Down A New York Rabbit Hole

[GenerationIke]

For all of you who are concerned about where to find rabbit holes, here's one I think you'll enjoy--these are the articles I promised to help you understand more about Changemasters and Japan 2000. I'll start typing them by hand, and as I can later copy and paste.

RIT Chief Gets Called --Rose adccepts secret, temporary assignment by Jennifer Hyman, the Democrat and Chronicle February 8, 1991

The president of Rochester Institute of Technology, M. Richard Rose, will leave RIT next week to serve on a special, confidential assignment for the federal government in Washington, D.C.
Rose, a retired colonel in the Marine Corps Reserves and a former high-ranking Defense Department official, has accepted the temorary assigment, which initially will be for three to four months, RIT officials said.
While in Washington, he will work on "national policies and procedures," said Jack Smith, vice president for communications.
Smith said he was unable to give any further details about the assignment "because it is restricted information."
In a prepared statement, Rose said he chose to accept the call to Washingotn because he considered it his duty as a citizen. "When so many young men and women are making great personal sacrifices on behalf of their country, the very least I can do is serve in an area that maximizes my military, educational and management experience," he said.
The 57-year-old Rose spent five years in the Marine Corps and was a colonel in the reserves until he retired in July 1986.
In the early 1970's, he interrrupted his career as an academic and university administrator to serve as deputy assistant secretary for education in the Defense Department during the Nixon administration.
From 1972 until 1974, he oversaw the sprawling educational establishment operated by the Defense Department. His responsibilities include directing policy and fiscal planning of programs relating to the military academies, the Reserve Officer Training Corps, overseas dependent schools and professional military education.
He also provided fiscal gluidance in the preparatrion of the Defense Department's multibillion dollar annual operating budget.
Rose left the Defense Department to become president of Alfred University, going on to the presidency of RIT in 1979.
"This assignment reflects President Rose's enormous experience in government and in the militlary," said RIT provost and vice president for academic affairs Thomas Plough. "It's an honor that says his reputation is well known and wideranging."
Plough is expected to be appointed acting president at a special meeting of the RIT board of trustees, called for Monday. Robert Desmond, the associate provost, is expected to fill Plough's role. Rose leaves RIT next Wednesday.
Plough said Rose's leave of absence would be treated as a sabbatical, "which he richly deserves for the long years of hard work he's put in at RIT."
During his tenure at the Henrietta college, Rose's connections with government officials and the military have occasionally given rise to controversy.
In January 1987, for example, a longtime and personal friend, former national security adviser Robert C. McFarlane, was honored by RIT--at a time when he was heavily implicated in the Iran-Contra scandal.
McFarlane, who later attemped suicide, delivered a series of lectures at RIT, a couple of which were disrupted by student demonstrations.
In March last year, Rose became entangled in a war of words with a former spy-turned CIA critric over the presence of a CIA officer on the Henrietta campus.
The dispute was with former spy Philip Agee, who challenged Rose to a debate on whether private universities should participate in what the CIA calls its Officer in Residence program. Rose declined.
But the incident highlighted the issue of RIT's involvement in proprietary research for corporations and for government agencis such as the CIA.
Reflecting, Rose's continuing interest in military education, he became the sixth recipient in May 1985, of the James F. Nickerson Medal of Merit. The award, which had previously been received by former Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird, is given to public leaders, educatiors and representatives of the armed services who help advance the national interest through their advocacy of and dedication to expanding educational opportunities for military personnel.
Rose and his wife, Clarice, have three sons, two of whom were officers in the Marine Corps. His son, Eric, is currently in the Marine Corps Reserve and has been called to active duty in the Persian Gulf.


May I note at this time Ms. Hyman, after writing her series on this story, won the Pulitzer Prize for her work I am sharing with you all now.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and reflect. It is a matter of national security and urgency I help people learn the truth by putting this up on this board now.

P.S. Keep track of the names and dates and the administrations. They are important in more ways than one.