Page 1 |
Save page Remove page | Previous | 1 of 22 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
Full size
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
This page
All
|
Loading content ...
IBam umratt]? Vol. 19. \o. I SPECIAL >l.\ll. Ml \1 I IM I IO> 281-1401 o\ nil ivsiim • liiri 4. i-.a riii hi ion hurl the- I -I football pletun .' Iti-Mri ii bo u i il . . . Ilur rieane Sport**. Sri-linn • Gel am ldi-a of what lea ftpeel in I hi* was eaf a ronr.ri series, . . . H urri<-an.- Inter- lainmi-ni S«>a*iion. • Haiti: \n Islaori Nation . . . Feature SUMMON: 'A (MifVERsinr of _u^ Auca -1973 I'BftAftY «*fl> u A Tug Of War... tats* <*rn>>\,<. By JEM wc; By JEFF WOLLMAN Of Ttio Hurrlceno Stall "AH I will say about Norman Manasa is: we recognize his work . . . nothing beyond that," went the statement which began a recent conversation with UM Vice-President for Academic Affairs Dr. Carl McKenry. Norman Manasa, the pursuastve and dedicated campus figure responsible for making SUMMON the accredited academic program it is today, has been officially severed from any connection with the program and the University. SUMMON offers credit-only work in several academic areas serving many of Miami's surrounding county and community agencies. The decision, according to Dr. McKenry, came as a result of certain action on Manasa's part which McKenry's office termed "irresponsible and unjustifiable". The action in question, was a letter written by Manasa which sought to disavow the legitimacy of a UM request for federal monies for SUMMON. The proposal had been assembled and presented in Washington by Dr. Thomas Vest of the UM School of Education without Manasa's knowlege, input, or approval. And which, Manasa claims, included such significant changes as could present a very real threat to preserving the integrity of the program. On June 18th 1973 the U.S. Office of Education informed UM, through its TTT Office, that some federal monies had been released on short notice of availability, and that SUMMON fulfilled requirements that made it eligible for consideration for receipt of a grant. This news was quickly passed on to McKenry for action since the deadline for submission of a request was set at June 20th. According to McKenry's office "every possible effort was made to contact Manasa, but he was out of town and unavailable." McKenry and Dean Beery of the School of Education conferred and it was decided that Dr. Vest could be authorized to prepare the request and sign it on the University's behalf. Vest flew to D.C. that evening where he began joint sessions with UM's Washington office in preparing the formal request. It took two days of consultation to draft the proposal culminating in the submission of a $149,000 request for federal funds. .VKKenr ited tha' mrpediately upon Vest's re turn, he left a duplicate of the proposal on Manasa's desk along with a note recounting the circumstances and chronology involved. According to Sami Burstyn, McKenry's assistant charged with reviewing the SUMMON matter: "(then) out of a clear blue*sky, all of a sudden we find out that Manasa has sent a • letter to the UPEt office (in D.C.) denying the- Vest had any right to speak for SUMMON, and asking that the request not be considered as it was nol a legitimate one." During the course of a Hurricane investigation into the matter, several discrepencies were discovered. When asked specifically what efforts werp made to consult and inform Manasa, three additional and substantively differed versions were noted. Dr. Vest, newly appointed Director of SUMMON, stated: "I made one, possibly two calls" . . . "but he could not be reached". A phone conversation with Dr. McKenry provided another recollection. "Why would anyone have to contact him (Manasa) . . . he is not a student, he is not an administrator, and not faculty," McKenry said. When the question was pressed again he replied: "I don't know." He ..as then reminded thai on an earlier occasion lie said that 'everyone tried to reach Norm to no avail." To this he replied: "I have nothing to say." Manasa. however, categorically challenged the veracity of these statements. "I was not out of town and In fact was around my office," he said. Manasa then produced bank statements and cancelled checks (one to cash) dated the 18th and 10th of June drawn from a bank opposite the University. These documents substantiated that, in fact, he was not only in Miami but potentially available. There was also disagreement as to whether Manas any legitimate claim, through his connection with the pin- gram, to be involved in the negotiation of the proposal. McKenry insists "Norman was only a consultant" . . . (he) never was and is not now connected with the University in any way." He went on to say; "Norm had nothing to do with the proposal .the new "proposal (June 18) is totally different than