Date: Sat Mar 1 23:32:57 +0000 2008 From: Mike Taylor To: jgeiss@unm.edu Cc: lnjeff@yahoo.com, mathew.wedel@gmail.com Subject: NMMNHS Ethics Inquiry Dear Dr. Geissman, We understand that you were asked by Richard Holder to provide a faculty member for the DCA's recent inquiry into allegations of unethical publishing by Spencer Lucas and his colleagues at the NMMNHS. According to the Albuquerque Journal article of February 21, no UNM faculty member participated in the review, but Norman Silberling was included on the recommendation of UNM. May we ask why UNM recommended as an impartial reviewer a man with a history of both publication and field-work with Spencer Lucas, and who was the recipient of the fulsome dedication of a recent volume edited by Lucas? Yours sincerely, Jeffrey W. Martz, M.S. Department of Geosciences Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 79409 Michael P. Taylor School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, United Kingdom Mathew J. Wedel, Ph.D University of California Museum of Paleontology 1101 Valley Life Science Bldg. Berkeley, CA 94720-4780