https://allthatsinteresting.com/martin-becker-fossils
"New Jersey’s William Paterson University is being sued by one of its
professors for neglecting to pay their UPS bills — which eventually resulted in
the professor’s rare collection of prehistoric fossils being dumped in a
landfill.
The collection belonged to paleontologist and professor of environmental
science Martin Becker, who spent decades of his career collecting Devonian Age
marine invertebrate fossils from the High Mountain area of Wayne, New Jersey.
Last June, Becker packaged 200 of these fossils — 80 percent of his collection
— in 19 boxes to be shipped off to a colleague in Florida for a collaborative
project.
He brought the boxes to William Paterson University’s mailroom, but according
to the lawsuit, the university never paid their shipping bills, prompting UPS
to deposit the fossils in a Tennessee dump. Now, the university is at the
center of a lawsuit, with mailroom supervisor Raymond Boone also named as a
defendant.
Becker cited the “destruction of his life’s work” and emotional distress as the
basis for the suit."
Via Joyce Donahue.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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