French scholar found dead in NYC hotel room
A file photo of Richard Descoings during the Cite de la Reussite in Paris. Credit: MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images, 2010
The director of one of France's most prestigious colleges has been found dead in a New York City hotel room.
Descoings served as the director of the Paris Institute of Political Studies. He was in his 50s.
Browne says investigators are awaiting a medical examiner's report to determine the cause of the scholar's death. He says there's no evidence a crime was committed.
The Paris institute is better known in France as Sciences Po. It's considered a training ground for France's political, media and administrative elite. Alumni include former President Jacques Chirac.
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