Ken Starr, Ex Baylor Leader and President Bill Clinton Foe, Dead at 76
Ken Starr, the former president of Baylor University who became a national figure as the independent counsel who headed an investigation that led to the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton, died Tuesday after a lengthy illness.
Starr, who served as the school president at Baylor from 2010 to 2016, was 76.
More recently, the sixth-generation Texan was part of former President Donald Trump’s defense team during an impeachment trial in the Senate that saw Trump earn an acquittal.
Starr argued 36 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
“We have lost a giant,” said retired judge Ralph Strother.
Starr’s six-year term at Baylor was not without controversy, ending with the school coming under fire for its handling of accusations of sexual assault made against members of the Bears football program.
A May 2016 report found what has been termed “a fundamental failure” in the way school administrators responded to the complaints, which led to first a demotion of Starr and his eventual resignation as chancellor, along with the ouster of head football coach Art Briles.
While at Baylor, Starr oversaw the construction of McLane Stadium and new academic facilities as well.
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