After nearly five months of deliberation, the elected members of the Faculty's Docket Committee have issued their judgment in the case of Associate Professor of Government Peter Berkowitz.
On May 28, 1999, the last day of spring term, Berkowitz received a letter from Richards Professor of Chemistry Cynthia M. Friend notifying him that the elected members had found his complaint to be "clearly without merit."
This most recent repudiation marks the end of Berkowitz's two-year campaign within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) to win a rehearing for tenure.
"With the finding by the elected members of the Docket Committee that Professor Berkowitz's grievance is 'clearly without merit,' the complaint has been dismissed, and the processes of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences are complete," said Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles upon hearing news of the verdict.
According to FAS's published "Guidelines for the Resolution of Faculty Grievances," when confronted with a grievance filing, the elected members of the Docket Committee may or may not decide to pass it on for consideration by an ad hoc grievance panel.
As far as the University is concerned, when the elected members--Friend, Professor of Economics David M. Cutler and Pearson Professor of Modern Mathematics and Mathematical Logic Warren D. Goldfarb '69--reject a complaint, the grievance is laid to rest.
Final Options
Former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Henry Rosovsky offered a final internal appeal option for Berkowitz.
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