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...Rolando Diaz...
...report found that the termination of Rolando Diaz, a Hispanic guard who was fired in 1989, was justified because of his lack of proficiency in English. Diaz had charged that the firing was discriminatory in part because of a comment both he and his ex-wife allege Dowling made when he decided to fire Diaz...
Dowling allegedly suggested that he could find Diaz another job in the University, perhaps in custodial work, where the immigrant from El Salvador could "be with his own kind." Dowling has denied making the comment, and the University, the Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission all ruled against Diaz when he appealed his case to them...
...report charged that the comment made by Dowling "was intentionally mischaracterized in an effort to create a claim of discrimination during the grievance process." The report cited the ruling of former University Attorney Edward W. Powers in a 1989 grievance hearing which said that Diaz's ex-wife had admitted Dowling did not make a discriminatory remark...
...never the marrying type--I always said I'd wait until I was 30," Diaz says. "It was a last-minute decision...We got engaged over spring break...