University of Vermont Apologizes for a Eugenics Survey That Ended in 1936

It came 83 years after the fact, but the University of Vermont issued an apology Friday for the "stereotyping, persecution and in some cases state sponsored sterilization" that resulted from the Vermont Eugenics Survey that operated from 1925 to 1936.

It targeted Native Americans, French Canadians, people of color and the poor. UVM professor Henry Perkins directed and founded the effort, with support from other UVM leaders including then-president Guy Bailey.

"We recognize and deeply regret this profoundly sad chapter in Vermont and UVM’s history," university president Tom Sullivan said in a statement Friday.

Last fall UVM trustees voted to remove Bailey's name from the campus library because of his support for the survey

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