Take your turn with a foot in the ass if you want:
"Embattled head of American Academy of Arts and Sciences to resign" by Todd Wallack | Globe Staff, July 26, 2013
Dogged by charges that she inflated her resume and abused her position, the embattled president of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences agreed to resign at the end of the month, the institution announced Thursday, ending weeks of controversy that had engulfed the organization and threatened to tarnish its reputation.
Leslie Cohen Berlowitz, who has overseen the Cambridge honorary society for the past 17 years, had been on paid leave from the academy for more than a month while an outside law firm investigated allegations, first reported by the Globe, that she falsely claimed to have a doctorate from New York University and misstated her work history in federal grant applications.
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I'm in an off-with-their-heads phase.
Berlowitz, 69, also came under fire for berating staffers and receiving an oversized pay package — more than $598,000 in fiscal 2012 alone for an organization with only three dozen staffers. The attorney general’s office also asked whether the academy fully reported all her executive perks, such as first-class travel....
Look, there is one sector of society where this thing is one long party and the money keeps rolling in; then there are the other 93% of us for whom this whole $y$ten sucks.
Under the terms of her resignation, the academy said Berlowitz will receive no severance, but will get a one-time $475,000 payment for retirement benefits, deferred compensation, and accrued vacation under her contract, something the office of Attorney General Martha Coakley pledged Thursday to investigate. Berlowitz will also receive supplemental health insurance for five years at a cost of no more than $3,500 a year.
Oh, goodness, how will she ever live?
“The agreement has been reviewed by independent legal counsel, and the board has determined that this agreement is in the academy’s best interest,” academy chairman Louis W. Cabot said in a letter to members. The statement was noticeably void of any praise for Berlowitz, who long enjoyed strong support from the board before the Globe first noted discrepancies in her resume.
Translation: they want to get this canker of a sore out of sight as quickly as possible.
The academy also announced broader changes, including the departure of Cabot, a longtime Berlowitz ally, when his term as chairman ends in October. He is expected to be replaced by Don Randel, a former president of the University of Chicago. Cabot also announced that a special commission will examine the academy’s pay practices after complaints that Berlowitz earned more than most university presidents.
Berlowitz, a native New Yorker, said the academy had accomplished a great deal during her tenure, including improving the academy’s finances and diversifying the membership. But she said she thought her resignation was “in the best interests of all concerned. ” She did not elaborate.
About $475,000 of be$t intere$t for some.
Berlowitz’s critics cheered the announcement of her departure, saying her doctored resume had badly damaged an organization meant to celebrate intellectual achievement....
It's almost as bad as a principal plagiarizing.
The controversy has attracted national attention because of the academy’s prestige. Founded by John Adams and other Harvard College graduates during the Revolutionary War, the academy publishes a quarterly journal, holds lectures for members, and annually elects scores of the brightest scholars, artists, and leaders. Past members have included George Washington, Albert Einstein, and Martin Luther King Jr.
But academics typically have little tolerance for people exaggerating their educational credentials. Marilee Jones, an admissions dean at MIT, left in disgrace in 2007 after she falsified her degrees. Doug Lynch, a vice dean at the University of Pennsylvania, quit last year after disclosures that he falsely claimed to have a doctorate....
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Also see:
Boorish Berlowitz
Berlowitz the Bully
Waving Bye-Bye to Berlowitz
Byyyyyyye!
Don't let the door hit you in the a$$ on the way out!
