Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology (SCMA)

Leadership & Staff

Thomas Levy UCSD anthro prof

• Co-Director

Board Members

John Hildebrand

• Co-Director

Donors

Koret Foundation Private foundation based in San Francisco, CA.

• Donation/Grant · 3,000,000 USD ('19→'22)*

Murray Galinson San Diego Israel Initiative a network of Israel Studies programs on San Diego campuses

• donated 12 scholarships to fund travel of student researchers to israel · 30,000 USD

Child Organizations

Joint Marine Archaeology Field Station in Akko, Israel Sponsored by the Koret Foundation between Haifa U and UCSD

• Child Org

Parents

University of California San Diego

• Parent Org

Services & Transactions

DJI Innovations Drone manufacturer

• Service/Transaction ('17→?)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA)

• Non-binding Departmental MOU for cooperation in marine and coastal archaeology research. ('20→'25)

Geoffrey Braswell

• Bad relationship with site

Israel Nature and Parks Authority

• Affiliation

Tantura Massacre Site where between 70 and 140 Palestinians were massacred during the ethnic cleansing of Tantura during the 1948 Nakba.

• Affiliation

Joint Marine Archaeology Field Station in Akko, Israel Sponsored by the Koret Foundation between Haifa U and UCSD

• Affiliation

University of Haifa

• Affiliation