Leary Requests Only His Salary

Timothy F. Leary, former lecturer in Clinical Psychology, said yesterday that he had not requested reinstatement to the Harvard Faculty.

In a letter sent to President Pusey last week, Leary, who was relieved of his teaching duties in 1963, argued that his case should be reconsidered because he had never had a formal hearing before the Corporation. He is sure, he said, that his termination was the result of a "misunderstanding" about the terms of his appointment.

Yesterday Leary explained that he had left the Faculty voluntarily in 1963 and that he is only applying for the salary for the two months before he left.

However, officials of the Administration, who have seen the letter, explained that Leary would have to be reinstated before he could be reimbursed for the two months' salary.

"I have no desire to stay at Harvard," Leary said. "I think experimenters in a field such as mine should take the risk themselves and not have a university in it," he added.