23
March 2002
PROTEST FROM UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA,
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
To: Marc H.
Brodsky
CEO and
Executive Director
American
Institute of Physics
One Physics
Ellipse
College
Park, Maryland 20740
cc: All
member associations of AIP and their presidents
We have
recently become aware of AIP's treatment of Jeff Schmidt either:
(1) From the
Physics Seminar entitled "Asymptotic Freedom" that Jeff Schmidt gave
at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, on February 21, 2002,
or
(2) From the
public lecture entitled "The Politics of Work" that Jeff Schmidt gave
in Ottawa, on February 22, 2002,
or
(3) From the
interview with Jeff Schmidt on radio station CHUO on February 20, 2002,
or
(4) From the
Disciplined Minds website, http://disciplined-minds.com,
or
(5) From
other sources, including the media, and the book Disciplined Minds
itself.
We were stunned
to learn of Jeff Schmidt's dismissal from Physics Today, for political
misconduct, after 19 years of service, by an association that has defended the
right of free expression by physicists in other countries. We ask that this injustice be corrected
without delay.
Ivan
L'Heureux
Chair,
Department of Physics
University
of Ottawa
Marcel A. R.
Leblanc
Emeritus
Professor of Physics
Fellow of
the American Physical Society
University
of Ottawa
Gary W.
Slater
Professor of
Physics
Vice-Dean,
Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
University
of Ottawa
Xiaoyi Bao
Professor of
Physics
University
of Ottawa
Richard
Hodgson
Professor of
Physics
University
of Ottawa
Denis G.
Rancourt
Professor of
Physics
University
of Ottawa
Andre
Longtin
Physics Associate
Professor
University
of Ottawa
Liang Chen
Physics
Associate Professor
University
of Ottawa
Gilles
Lamarche
Physics
Adjunct Professor
University
of Ottawa
Anne-Marie
Lamarche
Physics
Research Scientist
University
of Ottawa
Mei-Zhen
Dang
Physics
postdoctoral fellow
University
of Ottawa
Darryl
Roberts
Physics
postdoctoral fellow
University
of Ottawa
Peter
Hargraves
Physics
postdoctoral fellow
University
of Ottawa
Beena George
Physics
postdoctoral fellow
University
of Ottawa
Laurette
McCormick
Physics
graduate student
University
of Ottawa
Jose M.
Martinez
Graduate
student, medical physics
Carleton
University, Ottawa
Guillaume
Belanger
Physics
graduate student
Carleton
University, Ottawa
Jason
Middleton
Physics
graduate student
University
of Ottawa
Jean-Paul
Prevost
Physics
graduate student
University
of Ottawa
Sergei
Katsev
Physics
graduate student
University
of Ottawa
Khalid
Al-Qadi
Physics
graduate student
University
of Ottawa
Michel
Gauthier
Physics
graduate student
University of
Ottawa
Patrick
Mercier
Physics
graduate student
University
of Ottawa
Nicolas
Sabourin
Physics
undergraduate student
University
of Ottawa
Neil
Watanabe
Physics
undergraduate student
University
of Ottawa
Steven Zhang
Physics/mathematics
undergraduate student
University
of Ottawa
Elizabeth
Inrig
Physics
undergraduate student
University
of Ottawa
Majorie
Theodore
Physics
undergraduate student
University
of Ottawa