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RICHEY MATTER

President Darden stated that he came to the conclusion, prior to the appointment of Mr.
Gange, that because of the limited funds available in the Woodrow Wilson School of Foreign
Affairs, Mr. Richey should not be promoted to a position which would give him academic tenure.
He stated that he had waited until Mr. Gange had been here a year before any action was taken
concerning the faculty of the Woodrow Wilson School.

After discussion of the matter the following resolution was adopted.

The matters arising upon Mr. Richey's petition filed with Members of the Board in
respect to which the Board has held four hearings at which Professors Richey, Gange, Fernbach and
Micaud, and certain students, have been heard and their views fully considered, it was upon
motion, duly made and seconded

RESOLVED, that the petition of Mr. Richey that he be elevated to a full professorship
and that Mr. Gange be dismissed from the faculty of the Woodrow Wilson School of Foreign Affairs
be denied; that the evidence adduced in support of the petition does not warrant the action demanded,
that the Board finds no evidence justifying the conclusions stated by Mr. Richey concerning
the professional qualifications and fitness of his associates on the faculty, and that the
Board appoint a sub-committee consisting of three members of the Board to record its reasons for
this action.