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However, Peretz' account of the sins of Lowell in forbidding money raising by the Museum is meant to be placed in parallel with the alleged behavior of Lawrence Stager in forbidding Carney Gavin from raising money for the Museum. This parallelism suggests to an literate reader that Stager, like Lowell was moved by anti-Semitic impulses. This is libel. I am told that Peretz has denied that he meant to brand Stager an anti-Semite--a charge which if believed could end Stager's career as archaeologist in Israel. I must confess that I regard his demurral, if correctly reported...
...threat concerning the closure of the museum stems not from Professor Stager's actions but from the financial distress incurred by Father Carney Gavin (Curator and Executive Director) and his staff. The current staff of the museum consists largely of individuals untrained in museum studies or conservation. Furthermore, the level of pay garnered by these individuals ($375,000 divided among 6.34 employees) is vastly out of proportion to their training and the pay of similar position at other University museums, where generally such positions are filled by faculty or specialists in museum studies. It seems that many of the financial...
...Graff Moscow: John Kohan, Ann M. Simmons Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Beirut: Lara Marlowe Nairobi: Andrew Purvis Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: Richard Hornik Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: Gavin Scott Latin America: Laura Lopez...
...were forbidden to raise funds so we couldclose for lack of funds," Gavin said...
...quite fathom that report," Gavin said."This is a very hard day for museums...