the earlier one submitted by Norman" . . . "yes. different in every way." Vest said that he felt there was no excuse for Manasa's actions. Asked whether Manasa's earlier proposal had been used as a working model for the one he drafted in Washington, Vest said: "I only saw a copy of Manasa's proposal before I left" ... "I did not take a copy with me ... I designed the whole proposal up there." Manasa pointed out that he has severed as thp program's director in the past four years and during this tenure developed proposals and presented them on the University's behalf as recently as April 13, 73. He made a copy of his April '73 proposal available to the Hurricane which was, in most parts, identical with Vest's. Although Vest stuck to hi- laim of complete aitfhorship of the docu of roirna a verbatim copy nasa's This clearly indicates that Vest must have had a copy along with him in D.C from which major segments were lifted The Hurricane then referred back to McKenry's contention that Manasa's ties to the program were only of a consul tory nature. This was confirmed by Burstyn, Dr McKenrv. Dr. Vest and other UM officials Confronted with this information, Manasa was again able to produce documentation which Indicated many instances in which he had heen officially recognized as the director of this University program. A letter from Robert Simpson, Director of UM's TTT Project to the U.S. Office of Education, proceeded thusly. "It should be noted that TIT will be acting as the fiscal agent for this program (SIMMON) and lhal the actual responsibility' lor the implementation of the program will be ihe responsibility of the SUMMON Director, Mr. Norman Manasa". Among the other documents were correspondence from I'M President Henry King Stanford, former V.P. for Academic Affairs Armin Gropp, and other letters from Robert Simpson: some of which had copy lists including the names of Dr. Mi Kenry, Mr. Spmo of ITT. and Eugene Cohen, then V.P fa Financial Affairs and Treasurer of the University. Comparison of Manasa's and Vest's proposals could offer the beat possible explanation for what motivated Manasa's letter to Washington seeking to cancel the request. Manasa related his knowlege of the events which led up io this action but began his story from an earlier time frame. Apparently, for some time Manasa's allegedly ambiguous position had been a bone of contention between himself an<: Kenry McKenry insisted that in order to retain accreditation program had to have a suitably credentiaied director. Although Manasa conceded this point, he disagreed with McKenry over just what power this "figurehead" would have, and expressed his opposition to McKenry's suggestion of for the position. Manasa was wan of not only the possible usurpation of nis powers as prime mover of the program, but made his wish known that his choice for the job was Professor Charleton Tabeau. He felt Tabeau was eminently qualified through his several years of direct participation in the program both as a tacult* member and advisor Vest, admittedly, had no prior involvement with the program. During a meeting with McKenry to discuss the April 12, proposal for funding SUMMON, Manasa claims1 "the proposal was due the next day" . . . "for the sake of expediency I agreed to temporarily step dow n to Program Director" . . . "so that no hasty choice need be made of a permanent Project Director". . . "you have to understand that the question was who would eventually run the program" ... "I made this compromise so that the proposal could he sumltted in time." Mi Kenry assured Manasa that no final choice of a Proj- . ett Director would be made un tfTne in the future and that the choice would be made in a joint decision hetwepn McKenrv, Manasa. the SUMMON * um- tn it tee, and representatives of the School of Education M Kenrv then signed ihe proposal as the Principal Investigator (Project Director! at ', release time ('4 of his salary would be payed for watching over the program). Burstyn was able lo confirm that such an agreement existed but was unable to specify all the details. On May 21st Manasa met with Dr Vest at which time Vest told Manasa Iip "sort of had been appointed by McKenry as Project Director" and "expected to handle all funding and policy matters" In light of ihe fact thai he received no official notification to support Vest's statement, Manasa waited for an opportunity to take it up with McKenry. Continued On Page S
Object Description
Title | Miami Hurricane, August 01, 1973 |
Subject |
University of Miami -- Students -- Newspapers College student newspapers and periodicals -- Florida |
Genre | Newspapers |
Publisher | University of Miami |
Date | 1973-08-01 |
Coverage Temporal | 1970-1979 |
Coverage Spatial | Coral Gables (Fla.) |
Physical Description | 1 volume (22 pages) |
Language | eng |
Repository | University of Miami. Library. University Archives |
