Word: hartman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...December 1969, Dean Kilbridge of the GSD informed Chester Hartman that he would not be reappointed as Assistant Professor of City Planning. Dean Kilbridge argued that Hartman's competence "in the field of housing is too narrow." This argument was unanimously accepted by a faculty vote. However, the decision has been heavily criticized by both alumni and students. The GSD alumni association "reject [ed] the official reason given for not renewing the contract of Professor Chester Hartman." Two-thirds of GSD students signed a petition demanding that Hartman be rehired and promoted and the student body charged that the reasons...
...every relevant criteria-research, teaching, and other factors-Hartman deserves to be promoted, not fired; he was dismissed for political reasons...
Student hopes were raised May 8 when the Harvard Graduate School of Design Association (HGSDA), primarily an alumni organ although it includes faculty and students, rejected the administration's explanation of why Hartman's contract was not renewed...
HGSDA called for a three-man committee to investigate the case. Students allege that Hartman was fired for his radical political activities and radical approach to city planning...
...request of Dean Maurice D. Kilbridge the faculty yesterday voted 24 to nothing with three abstentions not to accept the HGSDA resolution on Hartman...