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Gary Urton

Status: Resolved
Institution: Harvard University
Role: Faculty
Position: Professor
Discipline: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specific Discipline: Anthropology
Outcome Year: 2020
Outcome Category: Honor Revoked; Retired
Quote: "IN A JUNE 10 EMAIL to affiliates of the anthropology department, Dumbarton Oaks, and the Peabody Museum, Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean Claudine Gay announced that she has stripped former Dumbarton Oaks professor of pre-Colombian studies Gary Urton of his emeritus status after an investigation found he violated FAS policies on “sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, and unprofessional conduct.”"

"In August [2020], Urton retired."
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