Clowney Writes to the Alumni Re: Shepherd’s Removal
Hewitson, Page 90
At the present time . . . the board has acted to remove Professor Shepherd but the removal will not become effective until an investigating committee has had an opportunity to meet with him. In this interval Professor Shepherd has been suspended from his position. The committee [Board Faulty Review Committee] has been asked to report to the board in its meeting on February 11, 1982.
“The present action of the board was taken in terms of a statement in the Constitution if the seminary which asserts that “The Board shall have power, by affirmative vote of a majority of its total membership, to remove any professor when, according to its mature judgment, it has become convinced that such removal is necessary for the best interests of the Seminary.” The Section also asserts that “Before such removal is effected, however, the person in question shall have the right to receive a full investigation, and shall be granted abundant opportunity to defend his conduct of his office. Prelimary to and pending such investigation, he may be suspended temporarily.” (Page 96)