Article archive / October 1, 2015
Originally published: . Volume 6, No. 10. Source pages: 6.
Dr. Clinton (Gary) Pettigrew will retire from his position as Complaints Coordinator at the end of October, after more than 10 years with the Louisiana State Board of Examiners (LSBEP), he announced last month at a September 18 meeting in Baton Rouge.
He expressed that the role was not pleasant, and said, “I think it’s somebody else’s turn.” He received thanks and praise from the board members for his service and assistance. Board members agreed that few people know about value of his contributions. Chair Dr. Marc Zimmermann said, “We appreciate your 10 years of service in a thankless,” and difficult job.
Pettigrew commented that it was difficult. “… when I recommend to dismiss cases, usually they have never been investigated, and the psychologist never knows about, and none of my peers know that I have come to dismiss a case against them,” he said. “But they sure know when I don’t dismiss a case against them, and it sure gets to you after a while.”
He indicated that there might be changes and agreed to consider helping with inputs to the process and also to stay on to help train a new person.
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