Fernald was an active research and lecture center for Harvard students and professors from the Medical School and the School of Public Health, according to a 1959 report disclosed this week.

The panel will also cull Benda's collected papers, which are stored at Harvard's Countway Medical Library. Judith Messerle, Countway's head librarian, says the library is currently hiring an independent archivist to assist the investigation and separate out patient records from the 27 boxes of files.

Some of Benda's records will be sent to Fernald to aid the state Department of Mental Retardation in its investigation. But University officials are still unable to say whether any files have yet left Cambridge.

Heymann Quits Justice; To Return as Law Prof

Ames Professor of Law Philip B. Heymann has resigned his post as U.S. Deputy Attorney General. He will return to the faculty at the Law School.

Hermann took a leave of absence for the 1993-94 academic year. He said his resignation was prompted by a lack of "chemistry" between himself and Attorney General Janet Reno.

"We don't have any great policy differences, there is no precipitating case or event," Heymann told the New York Times. "The fact of the matter is our chemistry isn't good. We don't work as well together as we should, and that's the conclusion we've both come to."

U.S. Department of Defense Jamie S. Gorelick '72, a Law School Graduate, has been nominated to replace Heymann.