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AP National
Professor Who Lied to Give Up Course
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. (AP) -- Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Joseph J.
Ellis, who made false claims in classes and interviews that he served in
Vietnam, will give up the American culture course he teaches at Mount
Holyoke College.
College spokesman Kevin McCaffrey said Tuesday that Ellis, 57, chose to
give up the class.
In a brief statement, Mount Holyoke President Joanne V. Creighton
expressed regret about Ellis' misrepresentation, but stopped short of
criticizing him. She did not say whether Ellis would be disciplined for
the deceptions.
''I too deeply regret the effect of his misrepresentation on students,
colleagues, and the public,'' the statement said.
Ellis apologized for the Vietnam misrepresentations after The Boston
Globe disclosed Monday that he had falsely claimed to have served in
Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division. He also had claimed in
interviews that his experience in Vietnam motivated him to join the
anti-war movement.
Creighton and Ellis both refused to be interviewed.
Ellis also taught a course on the literature of the Vietnam War at
nearby Amherst College. Three students there told the Globe that Ellis
talked about his Vietnam experiences in that class.
The Amherst class is not scheduled for the next academic year.
Amherst officials have not commented on Ellis' misrepresentations in
that school's classrooms.
Ellis won the Pulitzer Prize in April for his book ''Founding Brothers:
The Revolutionary Generation.''
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