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REPORT ON THE PETER H. SALMON CASE

The President reported on the action of the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences
on 28 October 1959 denying an academic degree to Mr. Peter H. Salmon. He explained that Mr.
Salmon had admitted last Spring that he had obtained University stationery carrying the imprint
of the Housing Director and had signed the Housing Director's name to a letter to the parents
of a student asking that a certain debt be paid. The case had been referred to the Honor
Committee which, although taking action to clear Mr. Salmon of any violation of the Honor Code,
had explained by letter that it did not believe that its action precluded further action by
the faculty