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Sam Paley: a gentleman and a scholar
Dr. Samuel M. Paley passed away March 31, 2010 in his New York home from brain cancer.
Born in Manchester, New Hampshire in 1941 and raised in Boston, Dr. Paley received his undergraduate degree from New York University and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He was an internationally-known archaeologist who excavated important sites over the course of 40 years in Cyprus, Israel and Turkey. He was proficient in 16 languages.
Beginning in 1977, Dr. Paley worked at the State University of New York at Buffalo, becoming a tenured Professor of Classics and head of Judaic Studies. His expertise was Ancient Near Eastern Studies, especially the relationship between Assyria and the regions surrounding the ancient Assyrian capitals of Ashur, Nineveh and Nimrud, with a specialty in the interpretation of Assyrian reliefs. He collaborated on the creation of a Virtual Realty environment to bring to life the Northwest Palace of Ashur-nasir-pal II of Assyria, modern-day Iraq. He served as Kevorkian Curator at the Brooklyn Museum, collaborated on permanent exhibits of Assyrian reliefs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and was responsible for the creation of the Craven’s World Collection at SUNY Buffalo.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Barbara Koz Paley; his brother, Norman Paley and his wife Joan Paley; his brother David Paley and his wife, Mary Paley; his daughters, Raquel, Michal and Avital Lazar-Paley; two sons-in-law, Jacob Hans and Nathan Fieles; his stepson, Jamie Koz; and three grandchildren, Amelia, Sophie and Gabriel Hans.
Born in Manchester, New Hampshire in 1941 and raised in Boston, Dr. Paley received his undergraduate degree from New York University and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He was an internationally-known archaeologist who excavated important sites over the course of 40 years in Cyprus, Israel and Turkey. He was proficient in 16 languages.
Beginning in 1977, Dr. Paley worked at the State University of New York at Buffalo, becoming a tenured Professor of Classics and head of Judaic Studies. His expertise was Ancient Near Eastern Studies, especially the relationship between Assyria and the regions surrounding the ancient Assyrian capitals of Ashur, Nineveh and Nimrud, with a specialty in the interpretation of Assyrian reliefs. He collaborated on the creation of a Virtual Realty environment to bring to life the Northwest Palace of Ashur-nasir-pal II of Assyria, modern-day Iraq. He served as Kevorkian Curator at the Brooklyn Museum, collaborated on permanent exhibits of Assyrian reliefs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and was responsible for the creation of the Craven’s World Collection at SUNY Buffalo.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Barbara Koz Paley; his brother, Norman Paley and his wife Joan Paley; his brother David Paley and his wife, Mary Paley; his daughters, Raquel, Michal and Avital Lazar-Paley; two sons-in-law, Jacob Hans and Nathan Fieles; his stepson, Jamie Koz; and three grandchildren, Amelia, Sophie and Gabriel Hans.
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