Wilson surprised by uproar at UMass.(university president Jack M. Wilson) From: Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: June 2, 2007| Author: Bombardieri, Marcella | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Boston Globe. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Marcella Bombardieri

Jun. 2--When University of Massachusetts president Jack M. Wilson eased out the head of the flagship Amherst campus earlier this month, he didn't expect the uproar that followed.

John Lombardi, the tough- talking, often irreverent chancellor at Amherst, had only mixed support on campus. He had received a job evaluation that found him intolerant of disagreement and hostile to Wilson's vision for the future of the university system. ...