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  • State poet laureate Troupe quits; lied on UCSD résumé

    10/20/2002 7:21:48 PM PDT · by TheMole · 15 replies · 276+ views
    San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | October 19, 2002 | Cheryl Clark
    Author and UCSD professor Quincy Troupe has resigned as the state's first official poet laureate after admitting that he lied on his résumé about having a college degree. "I deeply regret my ill-advised decision to include inaccurate information on my curriculum vitae," Troupe said in a statement released by Gov. Gray Davis' office last night. "While I attended Grambling College, I never earned a college degree." Quincy Troupe Troupe, 62, has been a professor of creative writing and Caribbean literature at UCSD since 1991. He could not be reached for comment last night. The discrepancy was discovered during a routine...