The University of Michigan is investigating possible sexual misconduct by Robert Anderson, a former doctor for the school’s football team. It is also asking anyone with information to call the U-M Compliance Hotline at 866-990-0111.
Anderson, who also was former director of the University Health Service, worked at U-M from 1968 until his retirement in 2003. He worked with the football team under former coaches Bo Schembechler and Lloyd Carr. Anderson died in 2008.
The university said in a news release it was alerted to the issue when a former student athlete wrote to Athletic Director Warde Manuel to detail abuse during medical exams by Anderson in the early 1970s.
“That information was promptly shared with the U-M Office for Institutional Equity and U-M Police for investigation,” the school said in a news release. “As is common practice in criminal investigations, U-M Police asked OIE to pause its review to allow a criminal investigation to proceed.”