Collection Title | The Miami Hurricane |
Collection No. | ASU0053 |
Rights | This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by the University of Miami. For additional information, please visit: http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html |
Standardized Rights Statement | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Object ID | MHC_19730801 |
Type | Text |
Format | image/tiff |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Object ID | MHC_19730801 |
Digital ID | MHC_19730801_001 |
Full Text | IBam umratt]? Vol. 19. \o. I SPECIAL >l.\ll. Ml \1 I IM I IO> 281-1401 o\ nil ivsiim • liiri 4. i-.a riii hi ion hurl the- I -I football pletun .' Iti-Mri ii bo u i il . . . Ilur rieane Sport**. Sri-linn • Gel am ldi-a of what lea ftpeel in I hi* was eaf a ronr.ri series, . . . H urri<-an.- Inter- lainmi-ni S«>a*iion. • Haiti: \n Islaori Nation . . . Feature SUMMON: 'A (MifVERsinr of _u^ Auca -1973 I'BftAftY «*fl> u A Tug Of War... tats* <*rn>>\,<. By JEM wc; By JEFF WOLLMAN Of Ttio Hurrlceno Stall "AH I will say about Norman Manasa is: we recognize his work . . . nothing beyond that," went the statement which began a recent conversation with UM Vice-President for Academic Affairs Dr. Carl McKenry. Norman Manasa, the pursuastve and dedicated campus figure responsible for making SUMMON the accredited academic program it is today, has been officially severed from any connection with the program and the University. SUMMON offers credit-only work in several academic areas serving many of Miami's surrounding county and community agencies. The decision, according to Dr. McKenry, came as a result of certain action on Manasa's part which McKenry's office termed "irresponsible and unjustifiable". The action in question, was a letter written by Manasa which sought to disavow the legitimacy of a UM request for federal monies for SUMMON. The proposal had been assembled and presented in Washington by Dr. Thomas Vest of the UM School of Education without Manasa's knowlege, input, or approval. And which, Manasa claims, included such significant changes as could present a very real threat to preserving the integrity of the program. On June 18th 1973 the U.S. Office of Education informed UM, through its TTT Office, that some federal monies had been released on short notice of availability, and that SUMMON fulfilled requirements that made it eligible for consideration for receipt of a grant. This news was quickly passed on to McKenry for action since the deadline for submission of a request was set at June 20th. According to McKenry's office "every possible effort was made to contact Manasa, but he was out of town and unavailable." McKenry and Dean Beery of the School of Education conferred and it was decided that Dr. Vest could be authorized to prepare the request and sign it on the University's behalf. Vest flew to D.C. that evening where he began joint sessions with UM's Washington office in preparing the formal request. It took two days of consultation to draft the proposal culminating in the submission of a $149,000 request for federal funds. .VKKenr ited tha' mrpediately upon Vest's re turn, he left a duplicate of the proposal on Manasa's desk along with a note recounting the circumstances and chronology involved. According to Sami Burstyn, McKenry's assistant charged with reviewing the SUMMON matter: "(then) out of a clear blue*sky, all of a sudden we find out that Manasa has sent a • letter to the UPEt office (in D.C.) denying the- Vest had any right to speak for SUMMON, and asking that the request not be considered as it was nol a legitimate one." During the course of a Hurricane investigation into the matter, several discrepencies were discovered. When asked specifically what efforts werp made to consult and inform Manasa, three additional and substantively differed versions were noted. Dr. Vest, newly appointed Director of SUMMON, stated: "I made one, possibly two calls" . . . "but he could not be reached". A phone conversation with Dr. McKenry provided another recollection. "Why would anyone have to contact him (Manasa) . . . he is not a student, he is not an administrator, and not faculty," McKenry said. When the question was pressed again he replied: "I don't know." He ..as then reminded thai on an earlier occasion lie said that 'everyone tried to reach Norm to no avail." To this he replied: "I have nothing to say." Manasa. however, categorically challenged the veracity of these statements. "I was not out of town and In fact was around my office," he said. Manasa then produced bank statements and cancelled checks (one to cash) dated the 18th and 10th of June drawn from a bank opposite the University. These documents substantiated that, in fact, he was not only in Miami but potentially available. There was also disagreement as to whether Manas any