Dean to Resume Teaching

THE resignation of Prof. Arthur E. Jensen as Dean of the Faculty, so that he may return to full-time teaching as Professor of English, was announced last month by President Dickey. Dean Jensen will continue to serve in his present administrative post until his successor has been chosen and can assume office. He will then be granted a sabbatical leave before rejoining the Department of English.

In making his announcement, President Dickey said, "Arthur Jensen and I have worked closely together since 1946 when we were part of the faculty group that developed the Great Issues Course, of which he was one of the first directors. His selfless willingness to take on any assignment that needed doing at Dartmouth has already won him a secure place in that long line of honored teachers whose service to an institution sets them apart as the perennial refounders for succeeding generations of the American college as an agency for the good life. He has been a prince of colleagues. I envy the students to whom he has decided to return as a full-time teacher."

Dean Jensen joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1937. He became full professor in 1946, chairman of the English Department in 1951, and Dean of the Faculty in 1955. In addition to being responsible for faculty personnel and policies, he has been a member of the Educational Policy Committee and helped develop Dartmouth's present three-term, three-course curriculum. Before becoming Dean of the Faculty his special field as an English teacher was later Victorian literature.