. ▁Le ary ▁and ▁Al pert ▁taught ▁a ▁class ▁that ▁was ▁required ▁for ▁gradu ation ▁and ▁colle agues ▁felt ▁they ▁were ▁ab using ▁their ▁power ▁by ▁press uring ▁gradu ate ▁students ▁to ▁take ▁hall uc in og ens ▁in ▁the ▁experiments . ▁Le ary ▁and ▁Al pert ▁also ▁went ▁against ▁policy ▁by ▁giving ▁psych ed el ics ▁to ▁under grad uate ▁students , ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁select ▁participants ▁through ▁random ▁sampling . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁problem atic ▁that ▁the ▁research ers ▁sometimes ▁took ▁hall uc in og ens ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁subjects ▁they ▁were ▁supposed ▁to ▁be ▁studying . ▁ ▁These ▁concerns ▁were ▁printed ▁in ▁The ▁Harvard ▁C rim son ▁leading ▁the ▁university ▁to ▁halt ▁the ▁experiments . ▁The ▁Massachusetts ▁Department ▁of ▁Public ▁Health ▁launched ▁an ▁investigation ▁that ▁was ▁later ▁dropped , ▁but ▁the ▁university ▁eventually ▁fired ▁Le ary ▁and ▁Al pert . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Andrew ▁We il , ▁Le ary ▁was ▁fired ▁for ▁missing ▁scheduled ▁lect ures , ▁while ▁Al pert ▁was ▁dismiss ed ▁for ▁alleg edly ▁giving ▁ps il ocy bin ▁to ▁an ▁under grad uate ▁in ▁an ▁off - camp us ▁a partment . ▁Harvard ▁University ▁President ▁Nathan ▁Marsh ▁P use y ▁released ▁a ▁statement ▁on ▁May ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁reporting ▁that ▁Le ary ▁had ▁left ▁campus ▁without ▁authorization ▁and ▁" failed ▁to ▁keep ▁his ▁class room ▁appoint ments ." ▁His ▁sal ary ▁was ▁terminated ▁April ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 1 9 6 3 . ▁ ▁Mill bro ok ▁and ▁psych ed