legitimate claim, through his connection with the pin- gram, to be involved in the negotiation of the proposal. McKenry insists "Norman was only a consultant" . . . (he) never was and is not now connected with the University in any way." He went on to say; "Norm had nothing to do with the proposal .the new "proposal (June 18) is totally different than the earlier one submitted by Norman" . . . "yes. different in every way." Vest said that he felt there was no excuse for Manasa's actions. Asked whether Manasa's earlier proposal had been used as a working model for the one he drafted in Washington, Vest said: "I only saw a copy of Manasa's proposal before I left" ... "I did not take a copy with me ... I designed the whole proposal up there." Manasa pointed out that he has severed as thp program's director in the past four years and during this tenure developed proposals and presented them on the University's behalf as recently as April 13, 73. He made a copy of his April '73 proposal available to the Hurricane which was, in most parts, identical with Vest's. Although Vest stuck to hi- laim of complete aitfhorship of the docu of roirna a verbatim copy nasa's This clearly indicates that Vest must have had a copy along with him in D.C from which major segments were lifted The Hurricane then referred back to McKenry's contention that Manasa's ties to the program were only of a consul tory nature. This was confirmed by Burstyn, Dr McKenrv. Dr. Vest and other UM officials Confronted with this information, Manasa was again able to produce documentation which Indicated many instances in which he had heen officially recognized as the director of this University program. A letter from Robert Simpson, Director of UM's TTT Project to the U.S. Office of Education, proceeded thusly. "It should be noted that TIT will be acting as the fiscal agent for this program (SIMMON) and lhal the actual responsibility' lor the implementation of the program will be ihe responsibility of the SUMMON Director, Mr. Norman Manasa". Among the other documents were correspondence from I'M President Henry King Stanford, former V.P. for Academic Affairs Armin Gropp, and other letters from Robert Simpson: some of which had copy lists including the names of Dr. Mi Kenry, Mr. Spmo of ITT. and Eugene Cohen, then V.P fa Financial Affairs and Treasurer of the University. Comparison of Manasa's and Vest's proposals could offer the beat possible explanation for what motivated Manasa's letter to Washington seeking to cancel the request. Manasa related his knowlege of the events which led up io this action but began his story from an earlier time frame. Apparently, for some time Manasa's allegedly ambiguous position had been a bone of contention between himself an<: Kenry McKenry insisted that in order to retain accreditation program had to have a suitably credentiaied director. Although Manasa conceded this point, he disagreed with McKenry over just what power this "figurehead" would have, and expressed his opposition to McKenry's suggestion of for the position. Manasa was wan of not only the possible usurpation of nis powers as prime mover of the program, but made his wish known that his choice for the job was Professor Charleton Tabeau. He felt Tabeau was eminently qualified through his several years of direct participation in the program both as a tacult* member and advisor Vest, admittedly, had no prior involvement with the program. During a meeting with McKenry to discuss the April 12, proposal for funding SUMMON, Manasa claims1 "the proposal was due the next day" . . . "for the sake of expediency I agreed to temporarily step dow n to Program Director" . . . "so that no hasty choice need be made of a permanent Project Director". . . "you have to understand that the question was who would eventually run the program" ... "I made this compromise so that the proposal could he sumltted in time." Mi Kenry assured Manasa that no final choice of a Proj- . ett Director would be made un tfTne in the future and that the choice would be made in a joint decision hetwepn McKenrv, Manasa. the SUMMON * um- tn it tee, and representatives of the School of Education M Kenrv then signed ihe proposal as the Principal Investigator (Project Director! at ', release time ('4 of his salary would be payed for watching over the program). Burstyn was able lo confirm that such an agreement existed but was unable to specify all the details. On May 21st Manasa met with Dr Vest at which time Vest told Manasa Iip "sort of had been appointed by McKenry as Project Director" and "expected to handle all funding and policy matters" In light of ihe fact thai he received no official notification to support Vest's statement, Manasa waited for an opportunity to take it up with McKenry. Continued On Page S |
Archive | MHC_19730801_001.tif |
Tags
Comments
Post a Comment for Page 1