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Removed statement about his ID views being a factor in the tenure denial. The referenced article does not actually make that statement.
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[[Image:Guillermo Gonzalez.jpg|right|thumb|Dr. Gonzalez: denied tenure for saying he supports Intelligent Design]]
 
[[Image:Guillermo Gonzalez.jpg|right|thumb|Dr. Gonzalez: denied tenure for saying he supports Intelligent Design]]
'''Guillermo Gonzalez''' is an astronomer and a professor at Iowa State University. He was denied tenure by the university in April, 2007, one of only three out of 66 professors to be denied tenure that year.<ref>[http://www.midiowanews.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=18333457&BRD=2700&PAG=461&dept_id=554188&rfi=8] Mid-Iowa News : Proponent of intelligent design denied tenure by ISU </ref> Faculty members involved in the tenure process acknowledged that Gonzalez's pro-[[Intelligent Design]] viewpoints, including Gonzalez's authorship of the book ''The Privileged Planet'', was a factor in the decision.<ref>[http://www.evolutionnews.org/2007/05/isu_department_faculty_acknowl.html] Discovery Institute: Iowa State Department Faculty Acknowledge ID Played Role in Gonzalez's Tenure Denial</ref> Gonzalez was denied tenure despite the fact that he had had 68 peer-reviewed science articles published, 25 of which were written since he joined the university in 2001<ref>[http://www.godandscience.org/guillermo_gonzalez.html] God and Science.org: Guillermo Gonzalez Denied Tenure by Iowa State University</ref>, and that his research had been mentioned in prestigious publications such  as ''Scientific American'' (note: Scientific American is a science ''magazine'', and should not be confused with a science journal).
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'''Guillermo Gonzalez''' is an astronomer and a professor at Iowa State University. He was denied tenure by the university in April, 2007, one of only three out of 66 professors to be denied tenure that year.<ref>[http://www.midiowanews.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=18333457&BRD=2700&PAG=461&dept_id=554188&rfi=8] Mid-Iowa News : Proponent of intelligent design denied tenure by ISU </ref> Gonzalez was denied tenure despite the fact that he had had 68 peer-reviewed science articles published, 25 of which were written since he joined the university in 2001<ref>[http://www.godandscience.org/guillermo_gonzalez.html] God and Science.org: Guillermo Gonzalez Denied Tenure by Iowa State University</ref>, and that his research had been mentioned in prestigious publications such  as ''Scientific American'' (note: Scientific American is a science ''magazine'', and should not be confused with a science journal).
    
The University President stated of the denial of tenure that:
 
The University President stated of the denial of tenure that:
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