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A Harvard professor says Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren got her job on her merits as a legal scholar, insisting it is "complete nonsense" that she her Native American heritage played a role.
The subject of Warren's ancestry has been a hot topic for more than a week. Warren, who launched the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for President Obama, is seeking to oust Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., in one of the nation's highest-profile Senate races.
Charles Fried, who was on the Harvard appointments committee that reviewed Warren, told the Associated Press that Warren was recruited to Harvard for a tenured position in the law school because of her expertise in bankruptcy and commercial law.
Bob Maginn, chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, asked Harvard to investigate and review the circumstances surrounding Warren's hiring. He alleged Warren committed "academic fraud," in a letter dated Sunday to Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust.
Warren listed herself as Native American in a directory of law schools from 1986 to 1995. She said she had done so in order to meet people "who are like I am." A genealogist traced Warren's Native American heritage to her great-great-great grandmother, who listed herself as Cherokee in her 1894 marriage license.
Fried, a solicitor general for President Ronald Reagan, told the AP the suggestion that Warren "attained her position and maintains her reputation on anything other than her evident merit is complete nonsense."
In 2008, Fried supported Barack Obama for president.
