NYU quietly got rid of the late archaeologist Randall White nearly 30 years after he did serious damage to women in the field. A new obituary does serious damage to that truth.
According to Wikipedia, "Randall White, resigned from NYU's existing Center for Ancient Studies – which is independent of the new Institute for the Study of the Ancient World – saying that he opposed the acceptance of a donation from [The Leon Levy Foundation] whose benefactor had sometimes been associated with such questionable practices and trafficking" [as documented in he Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities – From Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums, Peter Watson and Cecelia Todeschini, 2006].
Here is the paper of record documenting the case: "$200 Million Gift Prompts a Debate Over Antiquities," Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, April, 1, 2006.
According to Wikipedia, "Randall White, resigned from NYU's existing Center for Ancient Studies – which is independent of the new Institute for the Study of the Ancient World – saying that he opposed the acceptance of a donation from [The Leon Levy Foundation] whose benefactor had sometimes been associated with such questionable practices and trafficking" [as documented in he Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities – From Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums, Peter Watson and Cecelia Todeschini, 2006].
Here is the paper of record documenting the case: "$200 Million Gift Prompts a Debate Over Antiquities," Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, April, 1, 2006.
Never mind, I see the mistake I made now. He resigns from NYU's Center for Ancient Studies in 2006, but not from NYU until 2019.