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...letter of grievance addressed to then-Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Jeremy R. Knowles in January 1999, Berkowitz said Harvard had not granted him a tenure procedure that adhered to its own rules and regulations...
...Four of the five members on the ad hoc committee assembled and approved by the Office of the Dean for the purpose of advising [former University President Neil L.] Rudenstine on my tenure showed bias, conflict of interest, or lack of relevant expertise,” Berkowitz wrote in his letter...
...Berkowitz also claimed that the presence of Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy Dennis F. Thompson on the ad hoc committee compromised the procedure for several reasons. Among them were Thompson’s combination of several positions in the University’s central administration, as well as his marriage to former Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Carol J. Thompson, who was “administratively connected to my tenure review in a variety of potentially decisive ways...
...Berkowitz sued the University for breach of contract in connection with its handling of his grievance...
...complaint in no way suggests that I was entitled to tenure, only that I was entitled to a process consistent with Harvard’s rules and regulations,” Berkowitz said...