DPP had his bags packed. He had resigned himself to a very lengthy legal process that would take years, and his contract ended in one month. Unbeknownst to us, the APA team had written in its report that they were very concerned about his tenure denial, regarding him as one of the top researchers in the department and chiding the department for making such a denial without prior warning. Coupled with the internal reviews that also recommended a reversal of the tenure denial, the president of the university intervened and reversed the department's decision. Our belief is that he was told by the university counsel that the tenure denial would be overturned in court, and the university stood to lose on numerous bases. So, DPP was retroactively granted tenure and given an extended sabbatical leave. Within five years, he was promoted to full professor. SJC left the University of North Dakota for a faculty position at Cornell University, in no small part because of his behavior during this period.