[bioundgrd] Fwd: A statement from the BE faculty regarding James Sherley's tenure case

[Janice Chang]

>Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 13:29:14 -0800
>From: "Peter C. Dedon" <pcdedon at MIT.EDU>
>Subject: [Biofac] A statement from the BE faculty regarding James 
>Sherley's tenure case
>
>Dear Colleagues and Friends
>
>Undoubtedly it has come to your attention that Prof. James L. Sherley
>is protesting his tenure decision.  Out of respect and concern for
>our colleague Prof. Sherley, until now, no public statements have
>been made by his colleagues in the Biological Engineering Division.
>
>We state with certainty and a clear conscience that race did not play
>any role in the decision that resulted in Prof. Sherley's tenure case
>not being taken forward.  As in all tenure and promotion decisions,
>there was a thorough consideration of Prof. Sherley's accomplishments
>in research and teaching, of the many letters of evaluation received
>from experts in Prof. Sherley's research areas, and of his service to
>MIT and to broader science and engineering communities.  We believe
>in our hearts that, as in all tenure cases in our department, it was
>a fair and honest process executed at the utmost level of integrity
>and ethics.  It is our collective view that Prof. Sherley was treated
>fairly.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Angela Belcher
>Peter Dedon
>Ed Delong
>Forbes Dewey
>John Essigmann
>Jim Fox
>Alan Grodzinsky
>Roger Kamm
>Alex Klibanov
>Harvey Lodish
>Paul Matsudaira
>Leona Samson
>Ram Sasisekharan
>David Schauer
>Peter So
>Steve Tannenbaum
>Bruce Tidor
>Dane Wittrup
>Yanni Yannas
>Michael Yaffe
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