Word: departmentals
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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(However, an impartial observer has stated. "I have concluded that as far as the public relations department is concerned, it did not cencor faculty members by blue pencil, veiled threats, or any other means.")
At the time Strand gave no reason for his decisions and he did not consult with the Department heads concerned. The professors were on a yearly contract, not yet protected by tenure regulations. In a statement to the CRIMSON, Strand said "We feel that we have the right to select...
Dr. Lorch, who obtained his Ph.D. in 1941, was offered several jobs on college faculties upon his release from the army in 1946. After he had been assured by Professor Maximillian Phillips, then chairman of the C.C.N.Y. Mathematics Department, that normally he would receive tenure after the required three years...
In December of 1948, Lorch was recommended for promotion to the position of assistant professor by a majority vote of the sixteen members of the mathematics department. This is highly unusual inasmuch as Lorch was not yet on tenure.
By this time Professor Phillips had died and Professor Hubert had become the chairman of the Mathematics department. At no time has either Hubert or any other university official given any reason for the dismissal of Lorch.