A Georgia Tech vice president who played a role in the events that triggered the firing last month of a top official will retire at the end of August.
Institute spokesman Lance E. Wallace said the departure of Patrick J. McKenna has nothing to do with the recent investigations.
McKenna, the vice president for legal affairs and risk management, however, did play a role in the events that led to that firing and three resignations. He advised the fired Tech executive about the executive’s service on the board of a company doing business with Tech. McKenna helped design a plan that was supposed to manage the conflict of interest, but it failed, a University System of Georgia review said. Another university system probe said McKenna offered no counsel about correcting a reporting…
