Dr. Fallon began his tenure at EMU on July 18, 2005, after serving as president of SUNY Potsdam and William Penn College.
Fallon was terminated by Eastern Michigan University on July 15, 2007, following a scandal related to the murder of Laura Dickinson, which took place on the campus the previous year.
Fallon was appointed by the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents in March 2005.
[1] Fallon and other university officials initially stated that her death was not the result of foul play.
[1] That initial statement was proven wrong after another student at the university was arrested for Dickinson's rape and murder.