New Provost.

John W. Masland, who as Provost has been the principal administrative officer in charge of academic affairs, will resign his administrative duties, effective February 1, 1967, to become adviser in education to the Ford Foundation in India for two years. He will be succeeded by Leonard M. Rieser '44, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

In making this announcement President Dickey said that the Offices of Provost and of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will be combined under Professor Rieser. He also reported that a new position, Associate Provost, will be created and will be filled by Professor William P. Davis of the Physics Department. Both appointments are effective on February 1.

As the Associate Provost, Professor Davis will take over such responsibilities of the Provost's Office as sponsored research, summer operations, the libraries, and the Offices of Dean of the College, the Dean of Freshmen, Admissions, the Registrar, and Financial Aid.

In his new Ford Foundation post, Provost Masland, who has requested a leave of absence from the Faculty as Professor of Government, will work with Indian educators to identify ways in which the Foundation can be most helpful to Indian education. He will be based in New Delhi.

Professor Masland, who has been Provost for seven years, came to Dartmouth from Stanford University in 1946. His principal teaching and research interests have been in international affairs and national security affairs. He has made several trips to Africa to study manpower needs and educational capabilities of those countries, under auspices of the Agency for International Development.

Dean Rieser, who came to Dartmouth as a member of the Physics Department in 1952, was named Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 1964. He had previously served as Deputy Provost and as chairman of the Physics Department.

Professor Davis, a graduate of Oberlin who earned his doctorate at the University of Michigan, came to Dartmouth in 1955 and was recently appointed full professor. He has served on the Board of Admission and Financial Aid. He returned to campus this fall from a year's leave during which he was an associate program director for the National Science Foundation in Washington.

Charles F. Dey '52, named Dean of theWilliam Jewett Tucker Foundation.