Document 34

17 September 1998

Professor Jerome Bruner
Department of Psychology
6 Washington Place, 4th Floor
New York University
New York, NY 10003

Dear Professor Bruner:

We are writing to apologize for mistakenly identifying you as a member of the ad hoc committee at Harvard University that in April 1997 reviewed the work of Professor Berkowitz and advised President Rudenstine on Professor Berkowitz's tenure.

We regret any inconvenience or embarrassment our mistake has caused you. We also regret that Harvard, which has known since February of our mistaken belief, chose not to inform us of our error. Indeed, in May of 1998, Professor Nesson wrote to both Associate Provost and Professor of Government Dennis Thompson and to General Counsel Anne Taylor requesting that they correct errors of fact in our account of the ad hoc committee review. Both, however, chose not to respond.

Sincerely,

Charles Nesson Matthew Feinberg, Esq. Peter Berkowitz
Weld Professor of Law Associate Professor of Government


Cc: Jeremy Knowles, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Anne Taylor, General Counsel
Dennis Thompson, Associate Provost and Professor of Government
Neil Rudenstine, President, and Chair of the Joint Committee on Appointment
Harvey V. Fineberg, Provost and member of the Joint Committee on Appointments
Ms. Sharon Gagnon, Joint Committee on Appointments
Professor Hannah Gray, Joint Committee on Appointments
Judith Richards Hope, Esq., Joint Committee on Appointments
Mr. Stephen B. Kay, Joint Committee on Appointments