Trustee Committee of PSA Department, minutes
- F-129-2-0-0-4
- File
- 1969 - 1970
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Trustee Committee of PSA Department, minutes
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Suspension hearings-Aberle, Feldhammer, Leggett, Wheeldon
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
PSA meeting with Dean of Arts and other transcripts
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
President's submission to Popkin hearing
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
President's statement on Palmer decision
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Other departments re PSA dispute
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Newspaper and journal articles
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Series consists of records relating to meetings within the PSA Department and between the department and other University units. Includes minutes, transcripts, agendas and other documents.
Fonds consists of records relating to a dispute between SFU's administration and the Political Science, Sociology, and Anthropology Department. In July 1969 SFU President Kenneth Strand placed the PSA Department under trusteeship. In September eight faculty members and a number of students went on strike. Strand suspended the faculty members with pay and informed them of their right to appeal. One faculty member, Nathan Popkin, asked for a separate hearing because, although he was technically "on strike," he conducted classes in his home. Mike Lebowitz agreed to act as his counsel before the appeal committee chaired by UBC economist Gideon Rosenbluth.
The Rosenbluth Committee concluded that there was no cause for dismissal. The university reinstated Popkin only to allow his contract to expire the following year.
Fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, transcripts, agendas, notes, schedules, procedural rules, chronologies, reports, constitutions, petitions, news clippings, and other documents.
While Lebowitz acquired the papers for Popkin's defense, there is considerable material relating to the other professors who went on strike.
Lebowitz, Michael
History department tenure criteria and documentation
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Series consists primarily of records relating to the suspension hearings for Nathan Popkin. Also contains some records relating to suspension hearings for Kathleen Aberle, Louis Feldhammer, John Leggett, and Prudence Wheeldon, as well as records relating to the appeal for non-renewal of contract for Tom Brose and Gerald Sperling. Includes handwritten notes made during the Popkin hearing, schedules, procedural rules, chronologies, statements, transcripts, and other documents.
Geography department constitution
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Faculty of Arts curriculum committee
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Faculty Association constitution and bylaws
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Series consists of records relating to the administrative crisis in the PSA Department, the establishment of a trusteeship by the University, and the strike by eight faculty members of the PSA Department. Includes correspondence, reports, notes, statements, press releases and other documents.
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds
Part of Michael Lebowitz fonds