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OXFORD, OH • EST. 1809 for Academic AQairs

Piowsf and Executive Vice President

209 Roudebush Hall

501 E. High Street
Oxford, OH 45056-3653
MiamiOH.edu
December 28, 2018

Professor Daniel Gladish

12 Victor Court
Hamilton, OH 45013

Dear Professor Gladish:

I am writing to advise you that you are being placed on an interim suspension, effective
immediately. The Miami University Police Department provided me with a report indicating
you accepted Iboga seeds from Professor John Cinnamon that he illegally imported from Gabon,
Africa in 2004 and used them to grow an Iboga tree in the Miami University Hamilton Campus
Conservatory. These actions are in violation of law (possession of Schedule I Narcotic, 21
C.F.R. Section 1308.11) and University policy, including but not limited to the Drug Free
Workplace Policy and the Reporting and Addressing Illegal Activity and Misconduct policy.

The following terms of suspension are imposed:

1. You are to have no contact with any Miami University student whether in person,
electronically, or via a third person intermediary.
2. You are barred from all Miami University campuses during the period of suspension
leave except as set forth in #3 below.
3. You may be present on the Oxford campus only for meetings with the Provost and the
Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities pursuant to the University s
Procedures for Disciplinary Action. You must notify the Office of the Provost at least 24
hours in advance of any plan to be present on University property.

You have the right to meet with me and to have that meeting held before 5:00 p.m. of the next
business day following your receipt of this letter or to request a meeting with the Committee on
Faculty Rights and Responsibilities as described in the University's Procedures for Disciplinary
Action- http://miamioh.edu/policY-librarv/employees/faculty/grievance-disciplinary-procedures-
faculty/procedures-for-disciplinai'y-action.html.
If you wish to meet regarding this suspension, please call Ms. Stacy Kawamura in my office at
529-6721. If you would like to bring an advisor with you, please feel free to do so. Similarly, if
you would rather bring legal counsel with you, please notify Ms. Kawamura so that I may
arrange to have university counsel present.

Thank you,

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Phyllis Callahan
Provost and Executive
Vice President for Academic Affairs

Enclosures

ec; Dr. Cathy Bishop-Clark, Dean of the Regional Campuses

Dr. Paul Harding, Chair, Biological Sciences
Dr. Zevi Miller, Chair Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
Ms. Celia Ellison, Director of Academic Personnel Services
Ms. Ruth Groom, Associate Provost for Academic Personnel
M MIAMI UNIVERSITY tr^'::
OXFORD, OH • EST. 1809 for Academic Affairs
Provost and Executive Vice President

209 Roudebush Hall

501 E. High Street
Oxford, OH 45056-3653
December 28, 2018 Mia^iOH.e'du^

Professor Daniel GIadish

12 Victor Court
Hamilton, OH 45013

Dear Professor Gladish:

The Miami University Police Department provided me with a report indicating you accepted Iboga seeds
from Professor John Cinnamon that he illegally imported from Gabon, Africa in 2004 and used them to
grow an Iboga tree in the Miami University Hamilton Campus Conservatory. A copy of the Miami
University Police Report is enclosed. These actions are in violation of law (possession of Schedule I
Narcotic, 21 C.F.R. Section 1308.11) and University policy, including but not limited to the Drug Free
Workplace Policy and the Reporting and Addressing Illegal Activity and Misconduct policy.

It is my judgment that this information, if true, constitutes grounds for termination of your tenured
appointment as a faculty member. Disciplinary actions, oace initiated, become matters of public record
and are placed in an employee's public personnel file.

I want to offer you the opportunity to meet with me to discuss this matter in the hope that we might be
able to reach some agreement as to the appropriate action to be taken without resort to formal disciplinary
proceedings. If you are amenable to such a meeting, please call Ms. Stacy Kawamura in my office at 529-
6721, by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, January 7, 2019, to make an appointment to meet with me. If you would
like to bring an advisor with you, please feel free to do so. Similarly, if you would prefer to bring legal
counsel with you, please notify Ms. Kawamura so that I may arrange to have university counsel present.

I am hopeful that we can have a collegial and productive meeting. If you do not schedule an appointment
to meet with me, I will presume that you do not wish to meet and will proceed to initiate the formal
disciplinary process.

Thank you,

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Phyllis Callahan
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

ec: Dr. Cathy Bishop-Clark, Dean of the Regional Campuses

Dr. Paul Harding, Chair, Biological Sciences
Dr. Zevi Miller, Chair Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
Ms. Celia Ellison, Director of Academic Personnel Services
Ms. Ruth Groom, Associate Provost for Academic Personnel