Linfield University president defends firing of tenured professor, says he has no plans to resign Updated May 01, 2021; Posted Apr 30, 2021 President Miles K. Davis also Friday recalled that he had discussed physical characteristics of Jews and other Semitic peoples with professor Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, after he had previously denied to an independent investigator making any such comments. “I might have well said that from a physical characteristic perspective, you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference amongst Semitic people. It wasn’t a racist thing about measuring Jewish noses.'' Photo courtesy of Linfield Facebook Share Linfield University President Miles K. Davis on Friday rebuffed calls to resign and defended this week’s abrupt firing of an English professor who criticized him.