions to nors •Mylan Inc. employees, directors any action to improperly cal problems. delay its historic same-sex •Longtime friend of the Manchin and families were big donors to influence” the decision to The House-Senate com- marriage decision, clear- promise, adopted by a 48-45 ing the way for gay couples to family Mr. Manchin’s 2004 and 2008 margin, would allow large marry later this month. The •Holds undergraduate and law de- campaigns and Mylan also near-term increases in defense court’s action on the case makes grees from WVU, where he was backed the governor’s unsuc- “Is this board of Mylan Inc. Chairman Milan Puskar and domestic programs funded it possible for same-sex unions student body president during the cessful $5.5 billion pension by Congress each year, but also to begin June 17. … California governors able stacks wrenching Medicare and Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneg- 1991-92 school year bond initiative in 2005 to execute this other federal benefi t decisions ger proclaimed a statewide •Served former West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise as secre- •Member of Mr. Manchin’s transition team and Investor upon the shoulders of future drought yesterday, warning tary of tax and revenue (2001) and chief of staff with WVU board of governors member Parry G. Petro- straightforward policymakers. that the state’s water supply is (2001-03) plus in Platinum Plaza, Citynet, other ventures plan of redemption, falling dangerously low because Fund-raiser convicted of below-average rainfall. •Recommended board of governors Chairman Ste- •Director of Centra Financial; owns a 2.8 percent or does it view its CHICAGO — A prominent phen Goodwin for the Distinguished West Virginian stake in the publicly traded Morgantown bank fund-raiser for Sen. Barack role as protecting Obama and Gov. Rod Blagojev- For news updates, visit post- WVU Board of Governors the vested political ich was convicted yesterday of gazette.com/nationworld (with year their term expires) and personal Stephen P.Goodwin, sentation that is being phased out Mr. Wise’s chief of staff; reappointed interests from chairman, (2010) this year by Mr. Manchin •Attorney with Goodwin •Former educator and community acti- •Ventures in which he is partners with which it springs?” & Ware in Morgantown vist from Ripley,W.Va. Mr. Puskar include Platinum Plaza — WVU’s Academy of •Appointed to the board Stephen B. Farmer (2008) LLC, Morgantown’s Waterfront Place Distinguished Alumni Jewish lobby hears by former Gov. Bob Wise when Mr. •Attorney with Farmer, Hotel, and Citynet, a Bridgeport, Garrison was Mr. Wise’s chief of staff; Cline and Campbell in W.Va., telecommunications company reappointed by Mr. Manchin Charleston •Director of Centra Financial; Centra award the degree, the state- Obama underscore •Past president of the WVU Alumni As- •Appointed in 2004 after CEO Douglas J. Leech is a former ment read. sociation Mr. Garrison left Mr. WVU board of governors member and Like governing boards at •Led the 17-member WVU presidential Wise’s staff chairman who served on the presi- many state universities, a his support for Israel search committee appointed in Sep- •Member of the presidential search dential search committee; Mr. Leech majority of WVU’s board is tember 2006 that eventually selected committee is also on Mylan Inc.’s board appointed by the governor Mr.