E. Francis Bowditch '35 will serve as Chief Marshal and lead the alumni at Commencement this spring. His selection was announced yesterday by Judge Paul C. Reardon '32, president of the Alumni Association.

A resident of Rye Beach, N.H., Bowditch has been active in alumni affairs for many years. He served as chairman of his Permanent Class Committee and was twice a director of the Alumni Association.

Bowditch is a former dean of students at the College and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.