Emory University, defending against slander charges, says its presidentspoke the truth in saying a well-known professor had resigned when facedwith apparent proof he had vandalized a school hallway.

Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld denies the vandalism and is suing Emory, its presidentWilliam M. Chace and others. The vandalism accusation cost him a promisedjob as business school dean at Georgia Institute of Technology.