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NORMAN HOl.Mi;S Pt ' ARSON. Assi».ialc Professor of En.i;lisli, IS one ot the tountr s bcst-Lnown scholars in llic liclJ of Amcriun liicniturr. His writings arc cxicnsivc. and his under- :raJualr course on Twentieth Ccntun ' American Prose was for a decade one of the five most popular courses f;ivcn at Yale Mr Pearson is an expert on Nathaniel Hawthorne and is currently editing: Hawlhome ' s complete letters At Yale, Mr. Pearson maintains close contact with the underfiraduates, helped to or- caniie the Scholar of tlie House prof ram at the end of World War It. and leads that amorphous :an of funnymen known as ihe Pundits The rcxipirnt ..| a I ' n- l ' J 8 Morse Fellowship award for siuJ l llie lole of tlie SahKith in Amciiian tulturc. VCINI ' UN ' l ' . ' sOI.hERG. Assistant Pnifessui of History, lus been on a leave of jbsciur for the past acadrmic year. He has neverthrlrts main- iiinrJ (lose (imtact with members of the undetftradualr btHly. rsinf; »flm as tuunscloi and advisor to those interested in early .American history Vale will miss the services of this able disius- i in leader and sclioUr when he assumes a new posiimn nrnt fall ' I MacAlrster rolleire in St Paul. Minnesota Early last June PAUL RUDOLPH was appointed Chait- nun of tlie Department of Architecture. Profnsor Rudolph has served as Visiting Cntic in Architttlure at nuny of Ihe nation ' s leadin ; universitu-s. In addition, he is the de- signer of wimc of the most signiluant examples of residen- tial architecture in America. Not yet -10 years old, Profe s4lr Rudolph has contributed widely to professiorul poumals around the world and has often been acclaimed as one of (lie country ' s outstanding architects. m.

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WILLIAM C. DhVANE, Dc.in oi Vale C(illc ;c and Emily SanforJ Professor of English Literature, is a noted scholar and educator. He has refused the presi- dencies of 24 colleges and universities during the List several years in order to remain at Yale. At ' ale. Dean DcVane has been responsible for major reorganizations of the undergraduate studies, insti- tuting the Scholar of the House and the Directed Studies programs. Author of six books and an author- ity on Browning and Tennyson, Dean DeVane has received six honorary degrees from leading univer- sities. He also holds positions of responsibility with the Rockefeller. Ford, and John Hay Whitney Foun- dations. RICHARD C. CARROLL, Dean of Undergraduate AfTairs and Associate Dean of Yale College, has been highly instru- mental in formulating Yale ' s scholarship procedures and its system of bursary employment. A member of the faculty since his graduation from ' ' ale in 1932, Dean Carroll has served as a college master and as a member of the Alumni Board, and maintains close touch with students as a Fellow of Timothy Dwight. Since 1949, Mr. Carroll has been Dean of Students in Vale College. DANA YOUNG, Sterling Professor of Civil Engi- neering, was appointed Dean of the School of En- gineering in ig ' i ' i. Professor Young has served as consultant to a number of business corporations, and presently is one of five members of the Advisory Committee to the L ' . S. National Bureau of Standards. The Yale Dean is noted for his work on vibration and elasticity of building ni.itciijK, and is the author of several important publications in this field, including Inelastic Buckling of Variable Sectmn Columns.

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On Fcbruar) ' 27, 1957, JOSEPH S. FRUTON was made Eugene Higgins Professor of Biochemistry, one of the University ' s most distinguished academic posi- tions. Professor Fruton, a specialist in the biochem- istry of proteins, was associated with the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research for 11 years. Coming to ' I ' ale in 194 ' i, he was made Chairman of the Dep.irtnient of Biochemistry in 19 ' 1. He received the 19-44 Li ' ly Award in Biological Chemistry, and IS a member ni the National Academy of Science. Professor ERNEST C. POLLARD is Chauman of the De- partment of Biophysics and is one of the nation ' s outstand- ing authorities in this relatively new field. Professor Pollard was hoin m China, received his education in England, and tame to ■ ' .de as a Sterling Fellow in I9 .s, In lOiU he helped to design and build Yale ' s first atom-smashing cylco- tnin. He is also the author of a hook on nuclear physics. For research conducted during World War II, Professor Pollard was awarded a Presidential Certificate of Merit His knowledge and spirit have been instrumental in stnngth- tning ' ale ' s important new Department i)f Biopliysics. When OSWALD TIPPO was appointed Professor of Botany and Chairman of the Plant Science Department in 1955, Yale obtained the services of one of the naions outstanding botanists. Professor Tippo, co-author of College Botn iy, a leading textbook, is also the President of the Botanical Society of America. At Yale, he is the Director of the Botanical Laboratories and the Marsh Botani- cal Gardens. In 1955 he was awarded a S10,600 grant by the National Science Foundation for a two-year study of plant anat- omy and phylogeny. i