The fraud, which has been documented in stories in the October 22, 1999
issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education (www.chronicle.com), as well
as by the Associated Press and in newspaper articles in Reading and
Albright campus media, surrounds claims in his resume and his representations to the search committee and the Albright faculty during the presidential search early in 1999.

In his resume, Col Zimon claims authorship of two books: Reshaping US
National Security Strategy and CFE: The Making of the Treaty. Col Zimon
claimed that the first book was being published by Praeger in 1998-1999, but
the publisher denies that it is or ever was publishing the book. Col Zimon
claimed that he was co-editing the second book with former CIA Director
James Woolsey, but this book is bogus as well. Woolsey told the Chronicle,
"I know nothing about the book" and even Col Zimon acknowledged that he
had not discussed the book with Woolsey in the last seven years.

Col Zimon also falsely claimed that he had taught "seminars" at Harvard
University over two years and that he held postdoctoral fellowships at
Harvard's Kennedy and business schools. Harvard officials deny he ever
taught there, having made only a one time presentation. He also faked
membership on the board of MIT's Center for International Studies, a
board that simply does not exist.

Col Zimon also exaggerated his military background, claiming that he
was sole signatory on army checks in the millions of dollars, that he had
oversight responsibility of the army's educational system and that he
had authored nearly half a dozen treaties. Freedom of Information inquiries
to the army disclose that he signed no checks and authored no documents
relating to treaties or the educational system.

Col Zimon has perpetuated perhaps one of the biggest cons in academe in
recent years and most surely at the level of a college president. Over
the protests of Albright faculty, students and college alumni, the
college's Board of Trustees blocked an investigation into Col Zimon's resume. He was ousted from the college in February 2004.

This website documents Col Zimon's academic deception at Albright
College. Since he left Albright, Col Zimon has applied unsuccessfully for the
presidencies of several colleges as well as for the positions of school
director in several school districts. He made one of three finalists at
three colleges. At a public forum at Bakersfield College in
Bakersfield, California, Col Zimon was grilled extensively on the misrepresentations in the resume he submitted to Albright College. The college disclosed it had not been aware of the controversy into his background at the time he was made one of the finalists and he was not selected.
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In February 2006, he became a finalist at Glenville State College, in
West Virginia, but reports in the Charleston Gazette and the Hur Herald
exposed his controversial background and officials at that college too
announced they had not been aware of the controversy at Albright College.
Incredibly, in his application to the college, Col Zimon represented that his
period at Albright College was considered a period of "renaissance" for the
college. The Charleston Gazette expose noted that Col Zimon's resume represented that he had oversight responsibility over "budgets at the $60 billion" level, more than 15 times the budget of the state's governor and the economies of most countries in the world!

The Gazette noted: "So why would a guy who says he controlled an annual
budget bigger than the economies of most countries want to lead a
college in Gilmer County enrolling just 1,347?

"Some academics and media reports say that, despite the former Army
officer¹s remarkable confirmed accomplishments, Zimon has a propensity
for stretching the truth ‹ even though he describes himself in his
application as ³a role model of impeccable integrity.²

The Hur Herald reported that Zimon was questioned closely at the open
forum for Zimon at Glenville, where Zimon asserted that the charges against
him were false: "I have never even lied to mom and dad."

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