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  • UC Santa Cruz chancellor's partner claims part of estate

    08/19/2007 11:56:25 AM PDT · by SmithL · 37 replies · 1,320+ views
    Santa Cruz, Calif. (AP) -- The partner of a former University of California chancellor who plunged 33 stories to her death last year has filed a lawsuit demanding part of her estate. Gretchen Kalonji, Denice Dee Denton's partner of more than 10 years, sued Denton's estate for $2.25 million in Santa Cruz County Superior Court, claiming she was mistakenly left out of Denton's will. The lawsuit, which was filed in June, asserts Kalonji and the one-time UC Santa Cruz chancellor had verbally agreed to provide for each other if one partner should die. "It's just a bunch of lies, that's...
  • Martyrs? Hardly(UC chancellor suicide)

    07/08/2006 9:32:09 AM PDT · by radar101 · 21 replies · 1,146+ views
    San Diego Union ^ | 8 JULY 2006 | San Diego Union Editor
    The suicide of ailing UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Denice Denton – a pioneer among women scientists – was a wrenching personal tragedy. Unfortunately, however, Denton's death is now being used by another former UC executive to suggest sexism and homophobia helped fuel the bitter controversy of the past year over UC's extravagant, arguably illegal, compensation policies. Denton was one of many UC officials of both sexes to draw fire – in her case because UC spent $600,000 renovating her Santa Cruz home (including a $30,282 dog run for her pets) and hired her longtime partner, Gretchen Kalonji, to a $192,000-a-year...