Word: pelled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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First, they stated that a letter received June 2 was the first indication since March that their performance in the program was "in any way unsatisfactory." The students also objected to the fact that they had no opportunity to appear before Colonel Robert H. Pell, Professor of Military Science, or before the board which made the decision against them (the board consisted of three of Pell's subordinate officers...
...letter to Ford claimed that both Pell and Major John P. Hess, the unit adjutant and the associate professor of Military Science, were asked specifically if there was any higher Army authority to whom they could appeal the decision. Pell and Hess answered that there existed no avenue of appeal through the Army command structure, the letter states, even though a military lawyer at Fort Devens later informed them otherwise...
...Pell did, in fact, forward the students' records and letters of appeal to the ROTC headquarters at the Pentagon, but he still maintains that the students have no right of appeal except through the head of Army ROTC...
...letter to Ford did not question Pell's right to withhold commissions, although it stated that "There is evi- dence that in doing so he violated University practice and procedure by basing his decision on irregular and improper requirements...
...other hand, they claim, if the decision was based on discretionary grounds (Pell's perogative), then the Colonel based it to a considerable extent on degree of participation in extracurricular ROTC activities. "And in any case, the manner in which he acted represents, we fell, an intolerable violation of the explicit standards of the University," the letter said...