By UNICAMP TEACHERS*
Open letter from professors at the University of Campinas
Elio Gaspari, in his column of 03/10/21, published among other newspapers by Folha de S. Paul, deals with Unicamp's annulment of the title of Doctor Honoris Causa, granted in 1973 to Colonel Jarbas Passarinho, suggesting that it was an opportunistic and cowardly attitude, since the recipient had already died.
Had the journalist properly followed the precepts of his profession, he would have not only found complete answers to his doubts, but also been aware that the decision now taken by the University Council of Unicamp has its roots in August 2014. In that year, the colonel was still alive , continued to defend the AI-5 and that same annulment was analyzed by the Unicamp Council, receiving a large majority of favorable votes. However, for procedural reasons, he obtained one vote less than the minimum quorum required.
Regarding the list of “doctors who granted it”, the 1973 minutes of the Board of Directors session (a much shorter version of the University Board and mostly indicated by the Rector at the time, Zeferino Vaz) that awarded the title to the colonel, with all the names of the members, was part of the extensive documentation that supported the reanalysis of the title revocation request, which was widely and publicly available. If the journalist had a genuine interest in adequately raising these facts, it would be enough to look at: https://www.sg.unicamp.br/download/consu/sessoes/2021/173/documento/422/itens/8d6908bfca0629fc06ebcd89a2894351
A “half-giraffe” thing, paraphrasing the jocular journalist, is using a fact in an unprofessional and unethical way, giving an undue “moral lesson”, without having at least researched the subject, or heard any of the members of the commission “Unicamp for the Democracy” (https://www.adunicamp.org.br/gt-titulo-hc/), or the University Council.
This commission worked tirelessly to collect all the documentation analyzed by the Unicamp Council and which now led to a historic and unquestionable unanimous decision by its members to revoke the title, thus correcting a huge mistake made almost 48 years ago.
Cordially,
Alvaro Penteado Crósta – RG 6112483-7 – Full Professor – IG – former Vice-Rector of Unicamp
also subscribe this letter:
Águeda Bittencourt – RG 10862142 – Collaborating Professor – FE, Unicamp
Ana Lúcia Goulart de Faria – RG 4947369-4 – Professor – FE, Unicamp
Ângela Fátima Soligo – RG 7852720 – Collaborating Professor – FE, Unicamp
Aparecida Neri de Souza – RG 5420049-0 – Professor – FE, Unicamp
Bela Feldman-Bianco – Professor – IFCH, Unicamp
Caio Navarro de Toledo – RG 25815568 – Retired Professor – IFCH, former CVM member “Octavio Ianni” from Unicamp
Dermeval Saviani – RG 3.410.818-X – Full Professor – FE, Unicamp
Dirce Zan – Professor and former director of Fac. Education, Unicamp
Evelina Dagnino – RG 7.657.847-1 – Collaborating Full Professor – IFCH, Unicamp
Flávio Ribeiro de Oliveira – RG 14828047 – Professor – IEL, Unicamp
Francisco Foot Hardman – Full Professor – IEL, Unicamp
Eleonora Cavalcante Albano – RG 178429399 – Full Professor IEL, UNICAMP
Fábio Antônio de Campos, RG 26.669.253-9 – Professor – IE, Unicamp
Fabio Mascaro Querido – RG 41059888-4 – Professor – IFCH, Unicamp
Henrique Sá Earp – Professor – IMECC, Unicamp
Hermano Ferreira Tavares – Retired professor at FEEC, Unicamp and former rector of Unicamp (1998-2002).
Itala Loffredo D'Ottaviano – Collaborating Full Professor – IFCH and CLE, Unicamp
Itamar Ferreira – RG 6.352.125 – Collaborating Professor – FEM, Unicamp
Ivan Toro – RG 44162467 – Pro-Rector of Graduation, FCM, Unicamp
Jesus Ranieri, ID 173880319 – Professor – IFCH, Unicamp
João Carlos Quartim de Moraes – RG 2385800 – Professor and former Director IFCH, Unicamp
João Ernesto de Carvalho – RG 4.335.875 – Full Professor – FCF, Unicamp
João Frederico de Azevedo Meyer – Professor – IMECC, Unicamp
Jorge Coli – RG 4129502 – Professor and former Director of the IFCH, Unicamp
José Claudinei Lombardi – RG 5.620.356-1. Collaborating Professor – FE, Unicamp
José Ellis Ripper – Retired Professor – IFGW, Unicamp
José Maurício PA Arruti – RG 070515572 Professor – IFCH, Unicamp
José Roberto Zan – RG 5191153-X Retired Professor – IA, Unicamp
José Tadeu Jorge – Retired Professor Feagri, Unicamp and former Dean of Unicamp (2005-2008 and 2013-2017)
Josianne Francia Cerasoli – RG 19264404-X – Professor, IFCH and Human Rights Observatory, Unicamp
Luiz Carlos Dias – RG 1.502.516 – Full Professor – IQ, Unicamp
Luiz Marques – RG 5245762X -Collaborating Professor, IFCH, Unicamp
Luzia Margareth Rago – RG 3.732.2941 – Full Professor – IFCH, Unicamp
Marcelo Knobel – Full Professor – IFGW, Unicamp – former Dean of Unicamp
Marcia de Paula Leite – RG: 3959575-4 – Professor – FE, Unicamp
Márcio Seligmann-Silva Rg 9099573 Full Professor – IEL, Unicamp
Maria Silvia Gatti – RG 6814999 – Retired Professor at IB, Unicamp and President of Adunicamp
Maria Stella Martins Bresciani – RG 3.9685378 – Collaborating Full Professor – IFCH, UNICAMP
Mario Antonio Gneri- RG 34289185-6. Retired Professor – IMECC, Unicamp
Mário Augusto Medeiros da Silva – RG: 28.468.021-7 – Professor – IFCH, Unicamp
Max Henrique Machado Costa RG 9598645 – Full Professor – FEEC, Unicamp
Miriam Gonçalves Miguel – RG: 19.357.073-7 – FEC, Unicamp
Neri de Souza – RG 54200490 – Professor – FE, Unicamp
Omar Ribeiro Thomaz – RG 17012287-6 – Professor – IFCH, Unicamp
Oswaldo Giacoia Jr. – Full Professor – IFCH, Unicamp
Plínio de Arruda Sampaio Jr. – RG 36220267 – Professor – IE, Unicamp
Ricardo Coltro Antunes – Professor, IFCH, Unicamp
Rui Luis Rodrigues – RG 15713250-X- Professor at IFCH, UNICAMP
Sávio Machado Cavalcante – RG 32095609 – Professor – IFCH, Unicamp
Selma Venco – RG 6.818.519-4 – Professor – FE, Unicamp
Sueli Kofes – RG 7704616-X – Collaborating Full Professor – IFCH, Unicamp
Suzi Frankl Sperber – RG 2280047-5 – Collaborating Professor – IA, Unicamp
Wagner de Melo Romão – RG 63057223 – IFCH, Unicamp
Walter Carnielli – Professor – CLE, Unicamp
