Word: gsd
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...GSD acknowledged his grievances and said it would move to have them heard by an impartial committee. To this end, the GSD Faculty in 1970 passed the Rogers Motion, a set of procedures to govern the appeal process, and established the Rogers Committee to oversee the implementation of those procedures. But after several months, the procedures proved unworkable. The first of many delays in the appeal process began as the Rogers Motion was reworked into ad hoc procedures designed expressly for Hartman's appeal...
...procedures were instituted, and Peter P. Rogers, associate professor of City Planning, began attempting to persuade five professors from outside the GSD to serve on the appeal committee. Rogers eventually succeeded in filling the committee in January 1972, but Hartman promptly challenged it in its entirety...
...rights under the ad hoc procedures had been violated in the committee's selection. In February, Rogers admitted that Hartman's challenge had been correct, and announced that the Rogers Committee would again attempt to form a committee following the ad hoc procedures. Hartman was "pleased" that the GSD recognized its errors, but expressed dismay that "they plan to go through the same drawn out process again...
...procedures were basically unfair, a condition he said explained why the Rogers Committee was finding it difficult to get faculty members to serve on the appeal committee. He continually called for new appeal procedures, claiming that it was unfair for one party to the dispute--the GSD--to choose the appeal committee. He wanted a neutral body to select the committee and coordinate its procedures...
...Rogers Committee seemingly failed to consider Hartman's objections, for a GSD Faculty meeting March 3 again voted for its preferences in line with the ad hoc procedures. This time the committee was selected much more quickly: Rogers announced by the end of March that five people had agreed to serve...