Michigan State University's Board of Trustees on Thursday abruptly ended the rocky, yearlong tenure of John M. Engler, its interim president. Engler was hired in the aftermath of the Larry Nassar sexual-abuse scandal, when the university faced potential lawsuits from hundreds of survivors and a state investigation into its handling of accusations against the former gymnastics doctor. But the tenure of Engler, a former Michigan governor, seemed only to exacerbate the scandal, with one trustee declaring that Engler's departure would end his “reign of terror.”
Here are three moments that led to Engler's ouster:
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