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June 4, 2007
MIT Professor Resigns to Protest Treatment of Hunger-Striking Colleague
A leading professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has resigned to protest the treatment of James L. Sherley, the MIT stem-cell biologist who went on a 12-day hunger strike in February to protest his tenure denial. Mr. Sherley, who is black, has argued that the decision was racially based.
According to an e-mail message obtained by The Boston Globe, Frank L. Douglas, executive director of the institute’s Center for Biomedical Innovation, will leave at the end of June because administrators have refused to reconsider Mr. Sherley’s case.
In a statement, MIT called Mr. Douglas, who is also black, a “visionary leader” and said it hoped he would reconsider his decision.
Mr. Sherley told the Globe he hoped the resignation would shine more light on his grievances. “This is a courageous act by someone who has a lot of character and concern for African-American faculty,” he told the newspaper. “And it raises the broader issue of why this administration treats African-American faculty members differently than others.” —Scott Smallwood
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This is a remarkable act of selflessness and the kind of courage that we saw in freedom struggles throughout the world. When there is an injustice being done and we are acutely aware of it, it behooves all of us to respond 1) to bring attention to that injustice 2) by acting in considered fashion to correct that injustice…. Once we have knowledge of injustice but do not act to correct it, we are implicitly part of that injust action. One must act on realization, otherwise what is the value of knowledge?
I would stand up with Frank Douglas…
— Shreefal Mehta Jun 6, 12:16 PM #
I am a graduate student at MIT. I truly commend Frank Douglas’ response to this situation and MIT’s official response so far has been really sad. Both the provost and president hockfield have approached this issue with arrogance and a pursuit of vindication.
Sad to see Prof. Douglas leave – big loss to the entire community.
— Annonymous Jun 15, 10:01 AM #