President of Brandeis U. Apologizes for Handling of Museum Controversy
February 9, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
Jehuda Reinharz, president of Brandeis University issued a public apology to people at his institution on Thursday, saying he “screwed up” the disclosure of plans to shut down the school’s Rose Art Museum, reports The Boston Globe.
Mr. Reinharz said the Rose will stay open but “be more fully integrated into the university’s central mission.” He elaborated in an interview with the newspaper, saying the Rose would be “a gallery and teaching site” but that “we don’t want to be in the public museum business.” Only a “minute number” of the museum’s nearly 7,200 works would be sold, he said.
Plus: See an opinion article from the new issue of The Chronicle examining what the Brandeis case and others like it mean to the ties between charities and donors.
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