Professor Fined

NEW HAVEN. Conn--A former Yale professor of Epidemology and Public Health was sentenced last week to a $10.000 fine and three years probation for his role in the alleged misuse of federal grant money at Yale during the period from 1970 to 1977.

Federal District Court Judge said Donald Riedel had not taken part in the 10-year, multi-million dollar Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan Utilization Study "with a view to making himself a lot of money," but had nevertheless failed to "properly" account for money spent in the name of the project.

Riedel--who left Yale in 1977 and is currently on leave from a tenured post at the University of Washington--was charged last month with responsibility for obtaining $42.003 in federal money for the Health Benefits Plan with phony vouchers and then improperly diverting the bulk of the money into research projects he and his wife were working on at Yale, the Yale Daily News reported last week.