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Former professor may be doomed to repeat history
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| Jan. 18, 2006
| MEGAN TWOHEY
Posted on 01/19/2006 2:24:06 PM PST by Last Dakotan
In the late 1980s, a history professor from Marquette University named John William Rooney walked into the French National Archives in Paris and walked out with a copy of the 1814 Treaty of Fontainebleau, a woven paper with red wax seals and a green silk cord through which Napoleon Bonaparte agreed to give up the French empire and accept exile.
John William Rooney, former Marquette professor, on taking the 1814 Treaty of Fontainebleau from the French archives
The opportunity to steal a major piece of history, Rooney said, was too tempting to pass up. "If you were to stand in front of the pyramids of Egypt, you might pick up a chip, too," he said last week during an interview in which he admitted stealing the document.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brakinggnus; france; history; homosexualagenda; marquetteuniversity; milwaukee; romancatholicism; theft; wisconsin
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I can't believe this fool walked out the door with this and now is troubled he might have to pay a price.
To: Last Dakotan
Any relation to Sandy Berger?
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posted on
01/19/2006 2:25:18 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: ElkGroveDan
Any relation to Sandy Berger?Both wear baggy pants?
To: Last Dakotan
psst. Check out where this showed up. I am not going to bust your chops. Someone will though.
To: ARealMothersSonForever
Maybe Sandy Burgler could do a promo for eBay.
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posted on
01/19/2006 2:27:41 PM PST
by
mbx1231
To: Last Dakotan
bet this jerk is a democrat!
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posted on
01/19/2006 2:28:49 PM PST
by
NoClones
To: Last Dakotan
Leave it to the French to value something involving surrender.
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posted on
01/19/2006 2:29:25 PM PST
by
Tulsa Ramjet
("We've run out of ballots." -- Iraqi election official)
To: Last Dakotan
"I took out hundreds of documents from there, if not more," Rooney said. And now many can't be found. What a jerk.
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posted on
01/19/2006 2:30:53 PM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
To: Last Dakotan
Ooops wrong Rooney
To: Last Dakotan
He's a history professor, and he has the audacity to steal an important historical document? Time that he learned what happens when you steal something.
To: Tulsa Ramjet
"We are looking forward to seeing them punished for this major crime to our patrimony," a spokesman for the French Ministry of Culture said in an e-mail interview.Sometimes the jokes write themselves...
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posted on
01/19/2006 2:32:30 PM PST
by
cardinal4
(Hail to the Redskins!...It was a good year, we will be back next year...!)
To: Last Dakotan
Man if only this guy had been a Clinton admistration offcial all would be OK. Maybe that should be his defense.
He thought he was head of Education in the Clinton Adminstration.
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posted on
01/19/2006 2:37:56 PM PST
by
rod1
To: Tulsa Ramjet
Leave it to the French to value something involving surrender.LOL! Great security over there.
To: stainlessbanner
Ooops wrong Rooney Isn't he a convicted pedophile?
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posted on
01/19/2006 2:44:36 PM PST
by
Clint N. Suhks
(If you don't like Jesus, you can go to hell.)
To: Last Dakotan
Maybe he saw too many "B" serials in the 1930s and 40s:
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posted on
01/19/2006 2:46:36 PM PST
by
HolgerDansk
("Oh Bother", said Pooh, as he worked the bolt.)
To: Last Dakotan
Five years later, the two men were tried in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on charges of possessing, transporting and conspiring to sell stolen goods. The U.S. attorney's office in New York didn't have jurisdiction to charge Rooney for theft. At the time, Rooney and Pierce were living together in Tennessee. Rooney, who resigned from Marquette in 1992, had moved there to work for the University of the South in Sewanee, where he served as a visiting professor in 1995 and 1996. Pierce, 30 years Rooney's junior, was described in press articles at the time as a student of history and an aspiring novelist. They sound like quite the couple . . . .
The article also says that Rooney was known as a "flamboyant" teacher and had "a following". I'll bet.
To: Last Dakotan
Let's put some pieces together, shall we?
1) "A professor of 19th century history, Rooney made an impression on students and colleagues alike, said James Marten, chair of the university's history department.
"He was very flamboyant," Marten said. "
2) "In 2002, a federal court in New York convicted Rooney of conspiracy to transport stolen property after his friend, Marshall Lawrence Pierce, put the treaty up for auction."
3) "At the time, Rooney and Pierce were living together in Tennessee."
Hmmm.
Flamboyant, living with his "friend."
Hmmm.
Just sayin'....
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posted on
01/19/2006 2:55:49 PM PST
by
orionblamblam
(A furore Normannorum libra nos, Domine)
To: Charlemagne on the Fox
Beat me by *2* seconds...
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posted on
01/19/2006 2:56:21 PM PST
by
orionblamblam
(A furore Normannorum libra nos, Domine)
To: ElkGroveDan
Yeah, I wondered if he stuffed it in his pants like Sandy Burglar did.
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posted on
01/19/2006 2:56:33 PM PST
by
GaltMeister
(“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
To: orionblamblam
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