Pennsylvania liberal arts college drops professor’s name from campus building after he excavated Native American burial site
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Pennsylvania liberal arts college drops professor’s name from campus building after he excavated Native American burial site

May 12, 2026
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A Pennsylvania liberal arts college has removed a college professor’s name from a campus building after it emerged he excavated a Native American burial site – but critics say the move is revisionist. Swarthmore College scrubbed Spencer Trotter’s name from its Trotter Hall building after learning he dug up the site in 1899 and put []

Pennsylvania liberal arts college drops professor’s name from campus building after he excavated Native American burial site
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