Cornell Returns Gift After Misconduct Charges Against Donor

Cornell University (NY) is declining a gift from prominent alumnus Richard Meier after sexual misconduct allegations surfaced against the architect Tuesday.  Meier, a Pritzker Prize winner whose famous designs include the Getty Center in Los Angeles, was having the chair of the architecture department at Cornell’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning named after him. Cornell announced the Richard Meier Chair of the Department of Architecture in January.