Nicholas Kyriakopoulos v. George Washington University

In 1978 George Washington University, acting through the Personnel Committee of its Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, refused to promote Professor Kyriakopoulos to full professor. For seven years thereafter, Kyriakopoulos *449pursued his grievance through the University’s internal procedures. The Faculty Senate Hearing and Grievance Committees heard the matter, then the University Board of Trustees, and finally the Personnel Committee considered it on remand in 1985. It again decided against promotion. Kyriakopoulos filed this diversity suit in 1986.

This court affirms the…