of MCO in 1993.1  Bone was generally responsible for administration of affairs at MCO;  he envisioned his administration as "an administration of change" to prepare for "the challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century."   Bone perceived Jackson as inflexible and generally opposed to change.  Leighton, the Dean of the School of Medicine at MCO during the relevant times, was in charge of determining and coordinating academic programs at MCO.2


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Jackson asserts that he was outspoken in his opposition to two proposals by Bone:  a merger of MCO with Toledo Hospital, and the appointment of Dr. Wassef Mikhail (Mikhail), an orthopedic surgeon, to be director of a joint diseases institute.  Bone testified Jackson was terminated as chairman due to the internal conflict inLeighton requested that Jackson remain in the position until replaced.


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Bone testified in deposition that the recommendation of non-renewal was a result of Jackson's mismanagement in conjunction with the hiring of Mikhail, which created internal conflict resulting in a "departmental upheaval."   More generally, Bone stated that "it was not Dr. Jackson's speech that I minded so much as his stubborn, inflexible, narrow-minded and unconstructive approach to change."   Jackson asserts that he did not receive a negative evaluation of his job performance by defendants.  In an August 1994 self-assessment, however, Jackson opined that he was "relatively ineffective in pushing forward the goals of the Department and in gaining access to institutional resources needed for Departmental and personal growth and progress," and that "the Department of