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...interest in appointing Professor Lawrence E. Stager, the museum's director, as chair of the committee which was supposed to look into the affairs of that very same museum? In addition to Professor Stager, there were two other members of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC) on the eight-member committee. Their recommendation that the current staff be fired resulted in a gain of four offices, two rooms in the basement, and two large galleries for the future use as office space for NELC. We are also astonished that the directors of two other museums, also...

Author: By Linda Frieze, | Title: Museum Closure Loss To Public | 1/5/1994 | See Source »

...Committee, in the Harvard Gazette and in the statements made by the Dean and members of the Committee to The Harvard Crimson: How can the Museum remain open to the public when the entire staff was fired? Who is going to prepare exhibitions? Professor Stager or other members of NELC? Where are the exhibitions going to be shown if the top floors of the building where the galleries are located are going to be used by NELC...

Author: By Linda Frieze, | Title: Museum Closure Loss To Public | 1/5/1994 | See Source »

...within Harvard University. The committee concluded that the Semitic Museum's role should focus upon "the educational needs of Harvard students and faculty." (Advisory Committee Report, p.2) The museum staff's response to Dean Knowles states that the report "[g]ave too much weight to academic needs of the NELC department and too little to the `public component of the museum."' This statement is ludicrous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bias Marks Semitic Museum Coverage | 12/10/1993 | See Source »

...being an "extraordinarily narrow specialist," anyone who is familiar with either Professor Stager's work or the program of the Harvard NELC Department (from which Professor Stager received his A.B. and Ph.D.) would know that this statement is utterly preposterous. Professor Stager is an accomplished archaeologist, historian and biblical scholar with numerous years of experience in education and excavation. In short, the personal attacks upon Professor Stager have been unfounded, inappropriate and indicative of The Crimson's Knee-jerk response to actions of the Harvard administration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bias Marks Semitic Museum Coverage | 12/10/1993 | See Source »

...summary, as NELC students and as individuals personally experienced with the day-to-day operations of the museum, we would like to show our support for the initiatives taken by the committee and particularly for Professor Stager. The changes being implemented can only improve interactions between the Semitic Museum and the Harvard community. Aaron J. Brody Susan L. Cohen David R. Lipovitch Todd K. Sanders

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bias Marks Semitic Museum Coverage | 12/10/1993 | See Source »

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