Re: JSH: Revocation of a Ph.D

From: Christopher J. Henrich (chenrich_at_monmouth.com)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:04:08 GMT

In article <cd3gmc$u5$3@south.jnrs.ja.net>, Robin Chapman
<rjc@ivorynospamtower.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> Jesse F. Hughes wrote:
>
> > gowan4@hotmail.com writes:
> >
> >> A University might revoke a Ph.D. if the grantee is shown to have
> >> obtained it fraudulently or, in extreme cases, to have behaved
> >> fraudulently or criminally after receiving the degree.
> >
> > Have you any evidence that a United States university can revoke a PhD
> > in the latter case? I don't think it's possible.
>
> Dunno about the US, and dunno about proper degrees, but ISTR
> that the University of London stripped the Ceausescus of their
> honorary doctarates in between them being deposed and
> them being executed/assassinated/murdered.

Pretty spry of the University of London, since the deposition of the
Ceausescus and their executions happened within a quite short interval
of time. 

-- 
Chris Henrich
You can always delay short-term thinking, but you can never delay long-term
thinking.
--Alan Cooper