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August 19, 2014

Liz M. BarrySpecial Counsel to President r. Mar! S. Sc"lissel#ni$ersity o% Mic"igan20&4 'le(ing Ad(inistration Building)0* +"o(pson Street

Ann Aror, Mic"igan 4-1091*40

ear Ms. Barry/

Please %ind attac"ed a t"reepage letter dated August 4, 2014 to (e %ro( t"e uni$ersitys 'reedo( o%n%or(ation Act coordinator, Patricia . Sellinger, denying (y uly 14, 2014 '3A reuest.

+"is is to appeal t"at decision on t"e grounds t"at t"e denial "as no asis and (ay constitute a $iolationo% t"e Mic"igan 'reedo( o% n%or(ation Act.

5eres Ms. Sellingers entire e6planation %or denying (y reuest/

Any responsi$e records t"at e6ist are r. Mar!els personal records, and not pulic recordspursuant to t"e Mic"igan 'reedo( o% n%or(ation Act.

Ms. Sellinger %ails to pro$ide any description o% t"e responsi$e records 7"ic", as s"es presu(alya7are, include e(ails sent to and %ro( r. Mar!els uni$ersity e(ail address "o7ard8u(ic".eduandal(ost certainly are suect to Mic"igans '3A Act.

'urt"er, "eres a screen s"ot %ro( t"e article t"ats central to (y '3A reuest, How Dr. Heimlich gothis maneuver 40 years ago, y r. 5o7ard Mar!el, PBS :e7s5our, une 1;, 2014, 7"ic" pro(inentlyidenti%ies "i( as a uni$ersity e(ployee/
mailto:[email protected]://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/dr-heimlich-got-maneuver/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/dr-heimlich-got-maneuver/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/dr-heimlich-got-maneuver/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/dr-heimlich-got-maneuver/mailto:[email protected]


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5eres a screens"ot %ro(How a Boy Became the First to Beat Back Diabetesdated une 11, 2011,apparently t"e %irst o% dozens o% colu(ns r. Mar!el "as 7ritten %or t"e PBS :e7s5our, all o% 7"ic"identi%y "i( as a uni$ersity e(ployee/

n ot"er 7ords, %or at least t"ree years, r. Mar!el "as represented "i(sel% to PBS :e7s5oursaudience as a uni$ersity e(ployee and its %ar %ro( unreasonale to assu(e t"at "is pro(inent positionat t"e uni$ersity 7as a %actor in t"e :e7s5ours decision to "ire "i(.

'urt"er, r. Mar!el appears to regularly corresponds 7it" "is :e7s5our producer, Margaret Myers,

$ia "is uni$ersity e(ail account. , too, corresponded 7it" r. Mar!el $ia "is uni$ersity e(ail accountregarding "is


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