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Prof. David Iadevaia, Physics and Astronomy, Pima Community College East Campus
Prof. Iadevaia teaches physics and astronomy at Pima College, has received a Distinguished Faculty Award in April 1997, among other teaching awards.He is rated between Very Satisfactory and Extremely Satisfactory on student evaluation forms.Prof. Iadevaia wrote a memorandum on Nov. 19, 1996, which went to a member of the Pima Community College Board of Governors, the President of the campus, to the administrator in charge of risk management, and to his dean, among others, notifying them that there was an unsafe condition in the student physics laboratory and a student had gotten injured.He noted his frequent prior requests for the hiring of a properly qualified lab manager to prevent dangerous situations, and that his requests for safety were being ignored.Subsequently, his physics teaching materials and his campus computer were locked up and made inaccessible to him and, when asked to attend a meeting to deal with solving the physics lab problem, he was informed that he was under verbal counseling.Subsequently, a written letter of reprimand was placed in his file for one year.
On bringing his case to 4 legislators, the reprisals were reversed.