Word: stagers
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...current restructuring of the Semitic Museum has come about following an official report by an Advisory Committee, headed by Dorot Professor of Archaeology Lawrence E. Stager, director of the Museum, to the Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles concerning the position of the Semitic Museum 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...
...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...
...coverage of these recent events, Professor Stager has been misrepresented in opinion pieces and editorials that verge on libel. In an editorial on Nov. 9 regarding Professor Stager's transcription of faxed documents and the alleged invasion of the museum staff's privacy, The Crimson said: "...Stager's compulsive need to keep tabs on his staff seems a personal problem, not a business concern. Clearly, this is a sign of a serious inability to supervise the museum and a lack of respect for his staff." However, it was the responsibility of the museum staff to see that any document written...
...museum is also the victim of a director who demonstrated no desire to see the museum survive in its present form. Dorot Professor of Archaeology of Israel Lawrence E. Stager '65, who led the review committee, showed little interest in the museum's activities beyond his own narrow field of Biblical archaeology. Stager wants to direct the museum's resources solely toward his own academic pursuits at the expense of the rest of the museum. He also completely neglected fundraising, according to eight museum staff members and according to Peretz, a financial contributor...
...deficit are at the heart of the decision to "restructure" the Semitic Museum. If there were truly no money to be found, then Knowles made the necessary, tough choice to cut costs. But the evidence strongly suggests that financial support for the museum is available--Knowles and Stager just aren't interested in pursuing it. In fact, they refused to fundraise for the museum over the last year, and prohibited the museum staff from pursuing donations. Stager went to the absurd length of having his secretary dismantle a fax machine to make sure that his employees hadn't engaged...