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Hon. Frank C. Erwin, Page 2 (M-466)
take in the matter. The committee found probable
cause to believe that regulations of The University
of Texas at Austin had been violated in the
submission of the dissertation in 1954, and on the
advice of the committee, the President of the
University appointed a Faculty Hearing Committee
to conduct a hearing on two charges: (1) Did
the dissertation conform to the University's re-
quirements for honesty in written work? (2) Was
the dissertation of the quality required by the
Graduate School for an acceptable doctoral
dissertation?
"The Hearing Committee found unanimously
that (1) the 1954 dissertation was 'mainly
plagiarism,' (2) that the dissertation 'failed
to meet the standards of quality required for a
doctoral dissertation,' and that the dissertation
was 'not acceptable for the award of the Ph.D.
degree.'
"All appropriate officials of The University
of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas
System have concurred in the findings of the
Hearing Committee and have unanimously recommended
that the Ph.D. degree in question be declared null
and void and that the appropriate officials of the
University of Texas at Austin be directed to
strike the name of the recipient of the degree
from the list of Ph.D. graduates of that insti-
tution. That unanimous recommendation is presently
before the Board of Regents for consideration and
final action.
"The Board of Regents respectfully requests
your opinion on the following questions:
"(1) Under the facts set out above, does
the Board of Regents have the authority to declare
null and void the Ph.D. degree that it conferred
in 1954 and to direct officials of The University
of Texas at Austin to strike the name of the
recipient of the degree from the names of Ph.D.
graduates at that institution?- 2314-
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-466, text, September 11, 1969; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth269690/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.