Alumni Group Issues 'No Confidence' Vote in Logan Trustees

A rift has opened up between Chesterfield-based Logan College of Chiropractic and its alumni association over what the association’s president is calling “financial and human resource management” concerns.

In an open letter released Tuesday, Logan Alumni Association President Christopher N. Shoff said its board of directors had passed a vote of “no confidence” in the Logan University Board of Trustees and their general counsel.

The alumni association is also demanding that the Logan’s board allow an independent accounting firm perform a transparent, forensic audit of the school’s financials over the past five years.

The letter also noted a breakdown in communication, citing several repeated failed attempts by the alumni board to meet jointly with the Logan Board of Trustees and an inadequate response to a letter of questions sent to the board from the alumni.

“We hope that the Board of Trustees recognizes and listens to the concerns of the independent voice of the Alumni Association and works with us for the betterment of Logan College of Chiropractic," Shoff said. 

It went on to say that they continue to support the faculty, staff, students and the college’s new president, Clay McDonald. McDonald, himself a Logan alumnus, was appointed to the spot in February.

The board of trustees has also recently come under fire from McDonald’s predecessor George Goodman, who led the college for nearly 20 years before being abruptly fired earlier this year. Goodman is suing Logan for monetary compensation for wrongful termination and breach of contract.

Goodman himself became an object of controversy last year, when his salary was scrutinized by the Chronicle of Higher Education. The publication said Goodman was paid $798,198 in 2010-11, giving him the second highest salary of any university president in Missouri.

Logan has not responded to requests from Patch for comment on the no confidence vote or Goodman’s suit.