¶ Even more regrettable, in our view, than the CUNY board’s yielding to Jeffrey Wiesenfeld’s opposition to granting the author of Angels in America an honorary degree is the bizarre assertion by Valerie Lancaster Beal, one of the trustees, that she doesn’t know who Tony Kushner is. “I don’t know his issues,” she is reported to have said. We only wish that we were surprised to discover that the governance of an important institution of higher learning is shouldered in part by such an uninformed person. We have no idea what degree of remediation would equip Ms Beal to perform her duties to CUNY, but Mr Wiesenfeld is as beyond the pale as he charges Mr Kushner with being, and his resignation ought to be demanded immediately.

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This entry was posted on Friday, May 6th, 2011 at 10:30 am.