Word: reviewer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...elected members, in dismissing Berkowitz'sgrievance, rejected his principal charges againstthe University. His complaint centered onallegations that his tenure review wascontaminated both by the ad hoc committee ofscholars convened to assess him and by theintervention of Associate Provost Dennis F.Thompson, a member of Berkowitz's department and aUniversity official...
...would have thought that an inquiry of nearlyfive months, which involved consultation withoutside legal counsel; the examination of severalwitnesses; an extensive review of Harvard rules;and a hearing in which I responded to questionsfrom the elected members for more than an hour anda half would together establish that my grievancescould by definition not be clearly without merit,"Berkowitz wrote...
Citing Berkowitz's reference to "recognizedexperts" in his complaint, the elected memberswrote they could find no "requirement that anymember of an ad hoc tenure review committee, muchless the committee as a whole, be expert in thenarrow subject-matter areas of the tenurecandidate...
Second, Berkowitz stated in his grievance,Thompson compromised his review because he is thehusband of Associate Dean for Academic AffairsCarol J. Thompson, whose duties includeadministrative functions related to Facultyappointments...
...response, Berkowitz reiterated thecharge stated in his original grievance filingthat the associate provost's "multiple andfar-ranging tasks" created a conflict of interestfor Thompson in the tenure review of a colleaguewhose promotion he opposed...