Famed paleontologist Horner says he was pushed out of museum, Krauss questions leadership

MSU president says no conflict of interest

Jack Horner, the famous Montana State paleontologist who put dinosaur fossils on the world stage, said he was stripped of responsibilities and forced out of the Museum of the Rockies https://www.museumoftherockies.org/ .

"I retired. Let’s put it this way: Had that situation not existed, I would probably still be there. I would have spent at least a couple more years there," Horner told the Chronicle. "It would have been nice to do some more work on dinosaur eggs. It would have been nice to continue my field work a little longer. They were trying to get rid of me and that’s what they did; they told me I couldn’t do anything."

Horner, 70, said that at the retirement party no one asked him why he was leaving or if it was amicable, and no one asked him to stay. He said he is still unsure to this day what happened.

By Troy Carter Chronicle Staff Writer

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