<p>You know this is just tragic. I was discussing this with a friend who is a loyal Mary Washington graduate and we wondered about brain tumors, strokes, or other illnesses that might explain such aberrant behavior.</p>
<p>I suppose they would not have terminated him so abruptly if the explanation could have been attributed to "other" causes besides garden variety alcoholism but goodness..how does one make it past the screenings to get a Presidency at age 50 without anyone on a search committee having a clue you are an alcoholic. My only friend who recently completed rehab after thirty years of drinking looked a total fright by his mid40s..teeth falling out, skin and bones, obviously drunk in the middle of the day, career at severe risk. It just seems odd that no one at the University of DE or his other former college would have tipped anyone off if he was an abusive drinker.</p>