BY JEFF BRANSCOME
Two University of Mary Washington faculty leaders said they would support President William Frawley's return from paid leave under the right circumstances.
Professors Stephen Fuller and Mary Rigsby also expressed concern for Frawley and his family in a letter sent to the board of visitors yesterday on behalf of UMW employees.
Fuller, who is the president of the faculty senate, said he didn't consult with any other professors about the note but assumes most would support it.
Last week, Frawley was charged with driving under the influence in both Fairfax County and Fredericksburg.
He's been at Mary Washington Hospital since his Fredericksburg arrest on Wednesday, but is no longer in the intensive care unit, a UMW spokeswoman said.
The university's board of visitors placed him on indefinite paid leave last Thursday and will likely take up the matter again during its regular meeting on Friday.
Frawley's attorney, Phillip Sasser, did not comment.
A MWH receptionist told The Free Lance-Star yesterday that they have no record of Frawley being there.
"Any patient can request not to have their name" on the public patient list, said hospital spokeswoman Kathleen Allenbaugh.
Fairfax police plan to serve a warrant on Frawley when he gets out of the hospital, a police spokeswoman said yesterday.
In their letter, Rigsby and Fuller said "we are all anxious to know more about his condition."
They then praise Frawley's professional accomplishments, saying he has motivated faculty to "think creatively and productively.
"If circumstances allow, we will welcome him back to see these various initiatives to completion," they wrote. "We extend our best wishes for his full recovery and our sympathy to his family in this difficult time."
In a telephone interview, Fuller said he's not ready to "judge the man" until all the facts come out.
"We don't know anything, and that's why I'm reticent to say much," he said.
University Rector Bill Poole said he gave Frawley a "courtesy call" yesterday. He said he still doesn't know the specifics of Frawley's medical condition.
"I actually had a nice conversation," he said. "He seems to be recovering."
Jeff Branscome: 540/374-5402| TUESDAY: UMW President William Frawley, 53, is charged with driving under the influence in Fairfax County after he overturned a 2006 Toyota Avalon, police said. Frawley was put in the intensive care unit at Inova Fairfax Hospital but left the next morning against advice, officials said.
WEDNESDAY: Frawley was arrested at about 2 p.m. in Fredericksburg, where he is charged with DUI and refusing a breathalyzer test. He was taken to Mary Washington Hospital. THURSDAY: UMW board of visitors vote to put Frawley on paid leave indefinitely. |