.....I will pass your email along to the Institute administration officials who are investigating this matter.
Thank you for your concern and for the time you have taken in bringing this to our attention.
Sincerely.
Tate Miller
Dean of Advising, Career & Student Services
Monterey Institute of International Studies
A Graduate School of Middlebury College
Center for Advising & Career Services
460 Pierce St, M312, Monterey, CA 93940
831.647.4656
tate.miller@miis.edu
www.miis.edu
Mr. Tate,
Mr. Hillar is lying when he says that he never claimed to an SF Op and a retired Army Colonel. He told me directly in his human trafficking class a few weeks ago that he was a retired Army 0-6 (Colonel) upon finding out that I was a Marine vet. I am willing to sign a petition regarding this statement and would like to have the school collect signatures to this affect from other students who have taken his workshops. Furthermore, he claims to have to have taken part in Operation Eagle Claw (the rescue mission of the Iranian hostages, a Delta Force mission) and has been found to be plagiarizing stories from books during his lectures. For example, he plagiarized a story from a book called The Mission, The Men and Me by author Peter Blaber. On pg 56 of that book, Blaber describes how he purchased a gorilla suit for one of his missions as a Delta Force op. Mr. Hillar tells the exact same story in his Tactical Terrorism class, but passes it off as his own experience. Lastly, documents from a Freedom Of Information Act request show no record of any Army service, let lone special forces. His military record can be verified easily by giving his social security number to the NCIS or any other military criminal investigative service for verification purposes.
On Nov 8, 2010, at 10:09 AM, Miller, Tate wrote:
....the administration is aware of this information. Dean Shi has spoken with Professor Hillar and the matter continues to be investigated.
To be sure, we are still investigating William Hillar's bio and other information -- all we know for sure at this point is that there does seem to have been a mistake made in his bio on our website. The information is not correct. Professor Hillar claims he never gave us this information. It will be removed. Even though he is an adjunct professor and not a member of our full-time faculty, once we have the full set of data, should there have been misrepresentations as outlined in your email, the administration will take the appropriate measures, including considering not having him teach his spring semester workshop.
Please be assured, we take these accusations very seriously and will act accordingly.
Sincerely,
Tate Miller
Mr. Millar,
I am a student here at MIIS and would like to bring some important information to your attention. According to evidence I have gathered over the past several days it appears that Mr. Bill Hillar, an adjunct Professor at here at this school, is falsely claiming to be a retired Army Colonel and special forces operative. Not only is lying about your military record a slanderous offense in and of itself, he is using these credentials to teach courses here at MIIS. His Tactical Terrorism class is almost entirely composed of his "experience" as a member of Delta Force. I would strongly advise that he asked to present a DD214 and have his background throughly investigated. Moreover, due to the questionable nature of Mr. Hillar's integrity, I am also highly suspect of his academic credentials and hope that MIIS will begin an investigation into those as well. Lastly, I would like to know how MIIS allowed Mr. Hillar to teach courses at this University without properly vetting him in the first place? For personal reasons I will not include the evidence I have for these allegations through email, but I am more than willing to discuss this matter in person.
Thank you,