 She continued to serve on several corporate boards, resulting in frequent absences from the university, a practice different from her predecessors and successors.In 2003, Reynolds claimed she was forced out of the presidency because of gender and age, and filed a federal discrimination complaint.She charged that system chancellor Thomas C. Meredith treated her "in a demeaning and sexist manner," including having her stand in line in the rain to buy theater tickets for him, restricting her contact with board members, and after firing her in 2002, offering her a retirement package less than those offered to other outgoing presidents.